ISO 27001 Certification
ISO 27001 Certification Consultants
What is ISO 27001
ISO 27001 is the international standard for Information Security Management Systems, published jointly by ISO and the IEC. It sets the requirements for building, running, and improving a risk-based system that protects your information assets: customer data, intellectual property, financial records, and employee information.
An accredited certification body awards the certificate after a two-stage audit. The auditors confirm your ISMS meets the standard and that you’ve implemented the right Annex A controls for your risk profile. Under ISO 27001:2022 there are 93 of them, grouped into four themes: Organizational, People, Physical, and Technological.
The 2022 revision replaced the 2013 version, and the transition deadline passed in October 2025. Every new certification and recertification now runs against ISO 27001:2022.
Why companies get certified
Most of our clients start this process because a deal depends on it. Enterprise buyers and procurement teams increasingly require certified vendors before they’ll sign, and a stalled security review can hold a six-figure contract hostage for months. A valid ISO 27001 certificate cuts those reviews down to days and takes the friction out of RFPs.
The ISMS keeps earning its keep after the deal closes. It lowers both the odds and the impact of a breach. It also does most of the heavy lifting for adjacent frameworks like SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 42001, and it gives leadership defensible evidence of due diligence if an incident or a regulatory inquiry ever lands on your desk.
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End-to-end ISO 27001 certification services
One engagement covers the whole journey. There are no handoffs between consultants, auditors, and platform vendors, and the services scale whether you’re starting from zero or rescuing a stalled implementation.
Readiness assessment and gap analysis
Before committing to a certification timeline, you need to know where you stand. Our readiness assessment maps your existing policies, controls, and evidence against every ISO 27001 clause and Annex A control, then produces a prioritized gap report with effort estimates, owners, and realistic timelines.
Most clients finish this phase in one to two weeks. If you want to see what the exercise involves first, start with our ISO 27001 gap analysis checklist and template.
ISO 27001 compliance readiness workshops
For teams that want to build internal capability rather than fully outsource, we run structured readiness workshops covering ISMS scope definition, risk assessment methodology, Statement of Applicability construction, and Annex A control selection. Security, engineering, and leadership attend together, so the people running the controls understand why each one exists. These sessions are particularly useful before surveillance audits or recertification.
ISMS implementation and control build-out
This is where most consultancies stop at documentation and leave you to figure out the rest. We don’t. Our team works alongside your engineers, IT, and people ops to deploy the technical and organizational controls: access management, cryptography, secure development, supplier security, incident response, and business continuity, using your existing tooling wherever possible. As a Gold partner of both Drata and Vanta, we also configure your compliance automation platform when it fits your stack. Planning the rollout yourself? Our implementation guide walks through the sequence.
Internal audit and pre-certification review
ISO 27001 requires an internal audit before your certification body shows up. Our independent internal auditors stress-test your ISMS the way an external auditor will, surfacing nonconformities, evidence gaps, and documentation weaknesses while there’s still time to fix them. Clients who complete this review typically pass Stage 2 with zero major nonconformities.
Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit support
An accredited body conducts the certification audit itself; we work with A-LIGN, Sensiba, and others. We coordinate the logistics, prepare your team for auditor interviews, manage evidence requests in real time, and support remediation of any findings between Stage 1 and Stage 2. When the auditor shows up, we’re in the room with you.
Surveillance audits and continuous compliance
Certification is valid for three years, with annual surveillance audits in between. We support the full lifecycle: maintaining the ISMS, running annual risk assessments and internal audits, refreshing the Statement of Applicability, and preparing for surveillance reviews. You stay audit-ready between certificates instead of scrambling before each one.
Do you need a consultant to get ISO 27001 certified?
No. You can get certified without one, and some teams do. Most of the ones who try burn four to six months of engineering time learning what a Statement of Applicability is, writing policies nobody reads, and failing Stage 1 on scoping mistakes.
Our consultants have run this process dozens of times. We know what auditors check, which controls your risk profile genuinely needs, and where automation platforms save time rather than create busywork. The math usually favors the consultant: your engineers ship product, we build the ISMS, and you certify in weeks instead of quarters.
Mesh ID, VidLab7, MediConCen, and Qanooni all certified with us. Qanooni did it in six weeks. Whether you need ISO 27001 on its own or paired with SOC 2, ISO 42001, or GDPR, you get one audit-ready compliance program instead of three parallel projects.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does ISO 27001 certification take?
Most organizations certify in three to six months. Timelines depend on company size, existing security maturity, and ISMS scope. Companies starting from zero usually need four to six months; teams with mature, documented controls move faster. Our record is Qanooni at six weeks.
How much does ISO 27001 certification cost?
Total cost splits between consulting, the certification body audit, and any tooling. For a typical 20 to 200 person tech company, expect a five-figure project all-in. We break down the full numbers, including what the audit itself costs, in our ISO 27001 certification cost guide.
Can we get ISO 27001 certified without a consultant?
Yes, nothing in the standard requires one. In practice it comes down to whose time you spend: certifying in-house typically costs four to six months of senior engineering attention, while a consultant compresses that to weeks. If your team has run an ISMS before, going solo is realistic. If not, the do-it-yourself route usually costs more than it saves.
What's the difference between a consultant and an auditor?
A consultant builds and prepares your ISMS. An auditor, from an accredited certification body, independently assesses it and issues the certificate. The two roles must stay separate: nobody can audit the system they implemented. That’s why Axipro consults and coordinates with independent bodies like A-LIGN and Sensiba rather than certifying you ourselves.
Do you work with Drata or Vanta?
Yes, we’re a Gold partner of both. If you already run one of them, we configure it for ISO 27001 and map its evidence collection to the Annex A controls. If you haven’t picked a platform yet, we’ll tell you honestly which one fits your stack, or whether you need one at all.
Should we do ISO 27001 or SOC 2? Do we need both?
It depends on who’s asking for it. SOC 2 dominates North American procurement; ISO 27001 carries more weight in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The two overlap heavily, so doing both in one program adds surprisingly little work. Our SOC 2 to ISO 27001 mapping guide shows exactly how much carries over.
What happens after we get certified?
The certificate is valid for three years, with a surveillance audit each year in between. You’ll need to keep the ISMS running: annual risk assessments, internal audits, and management reviews. We offer ongoing support for exactly this, so surveillance audits become routine rather than a fire drill.
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