ISO 27001 Certification is a globally recognized and accepted Information Security Standard established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), in partnership with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This is the only auditable international standard that defines the requirements of ISMS (Information Security Management System).

The necessities set out in ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (ISMS) are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organisations, regardless of their type, size or nature. The focus of ISO 27001 is to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) of business information or data, which may include customer data, employee details, financial information, intellectual property or information entrusted by third parties. Meeting ISO 27001 certification requirements means that an organisation has achieved the global gold standard for securing information.

Organisations that hold and maintain ISO 27001 certification demonstrate to their business clients, shareholders and peers that they take information security very seriously and can more easily comply with laws and regulations.

Benefits of ISO 27001 Certification:

• Ability to win more business: Win new business and sharpen your competitive edge.
• Improved Risk Management: Protect and enhance your reputation by showing that you have taken adequate steps to avoid or reduce cyber-attacks.
• Legal compliance: Your organisation complies with business, legal, contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Improved risk management: Reduces the need for frequent customer audits and reducing external customer audit delays.
• Proven business credentials: Obtain an independent opinion about your security posture as it requires regular reviews and internal audits and external audit at specific intervals.

Our Approach to ISO 27001 Certification:

Whether you need to measure your current information security practices against ISO 27001, or achieve certification to the standard, we provide the following steps:

• Scope Definition or Business Mapping: By understanding your business operations, controls and systems, we determine your scope that cover all your organisation's systems, processes, physical locations, services, products, departments, etc., that need to be protected.
• Gap Analysis: This step determines the current status of your Information Security Management System (ISMS) against the requirements of ISO 27001. We map out existing and required security infrastructure of all business processes. We then determine the deviation from the necessary requirements and make action plans to fill the gaps.
• Risk Assessment: We conduct a comprehensive Risk Assessment to identify weak areas and loopholes that could impact the business critical assets by developing a risk assessment methodology that suits the organisation's needs. After identifying the risks, we build a risk treatment plan. This is another critical stage of the ISMS process, because it determines what levels of risk the organization is prepared to accept, and it identifies unacceptable risks.
• Implementation: We guide organizations to implement various controls defined in the ISMS requirement document as per the risks identified during the risk assessment in line with business requirements.
• Internal Audit: An internal audit that regularly checks the ISMS, or sections of it, is a requirement for continuous certification to ISO 27001. This ensures it continues to follow the guidelines set out in the standard. We can provide this audit ‘as a service’, with scheduled audits to an agreed timeframe with your organization.
• Awareness Training: We conduct a brief Awareness Training program on ISO 27001 for your organization that outlines the principles of information security and their importance to an organization. The training helps information security managers, senior managers, quality professionals and IT staff to identify the benefits of implementing ISO 27001 and to understand the basics of information risk management.