# A.10 Safety

AI-related objective: The AI system does not cause unacceptable harm to people, property or the environment, with hazards analysed and safe states defined where its failure can cause harm. Used when establishing risk criteria (6.3.4), identifying consequences (6.4.2.6) and evaluating risk (6.4.4). Read safety against the objective the use threatens most.

- Framework: ISO/IEC 23894:2023
- Cited to: ISO/IEC 23894:2023, clause A.10
- Source: https://www.iso.org/standard/77304.html
- Last updated: 2026-10-20

## What it asks

AI-related objective: The AI system does not cause unacceptable harm to people, property or the environment, with hazards analysed and safe states defined where its failure can cause harm. Used when establishing risk criteria (6.3.4), identifying consequences (6.4.2.6) and evaluating risk (6.4.4).

## Where generative AI changes the answer

Safety has to be judged against the use: a wrong summary is an annoyance in one setting and a hazard in another.

## Who it binds

The AI risk owner, with the objective owner named in the risk treatment plan.

## Evidence an auditor samples

- Hazard analysis and safety measures for AI systems that can cause harm

## The test you can run

Ask which objective the use threatens most and what measure shows it. A blank answer is the finding.

## Common failures

- Safety considered only for physical systems

## Before the draft publishes

Pick the two objectives the use most affects, write the test you would apply, and record the result before the draft is published.

## What this page does not say

It does not state the text of ISO/IEC DTS 25568, because ISO has not published the draft's clause text. It does not certify anything.

Not legal advice; does not certify.