ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
The ACCS 1:2025 scheme for certifying age assurance systems and components against ISO/IEC 27566-1: how the client scopes the system or component with its boundaries, contexts of use, attack vectors, data dependencies and exclusions; the public practice statement and its configuration management and external evidence rules; Stage One readiness and Stage Two evidence audits; test plans, sample sizes and reduced-sample statistics for the Basic, Effective, Highly Effective and Strict levels; reporting of indicators of effectiveness with demographic parity; the independent evaluation review and decision; the certificate, schedule and public registry; and annual surveillance, continuous monitoring, change notification and recertification.
ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components is a compliance framework from United Kingdom (scheme applied internationally) with 9 domains and 31 controls. The largest domains are Clause 4: Scope of the system or component under analysis, boundaries, contexts of use, change control, data dependencies – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (7 controls), Clause 5: Practice statements – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (5 controls), Clause 7: Selection and specification of testing – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (5 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (9)
Clause 10: Reporting of indicators of effectiveness – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::10.2-10.4 | Report indicators of effectiveness at the defined levels, from approved testing and audit, on a valid statistical basis, and publish summaries |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::10.5-10.8 | Report indicators per component and system, disclose demographic coverage and error parity, add local indicators, and use the standard table |
Clause 4: Scope of the system or component under analysis, boundaries, contexts of use, change control, data dependencies – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.1-4.4 | Define and record the certification scope by client role: provider, relying party or intermediary |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.10 | Declare the assumptions the item depends on and the exclusions from its certification |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.5 | Declare known and anticipated attack vectors |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.6 | Define repeatable scope boundaries with architecture, identification and an inclusions and exclusions statement |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.7 | Define the contexts of use: sectors, channels, use type and jurisdictions |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.8 | Keep certification current: three-year cycle, annual surveillance, continuous monitoring, change notification and the minor versus major change test |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::4.9 | Declare every data source, its authority, governing terms and third-party dependencies |
Clause 5: Practice statements – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::5.1-5.2 | Publish a practice statement in the ISO/IEC 27566-1 Clause 10 structure with the scheme's additional content |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::5.3-5.6 | Assess the practice statement against the five core characteristics, keep it current and submit updates |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::5.7 | Declare ISO 10007-based configuration management and constrain relying party configuration options that could weaken conformity |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::5.8 | Control, version and retain the practice statement, and submit major-change updates within 14 days |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::5.9-5.10 | Declare external certifications and evidence, accept the scheme's weighting, and notify lapses within 14 days |
Clause 6: Stage One audit – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::6 | Pass a Stage One audit of the practice statement, governance, legal standing, impartiality, privacy baseline, risk, management systems and monitoring readiness |
Clause 7: Selection and specification of testing – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::7.11-7.14 | Where reduced-sample designs are used, pre-register the statistics, respect stratified floors, apply the acceptance rules and protect data integrity |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::7.2-7.3 | Use competent, independent test analysts and build test plans that map every practice statement claim to a test with acceptance criteria |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::7.4-7.6 | Cover functionality, accuracy, performance, attack resistance and the declared characteristics, with samples sized to the claimed level and demographically varied |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::7.7-7.8 | Apply national and jurisdictional test requirements and document plans, results and testing limitations |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::7.9-7.10 | Weigh external test results by accreditation and keep responsibility for outsourced testing with the conformity assessment body |
Clause 8: Execution of testing and reporting – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::8.2-8.3 | Execute testing to the approved plan, record deviations, keep it reproducible and analyse results against the declared indicators |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::8.4-8.6 | Report tests to international formats, at component and system level, submit them in full and publish summaries |
Clause 9: Stage Two audit – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::9.2-9.3 | Submit to the mandatory Stage Two activities and make the required evidence available |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::9.4-9.6 | Demonstrate conformity on functionality, performance, privacy, security and acceptability, per component and at system level, and for each declared jurisdiction and sector |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::9.7 | Receive a Stage Two report that maps every practice statement claim to evidence and categorises nonconformities |
Clauses 11 and 12: Audit report, evaluation review and certification decision – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::11 | Produce a Stage Two audit report to the mandatory template and assemble a complete, version-controlled audit package |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::12.2-12.3 | Obtain an independent evaluation review and a documented certification decision by independent certification officers |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::12.4-12.6 | Receive a certificate and schedule that separate what is and is not certified, appear in the public registry, use the mark within scope, and optionally pursue IEEE 2089.1 certification |
Clauses 13 and 14: Continuous monitoring, surveillance and scheme revision – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::13.2-13.3 | Undergo annual surveillance audits that confirm the practice statement, scope, indicators, change control and obligations are maintained |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::13.4-13.5 | Run continuous monitoring of accuracy, parity, attack resilience, incidents and performance, review it, and notify major changes and material incidents |
| accs-1-2025-certification-scheme-for-age-assurance-systems-and-components::13.6 | Complete a recertification audit before expiry, with fresh test evidence and current requirements |
What is ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components and who does it apply to?
ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components is a compliance framework from United Kingdom (scheme applied internationally) with 9 domains and 31 controls. The ACCS 1:2025 scheme for certifying age assurance systems and components against ISO/IEC 27566-1: how the client scopes the system or component with its boundaries, contexts of use, attack vectors, data dependencies and exclusions; the public practice statement and its configuration management and external evidence rules; Stage One readiness and Stage Two evidence audits; test plans, sample sizes and reduced-sample statistics for the Basic, Effective, Highly Effective and Strict levels; reporting of indicators of effectiveness with demographic parity; the independent evaluation review and decision; the certificate, schedule and public registry; and annual surveillance, continuous monitoring, change notification and recertification. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components actually require?
ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components has 31 controls organised across 9 domains. The largest domains are Clause 4: Scope of the system or component under analysis, boundaries, contexts of use, change control, data dependencies – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (7 controls), Clause 5: Practice statements – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (5 controls), Clause 7: Selection and specification of testing – ACCS 1:2025 Certification Scheme for Age Assurance Systems and Components (5 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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