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“I took up ISO 42001 Lead Implementer and Auditor PECB course through Reconn and Shenoy had been very approachable and guided me through the course.”
“His guidance helped me to crack the Lead Implementer and soon, I'm confident, I'll get through Lead Auditor as well!”
“Reconn's ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer course gave me a solid, structured foundation for the exam and for applying the standard in practice.”
“Shenoy has helped me a lot, available always for questions and support in any topic”
“Very good service, always answered questions and provided support in a reasonable and practical way.”
“The guidance from Shenoy was particularly valuable and made the whole certification process much smoother.”
Schedule
Our reference slot is 7:00 to 10:00 pm Gulf Standard Time (GMT+4). Evenings suit Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and weekends are possible when the trainer commits to them.
| Region | Local time |
|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates (GMT+4) | 7:00 to 10:00 pm |
| Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain (GMT+3) | 6:00 to 9:00 pm |
| United Kingdom | 3:00 to 6:00 pm GMT (4:00 to 7:00 pm BST) |
| Central Europe | 4:00 to 7:00 pm CET (5:00 to 8:00 pm CEST) |
| USA and Canada, Eastern | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm EST (11:00 am to 2:00 pm EDT) |
Clocks change in spring and autumn, so we confirm the exact local time when we book your sessions. Other times can be arranged on request, subject to trainer availability.
We need to confirm trainer availability and commitment before you order, so message us first.
Corporate buyers contact us before placing the order so we can issue a country-specific tax invoice.
Take the same official PECB course and exam package as self-paced eLearning, with a 1-hour live 1-on-1 session with a PECB Certified Trainer and unlimited email and WhatsApp support. Instant checkout and same-day access.
How it runs
You learn each part of ISO/IEC 42001:2023 from the official PECB curriculum, then you work through it in live scenarios. Shenoy shares what he sees in the field after 20 years in cybersecurity and 10 years in enterprise AI, AI governance and data protection.
Our goal is that you finish confident. If a topic needs more time, we add sessions rather than rush it.
Sessions are private 1-on-1 or a small batch. Shenoy manages a team of consultants in the GRC advisory practice that reconn delivers. Once in a while a team member joins a session to share what they see on current projects.
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The same official PECB certification, with a PECB Certified Trainer behind you: live 1-on-1 and small-batch sessions, extra sessions when you need them, and email and WhatsApp support until you clear the exam.
Included with live online
The toolkit is 50+ editable Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents covering all the documented information ISO/IEC 42001:2023 explicitly requires, plus the policies, procedures, registers and AI-specific controls that go beyond the minimum. Every document comes as a blank template and as a completed version for one fictional company running several AI systems.
Every candidate on the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Implementer live online course with reconn. It is useful if you build or run AI systems, advise others on AI governance, or want a worked reference for your own AIMS.
The toolkit provides implementation aids and editable templates. Your organisation must tailor, approve and implement them. Use of the toolkit does not itself guarantee ISO/IEC 42001 conformity or certification, and it is not legal advice or evidence of compliance with any law or regulation.
Every PECB ISO 42001 live online and eLearning enrolment with reconn includes our mind map, a quick review of the important topics in the PECB ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer course.
A reconn mind map, delivered as a PDF. It shows the important topics of the course on one connected picture, so you can see how context and scope, the AI policy, AI risk and impact assessment, controls and the Statement of Applicability, operations, and audit and improvement fit together in an AI management system.
Live online learners receive it during the live sessions. eLearning learners receive it after enrolment.
The mind map is a PDF licensed to one user and is meant for PECB candidates only. Please do not share, copy or resell it.
The mind map is a study aid. It supports your learning and does not guarantee any result.
Real-world practice
The course puts you where you will be at work. You think through how to implement the AI management system, how you may be audited, and what evidence an auditor will expect to see.
Decide how you would put each part of ISO/IEC 42001 into practice for an organisation running several AI systems.
See how an auditor may test your AIMS and which questions to expect.
Know what records, registers and reviews you would need to show, and how they connect.
Shenoy shares field experience from AI governance work, including AI risk and impact assessment challenges. Members of his GRC consulting team occasionally join a session to share what they are seeing on live projects.
Scenarios are realistic examples for learning. They are not legal advice.
Mentoring
Your sessions are private 1-on-1 or a small batch, so you get questions answered as you go and you set the pace with your trainer.
Need more time on a topic? You can book extra 1-hour 1-on-1 sessions with the trainer until you clear the exam or until 12 months from enrolment, whichever comes first.
PECB sets, administers and grades the exam on the PECB Exams app. reconn promises time and attention, and does not control exam results.
Packages
Both packages include the live online Lead Implementer course. The second adds the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Auditor eLearning course.
Learning how an AI management system is audited makes you a stronger, more independent implementer. You see your own work the way an auditor will, and you can move into audit roles later.
| If you want to | Choose |
|---|---|
| Implement an AIMS and lead the project | Live-Online Lead Implementer |
| Implement it and also learn how it is audited | Lead Implementer + Lead Auditor [eLearning] |
| Study at your own pace instead of live | The Lead Implementer eLearning course |
Choose your package in the buy box, or message us first if you are in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South America.
Why reconn
The PECB credential is the same wherever you study. What changes is the teaching, the tools and the support around it. Here is how reconn compares with a typical AI governance training provider.
| What you compare | reconn live online | A typical AI governance training provider |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery format | Live online on Microsoft Teams, 1-on-1 or small batch | Often a large group class or recorded video |
| Session timing | Flexible days and times, with evenings and weekends when the trainer is available | Usually fixed dates, often first come, first served |
| Session structure | Five sessions of about 3 hours, with extra sessions when you need them | Often a fixed schedule with little room to slow down |
| Delivery style | Practical workshop with live scenarios | Often slide-led |
| Trainer background | PECB Certified Trainer with 20+ years in cybersecurity and 10+ years in enterprise AI | Often not stated |
| Offensive and defensive security | Early career in red and blue team operations | Rarely stated |
| Who you deal with | Your trainer directly, by email and WhatsApp | Often a sales desk or ticket queue |
| What you compare | reconn live online | A typical ISO 42001 AI governance training provider |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation depth | AIMS implementation worked through live, including AI risk and impact assessment | Often an overview of the standard |
| Templates and toolkit | Reconn ISO 42001 AIMS Implementation Toolkit, 50+ editable documents, blank and completed | Rarely offered as standard |
| Session recordings | Every session recorded and shared with you | Often not provided |
| After the sessions | Unlimited email and WhatsApp support until you clear the exam, within 12 months of enrolment | Often limited, or ends with the class |
| Extra hours | Extra 1-hour 1-on-1 sessions until you clear the exam or the 12 months end | Rarely offered |
| AI and emerging risk | Field experience from AI governance work, shared in the sessions | Often covered only in outline |
| Careers | Interview preparation pack and portfolio help | Rarely included |
| Package | MyPECB access, courseware, completion certificate, two exam attempts, application fee and first-year AMF | Often some items cost extra, so ask in writing |
Ask any provider for the inclusions, the trainer and the length of support in writing, then compare.
Comparisons describe what a provider often or rarely does. They are general and do not refer to any named company.
Course overview
The PECB ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer course teaches you to plan, implement, manage and maintain an AI management system (AIMS) based on ISO/IEC 42001:2023, from the first scope statement to the certification audit.
PECB lists general knowledge of the AIMS and ISO/IEC 42001 as the prerequisite, and the sessions cover the rest. You do not need to be a data scientist.
The course teaches a management system approach. It does not make an organisation compliant with any law or regulation, and it is not legal advice.
The certification
After the course you can sit the PECB exam and apply for the "PECB Certified ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer" credential. PECB issues the credential, not reconn.
PECB's ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer certification scheme is accredited by UKAS.
Mission briefing
Your goal is to take an organisation from "we use AI" to "we govern AI", with an AI management system that you can explain, run and defend in an audit.
Each session mixes explanation with live scenarios and the toolkit templates. You leave each one with something you can use at work.
The Lead Implementer course builds the AIMS. The Lead Auditor course teaches how an AIMS is audited. The second package gives you both.
Course agenda
The PECB curriculum is organised in four content parts, followed by the certification exam. Your live sessions work through them with time for scenarios, the toolkit and review.
Your five live sessions can run longer, and we add extra sessions when a topic needs more time.
Credential levels
PECB offers four implementer credentials under the ISO/IEC 42001 scheme. Your experience decides which one you can claim after you pass the exam.
Basic knowledge to take part in implementing and managing a management system.
The knowledge needed to take part in implementing and managing a management system.
The skills to implement a management system, and the competences to manage a team.
For professionals with extensive experience in implementation projects.
| Level | Professional experience | AIMS project experience |
|---|---|---|
| Provisional Implementer | None | None |
| Implementer | Two years, at least one in artificial intelligence | At least 200 hours of project activities |
| Lead Implementer | Five years, at least two in artificial intelligence | At least 300 hours of project activities |
| Senior Lead Implementer | Ten years, at least seven in artificial intelligence | At least 1,000 hours of project activities |
Every level needs the PECB Certified ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer exam or equivalent, and signing the PECB Code of Ethics. If you pass the exam but do not yet have the experience for Lead Implementer, you can apply for a lower level. After passing the exam you have one year to submit your professional file.
Requirements are set by PECB and can change. Check them on PECB's website before you apply.
Corporate teams
Train a team on ISO/IEC 42001 with the same practical workshop. Live online training is available to organisations anywhere in the world, and classroom training is available in the Middle East.
Corporate buyers contact us first so we can set up the batch and the invoice. Please do not place a corporate order in the shop before we have spoken.
Your trainer
Shenoy Sandeep is the Founder of reconn, an AI-first cybersecurity firm based in Dubai, UAE. With 20+ years across cybersecurity focussing on offensive security and threat intelligence portfolio, and over 10 years in Enterprise AI, AI governance and data protection, he has assisted over 25+ startups in scaling their business in the Middle East and African region.
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Not a slide reader. A practitioner.
You work with the trainer directly, before, during and after the sessions.
Five live 3-hour sessions with extra sessions when you need them.
Unlimited support until you clear the exam, within 12 months of enrolment.
Field experience from AI governance work, shared in the sessions.
Shenoy Sandeep, Founder of reconn
If you are reading this, you are about to learn ISO/IEC 42001, and you probably have a lot of questions. That is a good place to start.
I moved into training because I felt most training providers were slide readers with no practical experience. I teach these courses myself, as a full-time practitioner who also runs reconn as an Applied AI and cybersecurity advisory firm.
In our sessions we work through how to implement an AI management system, how you may be audited and what evidence you will need to show. I share what I see in AI governance work, including the hard parts of AI risk and impact assessment.
I manage a team of consultants in the GRC advisory practice that reconn delivers. Once in a while a team member joins a session to share what they are seeing on live projects.
PECB sets and grades the exam, so I cannot promise you a result. What I can promise is my time and attention: unlimited email and WhatsApp support until you clear the exam, within 12 months of enrolment.
If you are not sure which package suits you, or whether the evening slot works in your country, message me before you order.
If live online sessions are not the right fit, take the same official PECB course and exam package as self-paced eLearning. Instant checkout and same-day access.
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FAQ
It is a live online training and practical workshop with 1-on-1 mentoring on implementing an AI management system (AIMS) based on ISO/IEC 42001:2023. PECB Certified Trainer Shenoy Sandeep delivers it in five live sessions of about 3 hours each on Microsoft Teams, and every session is recorded.
It suits compliance, risk, security and AI governance professionals, managers and engineers who build or run AI systems, consultants who advise on AI governance, and professionals who want to move into AI governance.
PECB lists general knowledge of the AIMS and ISO/IEC 42001 as the prerequisite, and the sessions build on it. To claim the Lead Implementer credential after the exam, PECB also reviews your professional experience.
You will be able to plan an AIMS project, scope it, run AI risk and impact assessment, build the Statement of Applicability, select and implement controls, monitor and improve the AIMS, and prepare an organisation for a certification audit.
The Lead Implementer course teaches you to build and run an AIMS. The Lead Auditor course teaches you how an AIMS is audited. The second package combines the live online Lead Implementer course with the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Auditor eLearning course.
No. ISO/IEC 42001 is a management system standard. Certification does not by itself confer compliance with any law or regulation, and this course is not legal advice.
There are five live sessions of about 3 hours each. Some sessions run 30 to 60 minutes longer when the discussion needs it, and we add extra sessions when you need them, because the goal is that you finish confident.
Our reference slot is 7:00 to 10:00 pm Gulf Standard Time (GMT+4). In the UK that is 3:00 to 6:00 pm GMT, in Central Europe 4:00 to 7:00 pm CET, and in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Clocks change, so we confirm the exact local time when we book your sessions.
Yes. Days and times are flexible and are agreed with you. It is a booking, not a first-come, first-served seat. Weekends are possible when the trainer is available, and other times can be arranged on request.
Yes, but please contact us before you order so we can confirm trainer availability and a time that works for you. Email hello@reconn.io or WhatsApp +971 58 572 6270.
Sessions are private 1-on-1 or in a small batch, never a crowded class.
Yes. Every session is recorded on Microsoft Teams and you receive the recordings.
The live online course is taught in English.
Sessions can run longer, and we add extra sessions when needed. You can also book extra 1-hour 1-on-1 sessions with the trainer until you clear the exam or until 12 months from enrolment, whichever comes first.
It is 50+ editable Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents covering all the documented information ISO/IEC 42001:2023 explicitly requires, plus the policies, procedures, registers and AI-specific controls that go beyond the minimum. Every document comes as a blank template and as a completed version for one fictional company running several AI systems.
It covers governance, AI system inventory and intake, risk, AI system impact assessment, a Statement of Applicability for all Annex A controls, AI lifecycle and data, responsible use, third parties, monitoring and incidents, assurance, readiness tools such as a gap assessment and Stage 1 and 2 checklist, presentations, and an interview preparation pack.
No. The toolkit provides implementation aids and editable templates. Your organisation must tailor, approve and implement them. Use of the toolkit does not itself guarantee ISO/IEC 42001 conformity or certification, and it is not legal advice or evidence of compliance with any law or regulation.
It is reconn's own mind map and quick review of the important topics in the course, delivered as a PDF during your live sessions. It is licensed to one user and is for PECB candidates only.
The exam has 80 multiple-choice questions with a 70% pass mark. It is open book and is taken online, proctored, on the PECB Exams app.
PECB sets, administers and grades the exam. reconn does not administer exams and cannot influence results.
Two attempts, a first take and a retake. They are included together with the certification application fee and the first-year Annual Maintenance Fee (AMF), valid for 12 months from your enrolment.
You apply to PECB for the credential with your professional experience records and references. PECB reviews the application and issues the credential. After passing the exam you have one year to submit your professional file.
Under the ISO/IEC 42001 scheme PECB offers Provisional Implementer, Implementer, Lead Implementer and Senior Lead Implementer. Provisional Implementer needs no experience. Implementer needs two years, at least one in artificial intelligence, and at least 200 hours of AIMS project activities. Lead Implementer needs five years, at least two in artificial intelligence, and at least 300 hours. Senior Lead Implementer needs ten years, at least seven in artificial intelligence, and at least 1,000 hours. Every level also requires signing the PECB Code of Ethics.
No. The course completion certificate confirms that you attended the course. The certification is issued by PECB after you pass the exam and your application is approved.
PECB certifications are valid for three years, with maintenance requirements to renew them.
PECB's ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer certification scheme is accredited by UKAS. reconn is a PECB Authorized Titanium Partner.
You have unlimited email and WhatsApp support from the trainer until you clear the exam, within 12 months of enrolment.
Yes. You can book extra 1-hour 1-on-1 sessions until you clear the exam or until 12 months from enrolment, whichever comes first.
Yes. The toolkit includes an interview preparation pack with practical examples and talking points, and we help you build a portfolio that shows what you can do.
Your trainer is Shenoy Sandeep, a PECB Certified Trainer with 20+ years in cybersecurity and 10+ years in enterprise AI, AI governance and data protection. Members of his GRC consulting team occasionally join a session to share what they see on live projects.
Final price is calculated at checkout based on your location.
We accept cards and bank transfer. Qualified buyers in the Middle East can also pay in installments through Tabby and Tamara by contacting us on WhatsApp or by email. Approval is decided by Tabby and Tamara.
Yes, we provide a tax invoice. Corporate buyers should email hello@reconn.io before placing the order so we can issue a country-specific tax invoice.
Yes. Live online training is available to organisations anywhere in the world, and classroom training is available in the Middle East. Contact us before ordering so we can set up the batch and the invoice.
Yes. reconn offers up to 10% off for military veterans, service members and people returning to work after a career break. Email hello@reconn.io before you order. Requests are reviewed individually and the discount is at reconn's discretion.
Tell us which group you belong to and what you want to move into. You do not need to tell us why you took a break, and please do not send health information. Veterans may send proof of service with ID numbers and unrelated details covered, and sharing proof is optional. We record only that it was verified and the date, delete any documents within 30 days of the decision, and handle the request by email, not WhatsApp.
Yes. You can take the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Implementer course as self-paced eLearning on reconn.io, which includes a 1-hour live 1-on-1 session with a PECB Certified Trainer and unlimited email and WhatsApp support.
Both include the live online Lead Implementer course. The second package adds the PECB ISO 42001 Lead Auditor eLearning course, with a 1-hour live 1-on-1 session with the trainer and unlimited email and WhatsApp support for that course.
Choose your package in the buy box above, or talk to the trainer first. We answer on WhatsApp and by email, and we confirm a schedule that works in your time zone before you start.
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