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Cyber Security Audit
Cyber security,independently assessed.
A cyber security audit against ISO/IEC 27032 gives you an independent, evidence-based view of how well your organisation withstands internet-facing threats, and where it does not. A clear, honest read of your posture, not a pass-or-fail certificate.
What it examines
The threats that live between your systems.
ISO/IEC 27032:2023 guidance
ISO/IEC 27032:2023, titled Cybersecurity, Guidelines for Internet security, addresses the threats that live in the space between systems and organisations, the threats a purely internal information security programme was never designed to catch. It draws together internet security, network security, web security, and the wider practice of cybersecurity, and it sets out how an organisation should prepare for, prevent, detect, monitor, and respond to internet-based attacks.
A Certiva audit measures your organisation against that guidance. We look at how you handle the threats that actually reach businesses day to day, from social engineering and phishing to malicious software and compromised web services. We examine the technical controls you rely on and the organisational practices behind them, because cyber security fails as often through process gaps as through technical ones.
Because ISO 27032 is a guidance standard rather than a certifiable management system, this is an assessment: a clear, honest read of your cyber security posture, not a pass-or-fail certificate. What you receive is a grounded picture of where your defences hold and where they need work.
Internet-facing business
Who it is for
Any organisation whose business runs on the internet.
A cyber security audit against ISO 27032 suits any organisation whose business runs on the internet and that wants an honest, external view of its exposure. It is particularly relevant to three groups.
It matters most to:
- IT and software companies, whose threat surface is also their revenue surface
- Banking and financial services, handling transactions and customer data under constant attack and close regulatory attention
- Healthcare organisations, holding sensitive patient information across increasingly connected systems
Beyond these, any organisation being asked by its own customers to evidence its cyber security will find an independent assessment answers the question with authority.
How the audit works
A structured assessment, not a checklist.
The audit is a structured, evidence-based assessment built to give you practical insight you can act on, not simply a verdict.
Assessment against ISO/IEC 27032:2023 guidance
01
Review controls
Our auditor reviews your internet-facing controls against the guidance in ISO 27032, and examines how your organisation identifies and treats threats.
02
Test response
We test how you would prepare for and respond to a cyber incident, looking at the technical controls you rely on and the organisational practices behind them.
03
Clear report
We give you a clear report: what is working, what is exposed, and where attention will make the most difference.
Where it fits
One layer of a larger picture.
Cyber security is one layer of a larger picture. ISO 27032 concentrates on the external, internet-facing threat landscape, and it works alongside the broader discipline of information security management and the cloud-specific controls in standards such as ISO 27017 and ISO 27018.
Organisations serious about protecting their data rarely address one in isolation; they build a coherent view across internal security, cloud security, and the internet-facing threats ISO 27032 targets. Certiva Global can support you across that wider picture, so a cyber security audit becomes part of a joined-up approach rather than a standalone check.
Why Certiva Global
An audit is only as valuable as the honesty behind it.
Certiva Global is an independent international certification and audit body based in Hyderabad, serving organisations worldwide and operating in compliance with ISO/IEC 17021-1.
We only assess
We assess independently and only assess; we do not build or run your security controls, and that separation is precisely what gives our findings their weight.
Insight you can act on
You receive a grounded picture of where your defences hold and where they need work, built to be acted on rather than filed away.
To begin, request a no-obligation scoping discussion with our technical team.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
ISO/IEC 27032:2023 is a guidance standard, titled Cybersecurity, Guidelines for Internet security, rather than a certifiable management system standard. Organisations use it as the basis for a cyber security audit or assessment rather than a management system certificate. Certiva Global provides independent cyber security audits against ISO 27032 guidance.
It assesses how your organisation prepares for, prevents, detects, monitors, and responds to internet-based threats, covering both the technical controls and the organisational practices behind them, against the guidance in ISO/IEC 27032:2023.
No. ISO 27001 is a certifiable management system standard for information security in general. ISO 27032 is guidance focused on the cyber, internet-facing dimension of security, and it is not certifiable. They address different needs and are often used together.
ISO 27032 focuses on the external, internet-facing threat landscape, and works alongside broader information security management and cloud-specific standards such as ISO 27017 and ISO 27018. Organisations typically address these together as part of a layered approach to security.
A clear, evidence-based report of your cyber security posture: where your defences are strong, where you are exposed, and where attention will make the most difference. It is an expert assessment you can act on, not a pass-or-fail certificate.
Any organisation whose operations depend on the internet, particularly IT and software companies, banking and financial services organisations, and healthcare providers, as well as any organisation asked by its customers to demonstrate cyber diligence.
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