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A.14.2.7 - is a developer hired as a consultant considered outsourced development?

Yes, legally you have to treat this person as an employee of a third party, but even then you can require this third party that their employees follow the internal rules (policies and procedures) of your own company.

Implementing 27001 or 22301?

Considering your area of expertise in consultancy, certifying against ISO 27001 can bring you a competitive advantage since you will be able to demonstrate that you can properly protect the intellectual property and privacy of data your customers share with you.

Regarding ISO 22301, this implementation will provide your customers more confidence that your work won’t be significantly impacted by disruptive events, and that you will be more able to fulfill deadlines and service levels agreed with them.

For further information, see:

• Four key benefits of ISO 27001 implementation https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/four-key-benefits-of-iso-27001-implementation/
• ISO 22301 benefits: How to get your management’s approval for a business continuity project https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/iso-22301-benefits-how-to-get-your-managements-approval-for-a-business-continuity-project/

ISMS evidence

About evidence of the Communication Plan for Communications Related to the ISMS, please note that ISO 27001:2013 requires you to define a communication process, although there is no requirement that such a process must be documented.

Considering that, communication is an activity that is performed by many processes in information security according to ISO 27001, with different purposes. So to have a centralized communication procedure would overhead people responsible for communication with activities that may not be a part of their attributions. That’s the reason there isn’t a specific template for clause 7.4.

The main documents in the toolkit that define how communication needs to be done are:

• the Information Security Policy, located in folder 4 General Policies
• the Training and Awareness plan, located in folder 9 Training and Awareness
• the Incident Management Procedure, located in folder 8 Annex A Security Controls >> A.16 Information Security Incident Management
• the Disaster Recovery Plan, located in folder 8 Annex A Security Controls >> A.17 Business Continuity

About evidence of Documented Management Review Process, there is no requirement that such a process must be documented. The rules defining interval and purpose for performing the management review are defined in the Information Security Policy, section 4.4. This template is located in folder 4 General Policies. 

About and Evidence of the Results of the Management Reviews, ISO 27001:2013 requires only the results of the management review to be documented, and for that, you can use the Management Review Minutes template, located in folder 11 Management Review.

Submitting CAPA for NC on opportunities for Improvement

I’m assuming that the opportunity for improvement came from the auditor.

Considering that, first is important to note that Opportunities for Improvement are recommendations of the auditor, and never will be a Non-Conformity.

By pointing an Opportunity for Improvement, the auditor only wants the organization to take a look at a situation to evaluate if it is worthy to take action to achieve suggested benefits. If the organization decides to take no action, there will be no problem at all.

Considering that, an organization may or may not submit an Action Plan for an Opportunity for Improvement. Please note that I used the term Action Plan because Preventive Action is not required by ISO 27001, so the term Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) would not be appropriate for this situation.

Cost of IATF 16949 certification

Audit days vary according to the number of people working in the company. In this regard, the calculation table in the IATF rules 5 booklet is used. 

Stage 1 audit takes 1 day, but stage 2 audit varies according to the number of employees. 

Audit daily prices also differ from country to country. 

I recommend that you get a price quote from 3 or 4 certification bodies operating in your country.

ISO 27001

I’m assuming you are referring to templates Risk Assessment Table and Risk Treatment Table.

Considering that, in the field “Number” you need to enter a unique numerical identifier, so each row can be uniquely identified (this is the Risk ID), and a sequential number is one example that can be used.

By the way, included in the toolkit you have access to video tutorials that can explain and help you fill in the Risk Assessment Table and Risk Treatment Table. 

Which bodies are obligate to have ISO 27001 certification?

Please note that ISO 27001 certification is not mandatory, although some countries have established laws and regulations that are easier to be fulfilled by implementing ISO 27001.

On top of this, an increased number of customers are preferring ISO 27001 certified organizations as suppliers because they consider such organizations are more capable to help them.

Considering that, you need to evaluate your legal environment and customers’ needs to see if an ISO certification is interesting to you.

This article will provide you a further explanation about ISO 27001:
- What is ISO 27001? https://advisera.com/27001academy/what-is-iso-27001/
- Laws and regulations on information security and business continuity https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/laws-regulations-information-security-business-continuity/
- Four key benefits of ISO 27001 implementation https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/four-key-benefits-of-iso-27001-implementation/

Audit Checklist

First of all, sorry for this confusion.

Please note that the Internal Audit Checklist included in the toolkit is divided into two sections - the first one for ISO 27001 and the second one for ISO 22301. To audit an ISO 27001 ISMS, you only need the questions in section one (they cover all needed questions to evaluate compliance with ISO 27001 mandatory clauses and applicable controls). There is no need to use or adapt questions related to ISO 22301.

Regarding questions for section 8 of ISO27001, they are the same applied to clauses 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 (the identification of clauses 8.2 and 8.3 are included with clauses 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 in the “Clause” column). You can find these questions on page one of the checklist.

Collect data for environment management purpose

Value of accurate measurement according to environment management regulation

Requirement of Clause 8.1

The toolkit covers clause 8.1 (Operational planning and control) through all the policies and procedures you'll find in the toolkit in folder "08 Annex A".

By the way, in the root folder of your toolkit, you'll find a PDF document called "List of documents" where it is specified which document covers which clause of the standard.