The International Organization for Standardization is an internationally known and respected agency that manages and structures standards for multiple areas, including cybersecurity.
ISO 27001 is ‘a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information so that it remains secure. It includes people, processes and IT systems by applying a risk management process.’ The standard does not advertise any specific products or tools, it offers some sort of comprehensive and detailed compliance checklist.
ISO/IEC 27001 remains one of the most widely adopted information security standards globally. However, the context in which organizations pursue certification has changed significantly.
In 2025, companies operate in hybrid environments, rely on cloud infrastructure, and grant access to external administrators, vendors, and service providers on a daily basis. As a result, privileged access has become one of the most scrutinized areas during ISO 27001 audits.
Auditors no longer focus solely on whether controls exist on paper. They assess how access is granted, how privileged sessions are monitored, and whether organizations can demonstrate accountability in real operational scenarios.
Why companies pursue ISO 27001 certification today
The motivation behind ISO 27001 certification has also evolved. Beyond reputational protection and legal risk reduction, certification is increasingly driven by customer requirements, partner due diligence, and regulatory pressure — especially in industries dealing with sensitive data or operating across multiple regions.
For many organizations, ISO 27001 is now a prerequisite for entering new markets, working with enterprise customers, or participating in government and regulated-sector projects. At the same time, certification helps expose gaps in access governance, especially where privileged accounts are shared, poorly documented, or insufficiently monitored.
Privileged access as a recurring audit challenge
ISO 27001 defines 14 control areas, and privileged access intersects with multiple annex controls, not just access management in isolation. In practice, auditors frequently identify the same issues:
- Excessive administrative privileges
- Shared or unmanaged privileged credentials
- Limited visibility into administrator activity
- Weak control over third-party and supplier access
These gaps increase both security risk and audit complexity. Addressing them individually often leads to fragmented tooling and manual processes.
This is where Axidian Privilege is positioned as a centralized way to control, audit, and secure privileged access across systems, users, and environments — helping organizations cover multiple ISO 27001 controls consistently rather than point by point.
ISO 27001 control A.6: organizing information security roles and responsibilities
Section A.6 Organization of Information Security. It requires a company to provide a transparent and detailed management framework that regulates and exercises cybersecurity programs. The company should be fully aware of what roles, responsibilities, and tasks the employees are allowed to perform and actually perform.
How can Axidian Privilege help? Through the use of access policies and permissions, the software regulates and manages users and their rights and responsibilities. Axidian Privilege restricts the ability to perform any prohibited actions.
ISO 27001 control A.9: enforcing least-privilege access
Section A.9 Access Controls. The company should regulate and if needed restrict the employees’ access to different types of resources and information.
How can Axidian Privilege help? Axidian Privilege can control what resources, what period of time, and what users the access should be given to. It helps to granularly distribute the access rights as required by the company’s needs and cybersecurity program.
ISO 27001 control A.12: monitoring operational security activities
Section A.12 Operations Security. It regulates the processes connected to the information flow and storage.
How can Axidian Privilege help? The solution is capable of watching over any users’ activities, such as attempts to relocate and change the company’s data. It can also log all the events which contributes to a faster incidents response. All in all, these capabilities provide another layer of audibility and transparency of the data flows.
ISO 27001 control A.15: managing supplier and third-party access
Section A.15 Supplier Relationships. It describes the secure interaction process between the company and third parties (vendor’s technical support, contractors, remote workers outside of the network).
How can Axidian Privilege help? To secure the company’s sensitive data from outsiders and prevent unauthorized access, the software can set the list of policies that firmly defines the third parties’ rights within the company’s information systems. Axidian Privilege can also track the users’ activities.
ISO 27001 control A.16: incident investigation and accountability
Section A.16 Information Security Incident Management. It controls and checks how the company can act in alert security events and if the response workflows are configured in an effective way.
How can Axidian Privilege help? Using the out-of-box mechanisms of event logging and video and text recordings of the sessions, Axidian Privilege provides a quick way to understand the reason for the incident. If reacted immediately, the company can overcome the incident consequences with less damage.
Using Axidian Privilege to support ISO 27001 compliance
Axidian Privilege can simplify the ISO 27001 certification process because it is a ready-to-use instrument capable of mitigating threats associated with the misuse of privileged access and adjusting the inner cybersecurity plan per requirements. The software UI and architecture make the user experience smooth and easy.
If you want Axidian Privilege to back you up during the certification, let us know by the email: inbox@axidian.com
