I te atio al AI Ma ageme t Sta da d Demo st ates Commitme t to Accou tability, T a spa e cy, a d Secu ity i AI-E abled Legal Se vices
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — P oSea ch today a ou ced that it has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 ce tificatio , the wo ld’s fi st i te atio al sta da d fo A tificial I tellige ce Ma ageme t Systems (AIMS). P oSea ch is amo g the fi st eDiscove y p ovide s to ea it. The milesto e, achieved alo gside the successful e ewal of the compa y’s ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, a d ISO/IEC 27018 ce tificatio s, ei fo ces P oSea ch’s commitme t to espo sible AI gove a ce, i fo matio secu ity, a d data p ivacy ac oss its tech ology, se vices, a d ope atio s.
Co po ate legal depa tme ts a e bei g asked to adopt AI while a swe i g ha de questio s f om isk committees, egulato s, a d thei ow clie ts about how it is gove ed. ISO/IEC 42001 gives buye s a i depe de t, i te atio ally ecog ized a swe : a ce tified ma ageme t system cove i g how AI- elated isk is ide tified, co t olled, a d ove see th oughout the AI life cycle.
“AI is t a sfo mi g how legal teams ma age i fo matio , co duct discove y, a d make c itical decisio s, but i ovatio must be accompa ied by accou tability,” says Debo a Jo es, chief ope ati g office of P oSea ch. “Achievi g ISO 42001 ce tificatio demo st ates that espo sible AI is ot simply a p i ciple we advocate. It is embedded i how we gove ou tech ology, ma age isk, a d delive se vices. Fo ou clie ts, this p ovides a othe level of co fide ce that we a e applyi g AI thoughtfully, secu ely, a d with the igo thei most se sitive legal matte s dema d.”
The ce tificatio was issued by Maste mi d Assu a ce, LLC, a acc edited ma ageme t systems ce tificatio body, o Octobe 15, 2026. It cove s the AI ma ageme t system suppo ti g P oSea ch’s eDiscove y ope atio s, i cludi g the i take, sto age, p ocessi g, a d hosti g of clie t data. It also cove s gove a ce of how AI is developed, tested, a d app oved fo use i that wo k.
The ce tificatio follows a yea lo g, c oss-fu ctio al effo t to build a d i depe de tly validate P oSea ch’s AI ma ageme t system, i cludi g the policies, co t ols, t ai i g, a d ove sight the sta da d equi es.
The ISO/IEC 42001 ce tificatio compleme ts P oSea ch’s existi g secu ity a d p ivacy ce tificatio s, i cludi g ISO/IEC 27001 fo i fo matio secu ity ma ageme t, ISO/IEC 27017 fo cloud secu ity co t ols, a d ISO/IEC 27018 fo p otecti g pe so ally ide tifiable i fo matio i public cloud e vi o me ts. Togethe , these ce tificatio s eflect P oSea ch’s co ti ued i vestme t i gove a ce f amewo ks desig ed to suppo t the secu ity, p ivacy, a d espo sible use of eme gi g tech ologies.
Fo co po ate legal depa tme ts a d law fi ms avigati g the apid adoptio of AI, P oSea ch’s ce tificatio p ovides i depe de t validatio of its AI ma ageme t p actices. As AI-powe ed wo kflows become mo e deeply i teg ated i to docume t eview, i vestigatio s, a d legal ope atio s, this level of gove a ce helps o ga izatio s evaluate se vice p ovide s with g eate co fide ce.
“Co po ate legal depa tme ts a e u de i c easi g p essu e to take adva tage of AI while mai tai i g co t ol ove se sitive i fo matio a d ma agi g isk,” adds Jo es. “We believe p ovide s have a espo sibility to demo st ate that thei AI gove a ce p actices a e as sophisticated as the tech ologies they deploy. This ce tificatio eflects the sig ifica t wo k ou teams have u de take to meet that espo sibility a d ei fo ces ou commitme t to ea i g ou clie ts’ t ust eve y day.”
