ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor Certification Training
You’re under pressure. Your organisation is facing increased cyber threats, regulatory scrutiny, and audit fatigue. Stakeholders demand assurance. But without formal expertise in information security management systems, you’re left second-guessing your position at the table. Compliance isn’t optional anymore. It’s a strategic imperative. And being able to lead an ISO IEC 27001 audit with confidence isn’t just about ticking boxes-it’s about demonstrating mastery, building trust, and positioning yourself as the go-to expert in organisational resilience. ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor Certification Training transforms professionals like you from cautious participants into globally recognised audit leaders. This is your bridge from uncertainty and risk exposure to credibility, authority, and future-proof career growth. Imagine completing a full internal audit within six weeks, using proven methodologies accepted across industries. One graduate, Sarah M., an Information Security Officer in a financial services firm, used this training to redesign her audit process. She closed 92% of non-conformities in her first engagement and was promoted within four months. This isn’t theory. It’s a battle-tested roadmap for professionals who need results, recognition, and ROI-fast. From learning core clauses to executing full audit programs, you’ll gain everything required to lead audits that deliver real business impact. You’ll finish this course ready to conduct audits that satisfy regulators, reassure leadership, and enhance your organisation’s security posture-with a globally respected Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to prove it. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.COURSE FORMAT & DELIVERY DETAILS Self-Paced Learning with Full Control
The ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor Certification Training is self-paced, giving you the freedom to learn on your own schedule. With immediate online access, you begin exactly when you’re ready-no waiting for cohort launches or fixed start dates. Most professionals complete the course in 40 to 50 hours. Many report applying audit planning techniques within the first week. You’ll see tangible progress early, and build momentum fast. Lifetime Access & Continuous Updates
You receive lifetime access to all course materials. This includes ongoing updates as standards evolve, ensuring your knowledge remains current and audit-ready for years to come-all at no additional cost. Access is available 24/7 from any device. Whether you're on a desktop, tablet, or mobile phone, the platform adapts perfectly to your environment. Study during flights, commutes, or short breaks between meetings. Expert-Led Support You Can Rely On
While the course is self-directed, you’re never alone. Direct instructor support is available throughout your journey. Ask questions, clarify complex clauses, and receive guidance on audit simulation scenarios from certified practitioners with real-world audit experience. Your Certification is Globally Recognised
Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-a trusted name in professional certification training across information security, governance, and compliance. This certificate is recognised by employers worldwide and validates your ability to plan, lead, and report on ISO IEC 27001 audits according to international best practices. It signals authority, precision, and commitment to excellence. No Hidden Costs. No Risk. Guaranteed.
Pricing is straightforward, with no hidden fees, subscriptions, or renewal charges. What you see is exactly what you get-including your certification, all learning materials, and lifetime access. We accept all major payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. Secure checkout ensures your transaction is private and protected. If at any point you feel this course isn’t right for you, we offer a full money-back guarantee. You’re protected by a no-risk, satisfied-or-refunded promise. Your success is our priority. Confirmation & Access Process
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details will be sent separately once your course materials are fully prepared and verified. This ensures you receive a polished, audit-ready experience from day one. “Will This Work for Me?” - We’ve Got You Covered
Whether you’re a risk manager transitioning into security, an IT auditor expanding your compliance toolkit, or a consultant aiming to offer ISO 27001 audit services-this course is designed for your success. It works even if you’ve never led an audit before. It works even if your background is technical but not compliance-focused. It works even if you’re preparing for a career shift into information security governance. With step-by-step audit workflows, real-world templates, and structured checklists, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence needed to perform like a seasoned lead auditor-regardless of your starting point. Join thousands of professionals who’ve upgraded their credentials, expanded their influence, and taken control of their career trajectory with trusted, rigorous training that delivers.
Module 1: Foundations of Information Security Management - Understanding the global landscape of cyber threats and data breaches
- Evolution of information security standards and regulatory frameworks
- Key drivers for implementing ISO IEC 27001 in organisations
- Differences between security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Overview of data privacy laws and their relationship to ISMS
- Role of risk management in protecting critical assets
- Business continuity and resilience in the context of information security
- Defining confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA triad)
- Understanding stakeholders in an ISMS: internal and external roles
- Importance of executive sponsorship and leadership commitment
- Linking information security to organisational objectives
- Overview of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) alignment
- Introduction to security culture and change management
- Understanding legal, regulatory, contractual, and statutory requirements
- Basics of asset classification and ownership
Module 2: Introduction to ISO IEC 27001 and the ISMS Framework - History and development of ISO IEC 27001 standards
- Structure and layout of the ISO IEC 27001 standard document
- Understanding the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle
- Scope definition and boundary setting for an ISMS
- Preparing an ISMS policy and gaining management approval
- Differences between ISO IEC 27001 and ISO IEC 27002
- Overview of Annex A controls and their practical application
- Understanding risk assessment and treatment methodologies
- Defining information security objectives and KPIs
- Documented information requirements in ISO IEC 27001
- Creating a statement of applicability (SoA)
- Implementing a risk treatment plan (RTP)
- Role of continual improvement in an ISMS
- Managing resource allocation for ISMS implementation
- Competence and awareness requirements for personnel
- Communication processes within an ISMS framework
Module 3: Overview of ISO IEC 19011: Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems - Introduction to ISO IEC 19011 principles of auditing
- Attributes of a competent auditor
- Stages of the audit process: planning, conducting, reporting, follow-up
- Differences between first, second, and third-party audits
- Auditor independence and objectivity requirements
- Evidence-based decision making in audits
- Use of sampling techniques in audit verification
- Preparing audit work documents and checklists
- Understanding the distinction between observation, nonconformity, and opportunity for improvement
- Role of audit trails and documentation review
- Planning audit criteria and scope alignment
- Evaluating audit findings against defined criteria
- Reporting audit conclusions with clarity and impact
- Managing audit nonconformities and corrective actions
- Integrating audit programs across multiple standards
Module 4: Roles and Responsibilities of a Lead Auditor - Distinguishing between auditor, co-auditor, and lead auditor roles
- Leadership skills required for managing audit teams
- Distributing tasks and responsibilities within an audit team
- Managing communication between auditee and audit team
- Chairing opening and closing meetings effectively
- Ensuring consistency across audit team findings
- Reviewing and validating work of co-auditors
- Managing conflicts and difficult conversations during audits
- Handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
- Complying with professional ethics and codes of conduct
- Time management and audit scheduling responsibilities
- Preparing final audit reports with executive clarity
- Ensuring alignment with audit program objectives
- Coordinating follow-up audits and verification activities
- Training junior auditors and mentoring team members
Module 5: Preparing for an Audit - Reviewing the audit request and determining feasibility
- Establishing audit objectives and criteria
- Defining audit scope and boundaries accurately
- Selecting competent audit team members
- Conducting pre-audit document review
- Assessing documented information: policies, SoA, RTP
- Identifying key processes and high-risk areas
- Developing a detailed audit plan and timeline
- Creating audit checklists tailored to the organisation
- Coordinating logistics: access, meeting rooms, IT systems
- Establishing communication protocols with auditee
- Conducting risk-based prioritisation of audit areas
- Aligning audit approach with organisational maturity
- Preparing opening meeting agenda and presentation
- Validating auditor access permissions and credentials
Module 6: Conducting the Audit - Executing the audit according to the approved plan
- Opening meeting: agenda, tone, expectations setting
- Conducting interviews with process owners and staff
- Observing operational processes and security controls
- Validating evidence through documentation and logs
- Using open-ended questioning techniques effectively
- Avoiding leading or biased questions during interviews
- Identifying control gaps and weaknesses in real time
- Recording audit evidence using standardised forms
- Distinguishing between minor and major nonconformities
- Ensuring consistency with audit criteria and scope
- Maintaining neutrality and objectivity throughout
- Handling defensive or uncooperative personnel professionally
- Managing time per audit area and staying on schedule
- Collaborating with co-auditors for cross-verification
Module 7: Evaluating Evidence and Identifying Nonconformities - Types of audit evidence: documentary, observational, testimonial
- Evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
- Differentiating between conformity and nonconformity
- Classifying nonconformities: minor, major, critical
- Writing nonconformity statements using the 5W1H method
- Linking findings directly to ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Ensuring objectivity and fact-based reporting
- Using the PDCA lens to assess control effectiveness
- Assessing root causes behind control failures
- Identifying systemic issues vs isolated incidents
- Validating findings with auditee representatives
- Ensuring all evidence is properly referenced
- Avoiding assumptions or personal opinions in findings
- Using risk context to prioritise nonconformities
- Documenting opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
Module 8: Reporting Audit Findings - Structuring a professional audit report
- Writing executive summary for leadership audiences
- Presenting audit scope, criteria, and methodology
- Listing all audit findings with clear classification
- Providing evidence references for each finding
- Linking nonconformities to specific ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Highlighting strengths and positive observations
- Recommending actionable improvements
- Formatting reports for readability and impact
- Maintaining confidentiality and controlled distribution
- Using visuals: tables, charts, maturity ratings
- Ensuring language is clear, neutral, and professional
- Reviewing report drafts for accuracy and tone
- Obtaining formal approval before release
- Storing reports in audit program archives
Module 9: Leading Closing Meetings - Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Understanding the global landscape of cyber threats and data breaches
- Evolution of information security standards and regulatory frameworks
- Key drivers for implementing ISO IEC 27001 in organisations
- Differences between security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines
- Overview of data privacy laws and their relationship to ISMS
- Role of risk management in protecting critical assets
- Business continuity and resilience in the context of information security
- Defining confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA triad)
- Understanding stakeholders in an ISMS: internal and external roles
- Importance of executive sponsorship and leadership commitment
- Linking information security to organisational objectives
- Overview of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) alignment
- Introduction to security culture and change management
- Understanding legal, regulatory, contractual, and statutory requirements
- Basics of asset classification and ownership
Module 2: Introduction to ISO IEC 27001 and the ISMS Framework - History and development of ISO IEC 27001 standards
- Structure and layout of the ISO IEC 27001 standard document
- Understanding the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle
- Scope definition and boundary setting for an ISMS
- Preparing an ISMS policy and gaining management approval
- Differences between ISO IEC 27001 and ISO IEC 27002
- Overview of Annex A controls and their practical application
- Understanding risk assessment and treatment methodologies
- Defining information security objectives and KPIs
- Documented information requirements in ISO IEC 27001
- Creating a statement of applicability (SoA)
- Implementing a risk treatment plan (RTP)
- Role of continual improvement in an ISMS
- Managing resource allocation for ISMS implementation
- Competence and awareness requirements for personnel
- Communication processes within an ISMS framework
Module 3: Overview of ISO IEC 19011: Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems - Introduction to ISO IEC 19011 principles of auditing
- Attributes of a competent auditor
- Stages of the audit process: planning, conducting, reporting, follow-up
- Differences between first, second, and third-party audits
- Auditor independence and objectivity requirements
- Evidence-based decision making in audits
- Use of sampling techniques in audit verification
- Preparing audit work documents and checklists
- Understanding the distinction between observation, nonconformity, and opportunity for improvement
- Role of audit trails and documentation review
- Planning audit criteria and scope alignment
- Evaluating audit findings against defined criteria
- Reporting audit conclusions with clarity and impact
- Managing audit nonconformities and corrective actions
- Integrating audit programs across multiple standards
Module 4: Roles and Responsibilities of a Lead Auditor - Distinguishing between auditor, co-auditor, and lead auditor roles
- Leadership skills required for managing audit teams
- Distributing tasks and responsibilities within an audit team
- Managing communication between auditee and audit team
- Chairing opening and closing meetings effectively
- Ensuring consistency across audit team findings
- Reviewing and validating work of co-auditors
- Managing conflicts and difficult conversations during audits
- Handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
- Complying with professional ethics and codes of conduct
- Time management and audit scheduling responsibilities
- Preparing final audit reports with executive clarity
- Ensuring alignment with audit program objectives
- Coordinating follow-up audits and verification activities
- Training junior auditors and mentoring team members
Module 5: Preparing for an Audit - Reviewing the audit request and determining feasibility
- Establishing audit objectives and criteria
- Defining audit scope and boundaries accurately
- Selecting competent audit team members
- Conducting pre-audit document review
- Assessing documented information: policies, SoA, RTP
- Identifying key processes and high-risk areas
- Developing a detailed audit plan and timeline
- Creating audit checklists tailored to the organisation
- Coordinating logistics: access, meeting rooms, IT systems
- Establishing communication protocols with auditee
- Conducting risk-based prioritisation of audit areas
- Aligning audit approach with organisational maturity
- Preparing opening meeting agenda and presentation
- Validating auditor access permissions and credentials
Module 6: Conducting the Audit - Executing the audit according to the approved plan
- Opening meeting: agenda, tone, expectations setting
- Conducting interviews with process owners and staff
- Observing operational processes and security controls
- Validating evidence through documentation and logs
- Using open-ended questioning techniques effectively
- Avoiding leading or biased questions during interviews
- Identifying control gaps and weaknesses in real time
- Recording audit evidence using standardised forms
- Distinguishing between minor and major nonconformities
- Ensuring consistency with audit criteria and scope
- Maintaining neutrality and objectivity throughout
- Handling defensive or uncooperative personnel professionally
- Managing time per audit area and staying on schedule
- Collaborating with co-auditors for cross-verification
Module 7: Evaluating Evidence and Identifying Nonconformities - Types of audit evidence: documentary, observational, testimonial
- Evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
- Differentiating between conformity and nonconformity
- Classifying nonconformities: minor, major, critical
- Writing nonconformity statements using the 5W1H method
- Linking findings directly to ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Ensuring objectivity and fact-based reporting
- Using the PDCA lens to assess control effectiveness
- Assessing root causes behind control failures
- Identifying systemic issues vs isolated incidents
- Validating findings with auditee representatives
- Ensuring all evidence is properly referenced
- Avoiding assumptions or personal opinions in findings
- Using risk context to prioritise nonconformities
- Documenting opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
Module 8: Reporting Audit Findings - Structuring a professional audit report
- Writing executive summary for leadership audiences
- Presenting audit scope, criteria, and methodology
- Listing all audit findings with clear classification
- Providing evidence references for each finding
- Linking nonconformities to specific ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Highlighting strengths and positive observations
- Recommending actionable improvements
- Formatting reports for readability and impact
- Maintaining confidentiality and controlled distribution
- Using visuals: tables, charts, maturity ratings
- Ensuring language is clear, neutral, and professional
- Reviewing report drafts for accuracy and tone
- Obtaining formal approval before release
- Storing reports in audit program archives
Module 9: Leading Closing Meetings - Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Introduction to ISO IEC 19011 principles of auditing
- Attributes of a competent auditor
- Stages of the audit process: planning, conducting, reporting, follow-up
- Differences between first, second, and third-party audits
- Auditor independence and objectivity requirements
- Evidence-based decision making in audits
- Use of sampling techniques in audit verification
- Preparing audit work documents and checklists
- Understanding the distinction between observation, nonconformity, and opportunity for improvement
- Role of audit trails and documentation review
- Planning audit criteria and scope alignment
- Evaluating audit findings against defined criteria
- Reporting audit conclusions with clarity and impact
- Managing audit nonconformities and corrective actions
- Integrating audit programs across multiple standards
Module 4: Roles and Responsibilities of a Lead Auditor - Distinguishing between auditor, co-auditor, and lead auditor roles
- Leadership skills required for managing audit teams
- Distributing tasks and responsibilities within an audit team
- Managing communication between auditee and audit team
- Chairing opening and closing meetings effectively
- Ensuring consistency across audit team findings
- Reviewing and validating work of co-auditors
- Managing conflicts and difficult conversations during audits
- Handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
- Complying with professional ethics and codes of conduct
- Time management and audit scheduling responsibilities
- Preparing final audit reports with executive clarity
- Ensuring alignment with audit program objectives
- Coordinating follow-up audits and verification activities
- Training junior auditors and mentoring team members
Module 5: Preparing for an Audit - Reviewing the audit request and determining feasibility
- Establishing audit objectives and criteria
- Defining audit scope and boundaries accurately
- Selecting competent audit team members
- Conducting pre-audit document review
- Assessing documented information: policies, SoA, RTP
- Identifying key processes and high-risk areas
- Developing a detailed audit plan and timeline
- Creating audit checklists tailored to the organisation
- Coordinating logistics: access, meeting rooms, IT systems
- Establishing communication protocols with auditee
- Conducting risk-based prioritisation of audit areas
- Aligning audit approach with organisational maturity
- Preparing opening meeting agenda and presentation
- Validating auditor access permissions and credentials
Module 6: Conducting the Audit - Executing the audit according to the approved plan
- Opening meeting: agenda, tone, expectations setting
- Conducting interviews with process owners and staff
- Observing operational processes and security controls
- Validating evidence through documentation and logs
- Using open-ended questioning techniques effectively
- Avoiding leading or biased questions during interviews
- Identifying control gaps and weaknesses in real time
- Recording audit evidence using standardised forms
- Distinguishing between minor and major nonconformities
- Ensuring consistency with audit criteria and scope
- Maintaining neutrality and objectivity throughout
- Handling defensive or uncooperative personnel professionally
- Managing time per audit area and staying on schedule
- Collaborating with co-auditors for cross-verification
Module 7: Evaluating Evidence and Identifying Nonconformities - Types of audit evidence: documentary, observational, testimonial
- Evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
- Differentiating between conformity and nonconformity
- Classifying nonconformities: minor, major, critical
- Writing nonconformity statements using the 5W1H method
- Linking findings directly to ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Ensuring objectivity and fact-based reporting
- Using the PDCA lens to assess control effectiveness
- Assessing root causes behind control failures
- Identifying systemic issues vs isolated incidents
- Validating findings with auditee representatives
- Ensuring all evidence is properly referenced
- Avoiding assumptions or personal opinions in findings
- Using risk context to prioritise nonconformities
- Documenting opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
Module 8: Reporting Audit Findings - Structuring a professional audit report
- Writing executive summary for leadership audiences
- Presenting audit scope, criteria, and methodology
- Listing all audit findings with clear classification
- Providing evidence references for each finding
- Linking nonconformities to specific ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Highlighting strengths and positive observations
- Recommending actionable improvements
- Formatting reports for readability and impact
- Maintaining confidentiality and controlled distribution
- Using visuals: tables, charts, maturity ratings
- Ensuring language is clear, neutral, and professional
- Reviewing report drafts for accuracy and tone
- Obtaining formal approval before release
- Storing reports in audit program archives
Module 9: Leading Closing Meetings - Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Reviewing the audit request and determining feasibility
- Establishing audit objectives and criteria
- Defining audit scope and boundaries accurately
- Selecting competent audit team members
- Conducting pre-audit document review
- Assessing documented information: policies, SoA, RTP
- Identifying key processes and high-risk areas
- Developing a detailed audit plan and timeline
- Creating audit checklists tailored to the organisation
- Coordinating logistics: access, meeting rooms, IT systems
- Establishing communication protocols with auditee
- Conducting risk-based prioritisation of audit areas
- Aligning audit approach with organisational maturity
- Preparing opening meeting agenda and presentation
- Validating auditor access permissions and credentials
Module 6: Conducting the Audit - Executing the audit according to the approved plan
- Opening meeting: agenda, tone, expectations setting
- Conducting interviews with process owners and staff
- Observing operational processes and security controls
- Validating evidence through documentation and logs
- Using open-ended questioning techniques effectively
- Avoiding leading or biased questions during interviews
- Identifying control gaps and weaknesses in real time
- Recording audit evidence using standardised forms
- Distinguishing between minor and major nonconformities
- Ensuring consistency with audit criteria and scope
- Maintaining neutrality and objectivity throughout
- Handling defensive or uncooperative personnel professionally
- Managing time per audit area and staying on schedule
- Collaborating with co-auditors for cross-verification
Module 7: Evaluating Evidence and Identifying Nonconformities - Types of audit evidence: documentary, observational, testimonial
- Evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
- Differentiating between conformity and nonconformity
- Classifying nonconformities: minor, major, critical
- Writing nonconformity statements using the 5W1H method
- Linking findings directly to ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Ensuring objectivity and fact-based reporting
- Using the PDCA lens to assess control effectiveness
- Assessing root causes behind control failures
- Identifying systemic issues vs isolated incidents
- Validating findings with auditee representatives
- Ensuring all evidence is properly referenced
- Avoiding assumptions or personal opinions in findings
- Using risk context to prioritise nonconformities
- Documenting opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
Module 8: Reporting Audit Findings - Structuring a professional audit report
- Writing executive summary for leadership audiences
- Presenting audit scope, criteria, and methodology
- Listing all audit findings with clear classification
- Providing evidence references for each finding
- Linking nonconformities to specific ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Highlighting strengths and positive observations
- Recommending actionable improvements
- Formatting reports for readability and impact
- Maintaining confidentiality and controlled distribution
- Using visuals: tables, charts, maturity ratings
- Ensuring language is clear, neutral, and professional
- Reviewing report drafts for accuracy and tone
- Obtaining formal approval before release
- Storing reports in audit program archives
Module 9: Leading Closing Meetings - Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Types of audit evidence: documentary, observational, testimonial
- Evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of evidence
- Differentiating between conformity and nonconformity
- Classifying nonconformities: minor, major, critical
- Writing nonconformity statements using the 5W1H method
- Linking findings directly to ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Ensuring objectivity and fact-based reporting
- Using the PDCA lens to assess control effectiveness
- Assessing root causes behind control failures
- Identifying systemic issues vs isolated incidents
- Validating findings with auditee representatives
- Ensuring all evidence is properly referenced
- Avoiding assumptions or personal opinions in findings
- Using risk context to prioritise nonconformities
- Documenting opportunities for improvement (OFIs)
Module 8: Reporting Audit Findings - Structuring a professional audit report
- Writing executive summary for leadership audiences
- Presenting audit scope, criteria, and methodology
- Listing all audit findings with clear classification
- Providing evidence references for each finding
- Linking nonconformities to specific ISO IEC 27001 clauses
- Highlighting strengths and positive observations
- Recommending actionable improvements
- Formatting reports for readability and impact
- Maintaining confidentiality and controlled distribution
- Using visuals: tables, charts, maturity ratings
- Ensuring language is clear, neutral, and professional
- Reviewing report drafts for accuracy and tone
- Obtaining formal approval before release
- Storing reports in audit program archives
Module 9: Leading Closing Meetings - Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Preparing the closing meeting presentation
- Agenda planning: overview, findings, next steps
- Presentation of audit conclusion and rating
- Verbal delivery of findings with clarity and diplomacy
- Responding to questions and clarifications from auditee
- Confirming agreement on nonconformities
- Obtaining commitment for corrective action timelines
- Communicating follow-up audit expectations
- Maintaining professional tone and objectivity
- Documenting meeting outcomes and action items
- Expressing appreciation to auditee team
- Providing copy of draft report or summary
- Ensuring minutes are reviewed and confirmed
- Handling disagreements or appeals professionally
- Transitioning to report finalisation phase
Module 10: Post-Audit Activities and Follow-Up - Submitting final audit report to relevant stakeholders
- Tracking corrective action requests (CARs) and due dates
- Reviewing corrective action plans for adequacy
- Verifying implementation of corrective actions
- Conducting follow-up audits: full or desktop reviews
- Accepting or rejecting closure of nonconformities
- Updating audit program records and dashboards
- Analysing trends across multiple audits
- Reporting audit program effectiveness to management
- Archiving audit files and documentation securely
- Conducting lessons-learned reviews with audit team
- Updating audit checklists and templates based on findings
- Identifying improvements to audit process
- Contributing to organisational risk assessments
- Supporting certification body audits as internal expert
Module 11: Risk Assessment and Treatment in Auditing - Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Reviewing the organisation’s risk assessment methodology
- Evaluating risk criteria: likelihood and impact scales
- Validating completeness of risk registers
- Assessing identification of information assets
- Reviewing threat and vulnerability assessments
- Verifying risk ownership and accountability
- Evaluating risk treatment decisions and justification
- Examining residual risk acceptance processes
- Checking alignment between risk treatment and Annex A controls
- Testing control implementation for selected risks
- Assessing risk review frequency and triggers
- Reviewing risk communication to stakeholders
- Integrating risk assessment with business objectives
- Identifying gaps in risk documentation
- Reporting risk-related nonconformities effectively
Module 12: Auditing Statement of Applicability (SoA) - Understanding the structure and sections of an SoA
- Verifying alignment between SoA and risk assessment
- Checking justification for inclusion and exclusion of controls
- Reviewing compliance with mandatory controls
- Validating documented rationale for omitted controls
- Assessing clarity and completeness of control descriptions
- Confirming that SoA is up to date and version controlled
- Linking SoA entries to actual implementation evidence
- Identifying inconsistencies between SoA and operations
- Reporting discrepancies in control applicability
- Ensuring SoA is approved by management
- Checking integration with risk treatment plan
- Reviewing SoA during surveillance and recertification audits
- Verifying that changes to risks are reflected in SoA
- Drafting findings related to SoA deficiencies
Module 13: Auditing Annex A Controls - Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Overview of all 93 controls in Annex A
- Grouping controls into 14 control categories
- Understanding control objectives and implementation intent
- Testing control design effectiveness
- Verifying control operating effectiveness
- Sampling control activities for evidence
- Reviewing access control policies and procedures
- Testing user access provisioning and de-provisioning
- Verifying privileged account management
- Auditing password policies and multifactor authentication
- Reviewing segregation of duties (SoD) implementation
- Validating physical and environmental security controls
- Testing network security monitoring and firewall rules
- Reviewing incident response plans and logs
- Auditing backup procedures and recovery testing
- Verifying acceptable use policies and monitoring
- Checking compliance with encryption standards
- Reviewing supplier security agreements and assessments
- Auditing secure development lifecycle practices
- Validating vulnerability management and patching
Module 14: Practical Audit Exercises and Simulations - Full-length simulated audit of a fictional organisation
- Reviewing provided documented information
- Planning audit scope and criteria
- Creating a detailed audit checklist
- Conducting mock interviews with prepared responses
- Identifying real nonconformities from evidence
- Classifying findings as minor or major
- Drafting nonconformity statements
- Preparing audit report sections
- Delivering a virtual closing meeting
- Responding to corrective action plans
- Peer review of sample audit reports
- Self-assessment against auditor competencies
- Time-bound audit execution drills
- Scenario-based problem solving for complex cases
Module 15: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits
- Understanding the certification audit process by external bodies
- Distinguishing between certification and internal audit roles
- Preparing your organisation for stage 1 and stage 2 audits
- Serving as lead implementation or audit lead for certification
- Leveraging your Certificate of Completion for job growth
- Adding ISO IEC 27001 Lead Auditor to your professional profiles
- Strategic positioning in consulting, compliance, or security roles
- Joining professional auditor networks and associations
- Seeking mentorship from certified lead auditors
- Building a portfolio of audit experience
- Pursuing advanced certifications in related domains
- Transitioning into full-time information security auditing
- Offering audit readiness services to clients
- Integrating ISO 27001 with other standards: NIST, GDPR, SOC 2
- Leading integrated management system audits