Auditing ISO 27001:2022 – Technical Controls

Unlock the skills to confidently audit ISO/IEC 27001:2022 technical controls.
This course provides a complete, step-by-step guide to auditing the 34 Annex A Clause 8 technical controls of ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Covering areas from endpoint security and privileged access to cryptography, network security, and secure software development, it equips you with practical tools, checklists, and methodologies to evaluate compliance and identify risks. This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Modern organizations face threats ranging from malware infections to misconfigured cloud systems and insecure application development. As an auditor or security professional, your role is not only to confirm compliance but also to highlight risks, evaluate evidence, and recommend improvements. This course bridges the gap between theory and practice, ensuring you can perform robust audits in real-world environments.

You’ll learn how to:

• Audit user endpoints, privileged access rights, and secure authentication.

• Evaluate controls for capacity, malware, vulnerability, and configuration management.

• Assess data lifecycle security, including secure deletion, masking, backups, and redundancy.

• Review logging, monitoring, and privileged utilities to ensure accountability.

• Verify network and cryptographic security through segregation, filtering, and encryption.

• Audit secure development practices, including SDLC, coding standards, outsourced development, and change management.

Each module includes practical audit checklists, real-world scenarios, and step-by-step examples using a model company (InfoSure Ltd.). You’ll also complete assignments designed to simulate real audits, culminating in a capstone project that integrates all 34 controls into one comprehensive audit exercise.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply structured audit methodologies to technical controls.

• Collect and evaluate evidence such as policies, logs, system configs, and test results.

• Identify risks, gaps, and partial compliance in information security systems.

• Deliver actionable remediation roadmaps and management briefings.

Whether you are an auditor, CISO, ISMS manager, compliance professional, or IT administrator, this course provides the knowledge and tools to audit technical controls with confidence and prepare organizations for ISO 27001 certification success.