Gap analysis against ISO 27017's cloud-specific controls, built on top of your existing or in-progress ISO 27001 ISMS
Cloud Security
ISO 27017 CERTIFICATION
Cloud Security
ISO 27017 CERTIFICATION
Prove Your Cloud Security Controls Are Built for the Cloud, Not Just Adapted for It
ISO 27017 certification extends your ISO 27001 ISMS with security controls specific to cloud services, covering shared responsibility, virtual machine hardening, and the security obligations that shift between cloud provider and customer, giving enterprise buyers the specific assurance a general ISMS certification doesn't fully address. We assess your cloud security practices against ISO 27017's controls, close the gaps a certification auditor would flag, and get you certified without stalling the platform roadmap that certification is meant to support.
The challenge
The Problem We're Usually Called In For
Most cloud providers and cloud service customers have strong general security practices that were never specifically mapped against ISO 27017’s cloud-specific guidance, which addresses things a traditional ISMS doesn’t fully cover, like exactly where the security responsibility line sits between provider and customer, or how virtual and cloud-native assets get removed when a service is decommissioned. Shared responsibility gets described in a contract but isn’t reflected in how security controls are actually documented and tested.
We work with CISOs, Cloud Architects, and Heads of Security at cloud service providers and organizations that are significant consumers of cloud infrastructure, particularly where enterprise customers or regulators expect cloud-specific security assurance beyond a general ISMS. Some of you already hold ISO 27001 and want the cloud extension. Some are responding to a specific customer requirement. Others are formalizing cloud security practices that have grown organically as cloud adoption scaled faster than governance did.
Scope
What the Certification Process Covers
Shared responsibility model review, documenting exactly where security obligations sit between your organization and your cloud provider or your organization and your cloud customers
Virtual machine and cloud asset hardening review, including configuration baselines and decommissioning procedures
Multi-tenancy and segregation review, ensuring customer environments are properly isolated within shared cloud infrastructure
Cloud service administrator access review, including how privileged access to underlying cloud infrastructure is controlled and monitored
Cloud-specific incident management and monitoring process review
Removal of cloud service customer assets review, tested against what actually happens when a service or account is terminated
Internal audit support and certification body liaison through Stage 1 and Stage 2
Engagement
How the Engagement Works
Step 01
Discovery & Scoping
Step 02
Gap Assessment
Step 03
Build & Remediation
Step 04
Internal Audit & Management Review
Step 05
Certification Support
A short call to understand your cloud architecture, existing ISO 27001 status, and what's driving certification. We agree on scope before assessment begins.
We benchmark your current cloud security practices against ISO 27017's specific controls and flag exactly what's missing or undocumented.
We help close the gaps, from shared responsibility documentation to asset decommissioning procedures, integrated with your existing ISMS rather than run as a separate program.
We run the internal audit ISO 27017 requires and support the management review that certification depends on.
We prepare your team for the certification body's audits and help resolve any findings quickly.
Outcomes
Proof, Not Promises
Cloud infrastructure provider pursuing certification for an enterprise contract: the gap assessment found the shared responsibility model was described in customer contracts but never mapped to specific, testable security controls on either side. Documenting that mapping closed the gap and became one of the clearest answers in the customer's own due diligence review.
SaaS company decommissioning a legacy cloud environment during a platform migration: the asset removal review found virtual machine images and associated data weren't being consistently purged after decommissioning, a direct ISO 27017 gap. A standardized decommissioning checklist closed it before the certification audit.
SaaS company decommissioning a legacy cloud environment during a platform migration:
the asset removal review found virtual machine images and associated data weren't being consistently purged after decommissioning, a direct ISO 27017 gap. A standardized decommissioning checklist closed it before the certification audit.
FAQ
Questions We Get Asked Before Signing
Yes. ISO 27017 extends an existing ISO 27001-based information security management system with cloud-specific controls, it isn't a standalone certification. If you don't have ISO 27001 yet, we can scope both together.
ISO 27017 covers cloud security controls broadly, for both cloud service providers and cloud service customers. ISO 27018 is narrower, focused specifically on protecting personal data within cloud services. Many organizations pursue both together, since they complement each other closely.
Yes, ISO 27017 includes controls relevant to both cloud service providers and cloud service customers, so organizations that are significant consumers of cloud infrastructure can pursue it too, particularly to demonstrate their own due diligence to regulators or their customers.
Typically two to three months, since the underlying management system infrastructure already exists and the work focuses on cloud-specific controls.
Significantly. Enterprise customers evaluating cloud providers increasingly ask for ISO 27017 specifically, since it addresses cloud risk in more depth than a general ISO 27001 certificate alone.
It's audited alongside your ISO 27001 surveillance cycle, so ongoing maintenance is combined rather than duplicated.
Ready to Prove Your Cloud Security Was Built for the Cloud?
A general ISMS certification tells customers you manage security. ISO 27017 tells them you manage the specific risks cloud environments introduce, shared responsibility, multi-tenancy, virtual asset lifecycle, the risks a generic certificate doesn't fully address.
Schedule a 30-minute cloud security readiness call and find out where your gaps are. When you reach out, we'll ask for your name, work email, company, role, and your current ISO 27001 status. That's enough for us to come prepared.