External vendor performing the Risk assessmentPhone handset, Asset?

Is there any part of the risk assessment methodology and process, per your template, that an external vendor performing the assessment and consulting on the isms can not do?
 

Answer:

I am not sure what you mean, but any part of the risk assessment methodology and process of our templates can be done by any person that knows your business, so you can have external help for this (although the evaluation of impact and likelihood in most cases cannot be done by external consultant), but it won’t be necessary because if you buy our templates you will have our support.
Generally if you hire an external company, or external experts, to perform all activities related to the risk assessment, it will be most expensive.
Finally, these articles can be interesting for you:
“5 criteria for choosing an ISO 22301 / ISO 27001 consultant” : https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2013/03/25/5-criteria-for-choosing-a-iso-22301-iso-27001-consultant/ 
“Do you really need a consultant for ISO 27001 / BS 25999 implementation?” : https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2011/12/06/do-you-really-need-a-consultant-for-iso-27001-bs-25999-implementation/ We have received this question:

Would a phone handset be considered an asset falling under the jurisdiction of iso 27001?
 

Answer:

From my point of view, generally no. In accordance with ISO 27000 (this standard defines terms of information security) an asset is “anything that has value to the organisation”, and I think that a phone handset has low value for an organization, although can be important to consider phones, smartphones, etc.
Anyway if you want, or if in your business a phone handset is important, you can have in your asset inventory this asset.
Regarding the asset inventory, this article can be interesting for you “How to handle Asset register (Asset inventory) according to ISO 27001” : https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-handle-asset-register-asset-inventory-according-to-iso-27001/