Certification as a Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor

With that background information, I have a question about certification as a Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor: is there an order in which one of these two certifications should be obtained before the other? I believe that in the immediate future Lead Implementer would be the more useful of the two for me, but is Lead Auditor certification a prerequisite for Lead Implementer?

Answer:

There is no mandatory order to pursuit Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor certifications (in fact you can go for one certification and not for the other, because there is no prerequisite relation between them), so you must consider your personal and business obj ectives to define the proper approach.

If you plan to implement an ISMS, then you should go for Lead Implementer certification, but if you plan to work as an auditor, then Lead Auditor would be probably better for you.

These articles will provide you further explanation about ISO 27001 certifications:
- What does ISO 27001 Lead Implementer training look like? https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2016/11/28/what-does-iso-27001-lead-implementer-training-look-like/
- What does ISO 27001 Lead Auditor training look like? https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2016/08/29/what-does-iso-27001-lead-auditor-training-look-like/
- Lead Auditor Course vs. Lead Implementer Course – Which one to go for? https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2014/06/16/lead-auditor-course-vs-lead-implementer-course-which-one-to-go-for/