• ISO compliance advisory services

Build a management system that conforms with the latest ISO standards.

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We prepare your organization for alignment or formal certification to globally-recognized ISO management system standards.

Effectively prepare for certification audits

To help your organization decrease implementation timelines and costs during initial certification, we evaluate your environment against the mandatory certification requirements and determine short-term project plans. Our team comprises experienced implementers and auditors who maintain the necessary credentials to help organizations successfully achieve certification.

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Pre-assessment for initial certification

The pre-assessment gap analysis is a training and awareness session for internal stakeholders and interested parties, who may serve as designated control owners and participate in required annual activities (e.g., risk analysis, internal audit).

The gap analysis includes:

  • An interpretation of applicable ISO requirements to be documented
  • Observations and best practices based on your organization’s peers and sector-specific trends
  • Insights into your management system documentation on processes, internal controls, internal auditing, and management review
  • Upfront analysis of risks that could threaten your ability to meet the applicable ISO standard requirements
  • A summary of current business processes and related controls along with remediation recommendations
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Establish: Creating a culture of governance and awareness across internal teams

We consult with your compliance teams to determine outlines for the organization’s governance program documentation and charter.

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Implement: Policy and control procedures development

Controls policy and procedure development

We augment your organization’s internal process owners to establish appropriate policies that meet control objectives justified for inclusion to your management system, as appropriate.

Management system risk analysis

During the periodic risk analysis that conforms with the risk identification and quantification frameworks popularized within ISO standards, we:

  • Score inherent and residual risks based on your risk tolerance scheme.
  • Determine risk severity ratings and risk treatment options.
  • Develop short-term risk treatment plans for residual risks outside your organization’s risk acceptance tolerance.
  • Determine each business function’s requirements for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and overall data sensitivity.
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Monitor and maintain: Internal auditing and management review

Management system internal audit

While employing the principles for auditing management systems, one of our in-house lead auditors conducts an impartial, periodic internal audit covering these management system requirements for all in-scope environments. We determine sufficiency of sampled control procedures provided by your organization.

Deliverables include:

  • A three-year management system internal audit plan
  • Annual management system internal audit report
  • Lead auditor competency profile or evidence of relevant lead auditor certification
Management review

After completing the risk assessment and internal audit activities, we facilitate a review of these outputs and follow up actions with key, internal interested parties.

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External audit support

We help your organization identify and select an accredited certification body registrar to assess your organization against certification requirements. During external audit engagements, we respond and defend related inquiries made by the appointed lead auditor in interviews and walkthroughs on your organization’s behalf. For any identified findings or non-conformities, we assist with root-cause analysis and development of corrective action plans.

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What can you expect from our ISO services?

Deep expertise

Our team comprises dedicated practitioners who focus solely on the interpretation, maturity, composition, history, and adoption of ISO standards. These full-time employees are individually certified to relevant lead auditor and lead implementer schemes.

Experience

Our team offers real-world experience, ranging from prior audit roles to overseeing complex compliance programs in various industries spanning the world.

Frequently asked questions

How much time does it take to stand up an ISO program and become certified?

Our experienced ISO audit team works in tandem with clients to expedite certification readiness. Typically, our engagements take six to nine months for completion.

Can Coalfire Certification help with ISO advisory services to certify my ISO program?

No. Coalfire Certification, a management systems certification body, is unable to audit organizations where the scope has received services facilitated by our consultants.

If my organization maintains SOC 2 compliance, will we achieve ISO 27001 certification faster?

SOC 2 criteria do partially map to controls defined within ISO 27001. Our advisory team can perform the gap assessment for you during a preliminary workshop while detailing a remaining, prioritized roadmap for short-term certification issuance.

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