Question 1

Do we need a security background to get started?

Accepted Answer

The agent provides the security methodology. Your team provides the knowledge of how your business works. Together, you work through a full risk assessment and build a risk register that reflects your actual situation. That is the same combination a good consultant would bring. The difference is that when the programme is done, your team keeps both sides of it.

Question 2

How is this different from hiring a consultant?

Accepted Answer

A consultant does the work for you and takes the expertise when they leave. That approach produces governance theatre : a certificate your team cannot explain or maintain because they were not the ones who built it. The Askara Solutions agent guides your team through the work, so when it is done, the expertise stays. The certificate looks the same. What your organisation can do with it does not.

Question 3

How long will our ISO 27001 programme take?

Accepted Answer

The timeline depends on your organisation's size and starting point. Those are the same variables that determine how long a consultant takes. The difference is that each phase builds understanding: the risk assessment , the control selection, the internal audit. The audit trail forms in the ISMS as you go, not after the fact. Your team understands every part of it when it is done.

Question 4

Will the certification body accept this?

Accepted Answer

Everything the agent produces is ISO 27001 compliant. Each risk is recorded in a risk register , Annex A controls are resolved through control mapping against your actual risk profile, and every decision is captured in a Statement of Applicability. The audit trail builds throughout the programme. Certification bodies audit the work, not the tool that helped produce it.

ISO 27001

Do we need a security background to get started?▾

How is this different from hiring a consultant?▾

How long will our ISO 27001 programme take?▾

Will the certification body accept this?▾