ISO Consultants - How to Select the Best Consultant for Your Business

With the rising surge in the stipulation for ISO  registrations are on demand and many firms have positioned themselves as experts. Without a reason, the experience is one of the chief motives to contemplate when implementing an ISO certification. An ISO Consultancy with a respectable list of customers, case studies, and testimonials is always a good beginning.

Successfully achieving certification for your business can be relatively effortless with appropriate due meticulousness and adequate preparation and planning. Part of this preparation should be selecting a qualified consulting firm, which in and of itself, requires grounding and planning as well.

Another essential criterion is to find an Consultancy that is principled about ‘independent registration’; in other words, an consulting firm that is not affiliated to one association only. In our many years of ISO certifications, ISO Consultants should have long-standing associations with a range of leading registrars to which they can confidently refer their clients, which has the added advantage of giving their clients the freedom to choose the registrar of their selection.

ISO Consultants must be in a place to assist you right up to accredited registration, including offering assistance during the ISO audit where required. A method of establishing whether the provider has the right level of proficiency is to ask for confirmation that their ISO Consultants hold the relevant implementation and audit qualifications. An understanding of the present and developing threat landscape is a critical part of the consultant’s skill set.

It is better to avoid ISO consulting firms that are mainly focused on offering the documentation. Although policies and procedures is a crucial element of an effective information security management system and your  ISO consultant should be talented to assume this as part of your implementation project, implementing the Standard is much more occupied than just writing up a set of policies and procedures.

An ISO consultancy that is vendor-neutral and allows you the elasticity of using your own risk solution is an essential aspect to consider.  The consultants should be prepared to work with your own software in assessing and advising you on your risk management framework. A crucial and often overlooked role of the ISO Consultants is to offer the client with the appropriate knowledge to manage and maintain the certification beyond registration. Apart from the certification, the consultancy should be able to provide the firm a standing point with regard to the ISO certification and compete with their contenders.