ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Course : Everything You Wanted To Know

While interacting with some of my IT professional friends, I was impressed to know about the aura which an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor carries with him. My friends were expecting an audit at their organisation and they all were discussing how difficult it is to reach upto the perfection standards of an ISO 27001 Auditor. I surely was curious to know what is so special about him/her. I am sure if you belong to the field of IT, you too would have been similarly impressed with your auditor.

Here, am talking about all the knowledge and skillset needed to be an expert ISO 27001 Lead Auditor. Let's first briefly understand what is ISO 27001 certification?

What is ISO 27001?

International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) has published , which is an international standard to explain how to manage the information security of an organisation. The complete title of this standard is ISO/IEC 27001:2013, since its latest revision was published in 2013.

ISO 27001 certification has many benefits and any organisation or an individual willing to prove their compliance about the knowledge of information security must get this ISO certification. There are two types of ISO 27001 certification:

• for individuals

• for organisations

How to be an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor?

While searching for all the details about getting ISO 27001 lead auditor certification, I came across a set of requirements that should be fulfilled. These requirements are specified by ISO/IEC 27006:2015 which provides guidance for bodies providing audit and certification of an information security management system (ISMS), along with the requirements contained within ISO/IEC 17021‑1 and ISO/IEC 27001. Besides these requirements you must join a good organisation for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Course Training. InfoSecTrain organises such trainings under the guidance of expert trainers to help you get the expertise in this domain.

To get through the certification of , you must:

• have at least four years of experience in information technology, out of which at least two years on a job related to information security.

• attend the five days course and pass the exam

• join a certification body which needs an ISO 27001 certification auditor

• go through a trainee program (or similar) to attend real certification audits done by experienced auditors so that you learn to perform such audits.

• have experience in at least three complete ISMS audits so that finally you can lead a team of auditors performing ISO 27001 audit.

None of these steps can be skipped if you are looking forward for a career as Lead Auditor. Enrol yourself to the ISO 27001 lead auditor course at InfosecTrain and you will be assisted at every step to complete this entire journey of the certification. You can join online/onsite or classroom training program. Besides course related information, students are regularly reminded of the important dates and rules to easily get through this certification. For more information please visit their website.