ISO 27001 Information Security Management System Awareness
A one-day grounding in ISO/IEC 27001 for organisations deciding whether to certify, and for the staff who will have to live with the system once they do. Most people meet ISO 27001 as a customer demand or a tender requirement, which is a poor way to meet it. This session explains what the standard actually asks for, what a working ISMS looks like day to day, and roughly what certification costs in effort before anyone signs a proposal.
The morning covers the management system clauses, which is the half most organisations underestimate: context, leadership, planning, support, operation, evaluation and improvement. The afternoon covers Annex A, restructured in the 2022 revision into 93 controls across organisational, people, physical and technological themes. The session closes on the Statement of Applicability, the certification process, and the honest comparison against SOC 2 and against Malaysian obligations under the PDPA, the Cyber Security Act 2024 and BNM RMiT, so participants can tell which of these they actually need.
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Programme Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Programme Overview
Introduction to the session, objectives, and housekeeping.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
What ISO 27001 Is, and What It Is Not
The ISO 27000 family and where 27001, 27002, 27005 and 27701 each sit. Certification against the management system, not against a product or a person. Risk-based rather than checklist-based, and why that distinction decides whether an implementation succeeds. What an auditor is actually looking for. The 2022 revision and the transition. Common reasons Malaysian organisations pursue it: tender eligibility, customer security reviews, group policy and regulatory pressure.
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Clauses 4 to 6: Context, Leadership and Planning
Clause 4, understanding the organisation, interested parties and setting the ISMS scope, which is the single decision that most affects cost and the one most often got wrong. Clause 5, leadership commitment, the information security policy and assigning roles and responsibilities. Clause 6, risk assessment and risk treatment methodology, risk acceptance criteria, the risk register, the Statement of Applicability, and setting measurable information security objectives.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Clauses 7 to 10: Support, Operation, Evaluation and Improvement
Clause 7, resources, competence, awareness, communication and documented information, including how much documentation is genuinely required versus how much organisations write out of anxiety. Clause 8, operational planning and control. Clause 9, monitoring and measurement, internal audit and management review. Clause 10, nonconformity, corrective action and continual improvement. How these clauses generate the recurring calendar an ISMS actually runs on.
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Annex A: Organisational and People Controls
The 2022 restructure into four themes and 93 controls, and the attributes that come with them. Organisational controls: policies, roles, segregation of duties, supplier and cloud service security, threat intelligence, incident management and continuity. People controls: screening, terms of employment, awareness and training, disciplinary process, remote working and reporting events. Mapping each to evidence an auditor will ask to see.
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Annex A: Physical and Technological Controls
Physical controls: perimeters, entry, securing offices, equipment siting, clear desk and clear screen, secure disposal. Technological controls: endpoint devices, privileged access, information access restriction, secure authentication, malware protection, backup, logging and monitoring, network security, secure development, and data masking and leakage prevention. Which controls are typically excluded and how an exclusion is justified in the Statement of Applicability.
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Certification, Cost and the Comparison You Actually Need
The certification path: gap analysis, implementation, internal audit, management review, then stage 1 and stage 2 audits, surveillance and recertification. Realistic effort and timeline for a Malaysian organisation. Choosing a certification body and what accreditation means. How ISO 27001 compares to SOC 2, and how it maps onto PDPA obligations, the Cyber Security Act 2024 for NCII entities, and BNM RMiT for financial institutions. Deciding what your organisation actually needs rather than what a customer asked for.
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Wrap-Up and Q&A
Key takeaways, next steps, and close.
Key Outcomes
- Explain what ISO 27001 certifies and how a risk-based management system differs from a control checklist
- Describe the requirements of clauses 4 to 10 and the recurring activities an ISMS generates
- Set a defensible ISMS scope and explain why scope drives cost
- Navigate the 93 Annex A controls across the four 2022 themes and identify the evidence each needs
- Explain the Statement of Applicability and how an exclusion is justified
- Compare ISO 27001 against SOC 2, the PDPA, the Cyber Security Act 2024 and BNM RMiT
Training Mode Physical / Online / Hybrid / e-learning
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Level Awareness level, suitable for IT and security staff, compliance and risk officers, internal auditors, and managers who will sponsor or be audited under an ISMS. No prior ISO knowledge required.
Duration 1 Day (8 Hours) | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Venue In-house at the client's premises, or delivered via the client's preferred platform (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or equivalent)
Assessment A drafted ISMS scope statement for the participant's own organisation plus a 10 to 15 question knowledge assessment
Certificate Certificate of Completion issued to all participants upon full attendance