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ISO/IEC 27000 Compliance
ISO/IEC 27001 is the world's leading international standard for Information Security Management Systems. Certification demonstrates to customers, partners, and regulators that your organisation manages information security systematically and rigorously. AIQA guides you from gap assessment to certification.
What It Is
A Risk-Based ISMS — Globally Recognised
The ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards provides a framework for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO/IEC 27001 is the certifiable standard. ISO/IEC 27002 provides the implementation guidance for its Annex A controls catalogue.
Certification is granted by accredited third-party certification bodies following a formal audit. It is renewed on a three-year cycle with annual surveillance audits. The standard is explicitly risk-based — organisations define their scope, perform a risk assessment, and implement proportionate controls from Annex A.
ISO 27001:2022
The 2022 revision restructured Annex A from 114 to 93 controls, organised into four themes: Organisational, People, Physical, and Technological. New controls address threat intelligence, cloud security, data masking, ICT readiness, and secure coding — reflecting the modern threat landscape.
Quick Facts
- ▸Current version ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- ▸Annex A controls 93 controls, 4 themes
- ▸Certification cycle 3 years + annual surveillance
- ▸Auditor Accredited certification body (e.g. BSI, DNV)
- ▸Approach Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) cycle
The PDCA Cycle
Four Phases of an ISMS
Plan
Establish the ISMS
Define scope, conduct risk assessment, select and plan controls from Annex A, set security objectives.
Do
Implement and Operate
Implement the controls, document policies and procedures, conduct training and awareness.
Check
Monitor and Review
Measure control performance, conduct internal audits, perform management reviews, identify nonconformities.
Act
Maintain and Improve
Take corrective actions, make improvements, feed lessons learned back into the next planning cycle.
How AIQA Helps
From Gap to Certified
Gap Analysis & Scoping
We benchmark your current security posture against ISO 27001:2022 requirements and Annex A controls, define your ISMS scope, and produce a prioritised remediation roadmap.
Risk Treatment & Controls
We facilitate your information security risk assessment, help you select and design proportionate Annex A controls, and build the Statement of Applicability (SoA).
Certification Readiness
We prepare your policy library, conduct internal audit walkthroughs, and coordinate with your chosen certification body — so your Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits proceed without surprises.
Common Challenges
Where Organisations Stumble
Scope Definition
An overly broad scope makes certification expensive and slow. Too narrow, and auditors find gaps. Getting scope right from the start is the highest-leverage decision.
Risk Assessment Quality
ISO 27001's risk-based approach requires a credible, repeatable risk assessment methodology. Many first-time implementations produce risk registers that auditors find unconvincing.
Policy Debt
The standard requires a substantial policy library. Organisations frequently create policies for certification, then fail to maintain, communicate, or enforce them operationally.
Management Commitment
ISO 27001 Clause 5 places explicit obligations on top management. Without genuine leadership engagement, the ISMS becomes a compliance project rather than a security programme.
Other Compliance Frameworks
Start With a Complimentary ISO 27001 Gap Review
We will assess your current ISMS posture against ISO 27001:2022, identify critical gaps, and give you a realistic view of your certification timeline. No cost, no commitment.
30–60 minutes. No cost. No commitment.