Build an ISMS that is ready for ISO/IEC 27001 certification.
ISO/IEC 27001 asks you to run information security as a management system — with scope, risk decisions, controls and review. We help you design that system so it fits your organization and stands up to an independent certification audit.
A standard about how you decide, not just what you deploy.
ISO/IEC 27001 specifies requirements for an information security management system (ISMS). Its clauses cover context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement; Annex A lists reference controls that you select or exclude based on your risk assessment.
Many organizations already have good technical controls but struggle to show the system around them: a defined scope, a repeatable risk method, a justified Statement of Applicability, internal audit and management review. That system is what a certification body examines.
The ISMS cycle we help you set up
- PlanContext, scope, risk assessment, objectives
- DoRisk treatment, controls, awareness
- CheckMonitoring, internal audit, management review
- ActCorrective action and continual improvement
Teams for whom certification opens doors.
- Technology companies selling internationally
- Organizations responding to tenders that ask for ISO/IEC 27001
- Businesses building their first formal ISMS
- Teams already holding SOC 2 and adding ISO/IEC 27001
- Certified organizations preparing for surveillance or recertification
The components of a working ISMS.
- Define the ISMS scope and boundaries
- Identify interested parties and business context
- Review security risks and existing controls
- Develop or improve the risk assessment process
- Support the risk treatment plan
- Assist with the Statement of Applicability
- Prepare security policies and supporting procedures
- Help define control owners
- Support management review and evidence preparation
- Help prepare for independent certification audits
From scope to certification-audit readiness.
We work alongside your team so the ISMS is owned internally, not handed over as a binder.
- 1
Context & scope
Agree what the ISMS covers and why, including interested parties and their requirements.
- 2
Gap assessment
Compare current practices with the clauses and Annex A controls.
- 3
Risk assessment & treatment
Establish the method, build the register and agree treatment decisions with risk owners.
- 4
Documentation & operation
Statement of Applicability, policies and procedures — then run the controls and collect records.
- 5
Review & audit preparation
Support internal audit and management review, then prepare for the certification audit.
The documents an auditor expects to see.
ISMS scope statement
Boundaries, interfaces and exclusions, with rationale.
Gap assessment
Clause-by-clause and control-by-control status.
Risk register & treatment plan
Risks, owners, ratings and agreed treatment actions.
Statement of Applicability support
Control selections and justifications linked to risks.
Policy register
Every policy, its owner, approval and review date.
Readiness roadmap
Sequenced activities leading to the certification audit.
Important to know
Certification is performed by an independent certification body. ISO publishes the standard but does not certify organizations, and CloudSec Advisors does not issue certificates.
ISO/IEC 27001 Readiness FAQ
Can you certify us to ISO/IEC 27001?
No. An independent certification body performs the certification audit and issues the certificate. We help you build and operate the ISMS and prepare for that audit.
Do we have to implement every Annex A control?
No. You select controls based on your risk assessment and record the decision — including exclusions and their justification — in the Statement of Applicability.
Can we reuse SOC 2 work?
Often, yes. Many controls and evidence overlap. ISO/IEC 27001 adds management-system requirements such as risk methodology, internal audit and management review.
Do you help after certification?
Yes, if agreed. Support can include internal audit preparation, management review and readiness for surveillance audits.
Planning for ISO/IEC 27001?
Tell us what is driving certification and where you are today. We will suggest a practical starting point.