An ISMS auditors respect,
not a paper exercise.
ISO 27001 certifies your whole information security management system, not just your tooling. We build it with you: scope, risk assessment, Annex A controls, internal audit, and support through certification.
What ISO 27001 certification involves.
ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS). Certification is issued by an accredited certification body after a two-stage audit: first of your ISMS documentation, then of the system in operation. Unlike a purely technical review, ISO 27001 covers how your organization manages risk: leadership commitment, risk assessment and treatment, the Annex A control set, supplier management, and continual improvement, all maintained through annual surveillance audits on a three-year certification cycle.
We take you through the full path: scoping the ISMS so it covers what matters without swallowing the whole company, running the risk assessment, implementing and documenting controls, training owners, and conducting the internal audit the standard requires before the certification body arrives. Where technical testing is needed as evidence, our penetration testing team handles it inside the same engagement.
From scope to certificate.
ISMS scoping and risk assessment
A right-sized ISMS scope, an asset and risk register your team can actually maintain, and a risk treatment plan mapped to Annex A controls.
Controls and documentation
Implementation of the selected controls with the documentation set the standard requires: the ISMS manual, Statement of Applicability, policies, and records, written to be used, not shelved.
Internal audit and certification support
The mandatory internal audit and management review, fixes for what they surface, and liaison support through the Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits and the surveillance audits after.
Four steps to certification.
Scope and assess
Define the ISMS boundary, build the asset and risk register, and produce the risk treatment plan and Statement of Applicability.
Implement controls
Roll out the selected Annex A controls with documentation written for the people who operate them, plus training for control owners.
Internal audit
We run the mandatory internal audit and management review, then fix what they surface before the certification body sees it.
Certification audits
Stage 1 reviews your documentation; Stage 2 audits the ISMS in operation. We sit beside you through both, and the surveillance audits after.
ISO 27001 FAQ.
ISO 27001 or SOC 2: which should we do?
It usually depends on your customers. US enterprise buyers most often ask for SOC 2; European and international buyers more often expect ISO 27001. The two overlap heavily in substance (access control, risk, incident response, vendors), so work done for one accelerates the other. We map controls across both so nothing is done twice.
How long does ISO 27001 take?
Building and operating an ISMS is more involved than a point-in-time review: readiness typically runs twelve to twenty weeks depending on your starting posture, followed by the certification body's two-stage audit. After the gap analysis you get a dated plan, so the path to the certificate is concrete.
Who actually issues the certificate?
An accredited certification body, after its own independent audit. We are your implementation partner: we build the ISMS with you, run the internal audit, and prepare you for certification, but the certificate itself always comes from the independent body.
Does ISO 27001 stay valid once achieved?
Certification runs on a three-year cycle with annual surveillance audits in between, so the ISMS has to keep operating, not just exist on audit day. We can stay engaged for surveillance-audit support, or hand you a system your team maintains on its own.
What documentation does ISO 27001 require?
The core set includes the ISMS scope, information security policy, risk assessment and treatment methodology, Statement of Applicability, control procedures, and records proving operation (reviews, training, incidents, audits). We write it to be maintained by your team, not to impress a shelf.
Do we need a full-time security officer?
The standard requires clear ownership of the ISMS, not a specific headcount. In most startups the responsibility sits with an engineering leader supported by defined control owners. We structure roles so the workload is realistic, and we can carry part of it through surveillance periods if you want continuity.