Hanwha Vision has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification, the world’s first international standard for a certifiable Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS). However, the company argues that this is not simply another new certificate to hang on the wall, but a formal promise to its partners and customers that its entire process for developing and deploying AI is governed by a ‘human-centric’ philosophy.
The global community is moving fast to ensure AI remains a force for good. With the enforcement of the EU AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law, and similar legislative movements in the US and Asia, the regulatory grey area is disappearing.
These regulations are not just bureaucratic hurdles. They are a response to genuine concerns regarding data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the potential for surveillance overreach. For an end-user, choosing a provider that aligns with these global standards is no longer just a matter of ethics. It is a matter of long-term operational security. By adhering to ISO/IEC 42001, Hanwha Vision proactively meets these stringent requirements, ensuring our customers are protected from the legal and ethical risks of non-compliant AI.
To maintain this high standard of excellence, we have institutionalised the Responsible AI (RAI) Council. This dedicated decision-making body sets internal compliance standards, conducts pre-release risk assessments, and monitors ongoing AI performance. By doing so, they ensure every innovation is rooted on the belief of the following core Ethical AI Principles:
● Safety & reliability: AI must be a dependable partner, performing consistently in any environment to ensure public safety.
● Privacy & human dignity: Being respectful of individual rights as a non-negotiable value, ensuring technology never compromises the dignity of the people it serves.
● Transparency & fairness: A commitment to integrity, rejecting ‘black box’ processes to ensure our intelligence is both auditable and impartial.
These principles in turn need to translate into the technology inside a security system. This is where Hanwha Vision has created an AI management framework which serves as the strict technical requirements that guide how its AI is built and deployed.
This includes adhering to the following commitments:
● Privacy by design: Hanwha Vision uses AI to protect privacy, not just to monitor. Its systems can mask faces or sensitive areas in real-time, ensuring that security data is used only for its intended purpose without compromising individual anonymity.
● Eliminating algorithmic bias: A security system must be fair. Hanwha Vision commits to rigorously audit our training datasets to ensure its AI recognises people and objects accurately across diverse environments and demographics, preventing discriminatory outcomes.
● Data integrity & security: AI is only as good as the data it learns from. And so, the company strictly manages its datasets to prevent any unauthorised tampering or data poisoning. By securing both the data and the algorithms, this ensures that its AI provides consistent, accurate, and untampered insights that customers can trust.
● Transparency & explainability: Users should be able to understand how AI decisions are made, and so Hanwha Vision’s framework promises to ensure that its AI processes are auditable and transparent, moving away from the opaque black box approach to technology.
The video surveillance industry is entering a new era where technical specs alone no longer define excellence. As AI becomes more autonomous, the true competitive edge lies in accountability. We recognise that our customers aren’t just looking for advanced features. They are looking for a partner that operates with ethical certainty in an unpredictable digital landscape. This is why for Hanwha Vision, establishing a trustworthy AI management system is not a one-time milestone.
