SECFORCE’s approach to ISO 27001 Compliance

We bring your organisation into ISO 27001 compliance by combining our specialist advisory practice with your operational context and business goals.

SECFORCE compliance approach

Adversarial Mindset

Our specialists are deeply technical, work alongside our offensive security team, and understand how real-world adversaries operate.

ISO 27001

We have over a decade of experience with ISO 27001 and have unique insights into how Certification Bodies apply ISO 27001 in practice.

Business Goals

We start with why you want to be compliant and work backwards to find the highest-ROI route to certification.

Get to ISO 27001 compliance with SECFORCE

Experienced ISO 27001 consultants

You work with a dedicated Technical Account Manager who is a security consultant, backed by specialists with deep expertise in ISO 27001 and technical controls.

Independent advice

We are on your side, so if an auditor interprets a requirement unreasonably, we will help you make your case.

Technology agnostic

Our advice is driven only by what is right for your environment, not by what generates recurring licence revenue for us.

We’ve been in your shoes

We hold ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification ourselves. We run the same governance frameworks internally that we help clients put in place.

Pragmatic by design

The controls we recommend are practical, risk-appropriate, and designed to reduce operational overhead.

Defensible reporting

Deliverables are custom to ISO 27001, with a high-level summary for executives and technical documentation that is audit-ready.

Who does ISO 27001 apply to?

Anyone who wants to. ISO 27001 is voluntary, and any organisation can certify to it to show customers, partners, regulators, and auditors that it manages information security risk effectively. There are no size or industry limits.

Many large organisations require ISO 27001 certification from their suppliers. It also gives insurers, investors and regulators confidence that your organisation has well-established processes for managing information security.

ISO 27001 compliance

Core requirements

Certification rests on an Information Security Management System, built around how you assess and manage risk. ISO 27001 is not a technical checklist. It requires evidence that security risks are identified, managed and reviewed through a proper governance process, covering:

ISO 27001 core requirements
The scope of the ISMS.
Information security risk assessments.
Annex A controls that apply to you.
Governance and accountability structures.
Policies, procedures and audit-ready evidence.
Continual improvement.
ISO 27001 certification

Certification

Certification is awarded by an accredited Certification Body after a two-stage external audit, followed by annual surveillance audits and recertification every three years. If you already hold GDPR, NIS2 or other compliance foundations, a good amount of documentation and controls can typically be reused, cutting the time and cost to certification.

SECFORCE ISO 27001
compliance consulting services

ISMS scope definition and design.

Risk assessment facilitation.

Annex A control mapping and implementation support.

Policy and documentation development.

Internal audit and audit-readiness reviews.

Certification Body engagement support.

An ISO 27001 compliance engagement runs in four phases

1

Discovery and Gap Analysis

We establish your baseline and compare it to ISO 27001 requirements to understand what’s missing.

2

Readiness Roadmap

Next, we create a prioritised plan that focuses on the controls, processes, and governance improvements that will make the biggest difference, taking into account your current capabilities, technology and resources.

3

Implementation and Advisory Support:

Then, we provide hands-on advice on what to do, how to do it, and what evidence you need to show that you meet ISO 27001 requirements.

4

Validation and Audit Readiness

Finally, we review your readiness and your evidence, and we support you through the entire audit process to ensure you’re prepared for ISO 27001 certification.

ISO 27001 vs other frameworks

FrameworkTypeCertificateJurisdictionOverlap
ISO 27001Voluntary certificationUniversalSOC 2, GDPR,
NIS2, DORA
DORALegal obligationEU financial entitiesNIS2, ISO 27001
NIS2Legal obligationEU member statesDORA, CS&R Bill
CS&R BillLegal obligationUKNIS2

Compliance across frameworks

Should your organisation need to comply with more than one regulatory testing framework at the same time, alongside ISO 27001, we also offer services under DORA, NIS2 and Cyber Security and Resilience Act.

Compliance across frameworks