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ISO 27001 Consulting & Audit Support

Gap assessment, ISMS setup, and audit-readiness support to help your organisation work toward ISO 27001 certification — practical guidance that fits how your team actually operates.

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Overview

Building an ISMS the standard will actually recognise

ISO 27001 certification is increasingly a prerequisite for winning enterprise deals, but the standard is easy to over-engineer. We help you build an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that satisfies the standard without drowning your team in process. Engagements typically start with a gap assessment against the ISO 27001 requirements and Annex A controls to see where you already comply and where work is needed. From there we help define the ISMS scope, risk-assessment methodology, and the policies, procedures, and controls the standard expects — tailored to your size and risk profile rather than copied from a generic template. As your certification audit approaches, we help you prepare evidence, run internal reviews, and rehearse for the auditor's questions. Note: Safe Tech AI consults on ISO 27001 for clients; certification is issued by an accredited certification body, not by us.

What’s included

  • Gap assessment against ISO 27001 requirements and Annex A
  • ISMS scope, risk methodology, and control definition
  • Right-sized policies and procedures (not generic templates)
  • Evidence preparation and internal review
  • Audit-readiness rehearsal and support
Who it's for

Who is usually mid-way through this problem

  • B2B software companies whose enterprise deals now stall on a procurement requirement for ISO 27001 certification.
  • Startups and SMEs in India and abroad building an ISMS for the first time with no dedicated compliance function.
  • Organisations that bought a policy template pack, stalled on implementation, and need practical help turning it into working practice.
  • Companies already certified and preparing for a surveillance or recertification audit after significant change to scope or systems.
When you need it

Signs a gap assessment is overdue

  • An enterprise customer's vendor onboarding requires ISO 27001 certification within a defined window and you have not started.
  • You need a gap assessment against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and Annex A to size the work before committing budget.
  • The ISMS exists on paper but risk assessments, management review and internal audit have not actually been run.
  • You transitioned to the 2022 revision of the standard and need the Statement of Applicability and controls realigned.
  • A certification audit is scheduled and the team needs evidence organised and rehearsal before the auditor arrives.
Deliverables

What lands in your evidence pack

Every engagement ends with something your team can act on — not a slide deck.

  • A gap assessment report mapping current practice against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 clauses and Annex A controls.
  • A defined ISMS scope, risk-assessment methodology, risk register and Statement of Applicability.
  • Right-sized policies and procedures written for how your organisation actually operates.
  • An evidence pack organised by clause and control, ready to present to your certification body.
  • Internal audit support and a rehearsal for the auditor's likely lines of questioning.
How it works

From gap assessment to audit-ready

The same predictable shape whether the work is an assessment or a build, so you always know what happens next.

  1. 1

    Discover

    We start by understanding your systems, goals, and constraints — scope, risk tolerance, and what success looks like — so the work is aimed at your actual problem, not a generic template.

  2. 2

    Assess or build

    For security work, we test and analyse against recognised standards. For development, we build in small, reviewable increments. Either way, you see progress early and can change direction.

  3. 3

    Report or ship

    You get clear, prioritised deliverables — a report your engineers can act on, or working software shipped to your environment — with the context to understand what was done and why.

  4. 4

    Support

    We stay available after delivery: retesting fixes, iterating on the product, and answering the questions that come up once real users and real traffic arrive.

FAQ

ISO 27001 Consulting — common questions

Can Safe Tech AI certify us to ISO 27001?

No. Certification can only be issued by an accredited certification body, which must be independent of the organisation that helped you implement the ISMS. Safe Tech AI consults on ISO 27001: we run the gap assessment, help build and operate the ISMS, and prepare you for audit. You then engage an accredited certification body to perform the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits and issue the certificate. Keeping those roles separate is a requirement of the scheme, not a limitation of our service.

How long does ISO 27001 certification take?

It depends on your starting point rather than on a fixed schedule. The main drivers are how wide your ISMS scope is, how many Annex A controls already operate in practice, whether security responsibilities are assigned to real owners, and how quickly your team can produce evidence. Certification bodies also expect the ISMS to have been running long enough to generate records such as risk assessments, internal audit results and a management review, which sets a practical floor on timing.

Do we need to implement all of the Annex A controls?

No. Annex A is a reference set, and you justify inclusion or exclusion of each control in your Statement of Applicability based on your risk assessment and obligations. A control that does not apply to your business can be excluded with documented reasoning. What auditors examine is whether your selection follows logically from your risk treatment, and whether the controls you did select genuinely operate. We help you make and defend those decisions rather than implementing everything by default.

Do you work with organisations outside India?

Yes. We are based in India and deliver ISO 27001 consulting remotely to clients internationally. The standard itself is international, so the ISMS requirements, Annex A controls and audit process are the same wherever you operate. What varies is the legal and regulatory context feeding your risk assessment, such as local data-protection law, and we account for that when scoping your ISMS and drafting policies.
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Certification readiness starts with an honest gap assessment.

We'll map your current practice against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and Annex A, then help you build the ISMS and evidence an accredited body will recognise.

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