Pentesting for ISO 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the international standard for information security management systems. It applies to any organization, from startups to enterprises, that wants to demonstrate a structured approach to security. Auditors expect technical testing evidence where vulnerabilities and secure development are material to the chosen scope. Certification is voluntary, but losing it can break contracts and customer trust.
The controls we cover
Requirement summaryAccess to information and other associated assets must be restricted in accordance with the established topic-specific policy on access control.
AISafe web and code audits verify that access rules actually hold in the application: broken object-level authorization, excessive privileges, and exposed functions are exactly what the agents probe for.
Requirement summarySecure authentication technologies and procedures must be implemented based on information access restrictions and the topic-specific policy on access control.
AISafe tests authentication flows end to end: weak credentials, session handling, password reset, multi-factor gaps, and bypass paths are validated and retested after fixes.
Requirement summaryThe organization must obtain information about technical vulnerabilities in systems in use, evaluate its exposure, and take appropriate measures such as scanning, patching, and penetration testing.
AISafe maps assets, validates which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable, and records mitigation and retest results for the A.8.8 technical evidence.
Requirement summaryConfigurations, including security configurations, of hardware, software, services, and networks must be established, documented, implemented, monitored, and reviewed.
AISafe scans for dangerous misconfigurations in applications, APIs, and exposed services, and validates that hardening changes are effective on retest.
Requirement summaryNetworks and network devices must be secured, managed, and controlled to protect information in systems and applications.
AISafe discovery and blackbox testing from the network boundary expose reachable services, weak controls, and exposed management interfaces that a network review should catch.
Requirement summaryRules for the effective use of cryptography, including cryptographic key management, must be defined and implemented.
AISafe code audits detect weak algorithms, insecure key handling, hardcoded secrets, and weak transport encryption, then verify the fixes on retest.
Requirement summaryRules for the secure development of software and systems must be established and applied.
AISafe reviews source code and new builds against secure development rules, so security requirements are verified before a system reaches production.
Requirement summarySecure coding principles must be applied to software development.
AISafe runs source-code analysis to find injection, cross-site scripting, unsafe deserialization, and other coding weaknesses, with evidence that the fixes removed the issue.
Requirement summarySecurity testing processes must be defined and implemented in the development life cycle so that new and updated systems are verified against security requirements before production.
AISafe runs source-code review and blackbox checks on new or updated builds and verifies the security requirements before a system goes live.
Requirement summaryChanges to information processing facilities and information systems must be subject to change management procedures.
AISafe tests changes before they reach production and after deployment, so findings tie back to specific changes and support the change management record.
Requirement summaryThe organization’s approach to information security must be reviewed independently at planned intervals or after significant changes, with reviewers free of conflict and findings reported to management.
AISafe can underpin the independent technical review with scoped, reproducible testing evidence that the internal team then consolidates and reports to management.
Quick facts
| Applicability | Any organization operating an information security management system; each organization defines its own scope. |
| Requirement | Voluntary, but widely required by customers, tenders, and contracts. |
| Cost | Depends on the ISMS scope and assets; a small, single-site scope is affordable, and automation lowers the cost of technical evidence. |
| Cadence | Aligned to the audit cycle; commonly yearly, with additional tests after major system or architecture changes. |
AISafe Labs delivers on-demand, audit-ready evidence for ISO 27001: technical testing with reproducible findings and remediation validation , in hours, where other vendors take weeks. The certification body evaluates the complete ISMS and remains responsible for the certification decision.