ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management System Consulting
ISO/IEC 27701 PIMS certification and ongoing privacy governance for B2B SaaS and consulting firms holding ISO 27001.
Comprehensive ISO 27701 PIMS Consulting & End-to-End Privacy Management System Build
ISO/IEC 27701:2025 is the international Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) standard. It extends an existing ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS with privacy-specific refinements and adds two control sets: Annex A for organizations acting as a PII controller, and Annex B for organizations acting as a PII processor. Most B2B SaaS providers are both, applying Annex A to employee, account-holder, marketing, and operational telemetry data, and Annex B to the customer personal data processed within the service. Annex D maps the standard to the GDPR, making ISO 27701 the strongest internationally recognized evidence of an accountable privacy program and the practical standard for GDPR Article 28 processor assurance.
Security Consultants delivers ISO 27701 as an extension to your existing or in-flight ISO 27001 ISMS, not as a parallel program. We confirm your role per processing activity (controller, processor, or both), extend the Statement of Applicability with the relevant Annex A and Annex B controls, build the records of processing PII as the same instrument as your GDPR Article 30 ROPA, operationalize PII principal rights (for controllers) and the pass-through workflow (for processors), document the sub-processor disclosure and change procedure, and run the cross-border transfer register including Transfer Impact Assessments where GDPR applies. Our vCISO subscription operates the combined ISMS and PIMS audit cycle, surveillance readiness, and annual privacy training. The certification body issues both certificates at a single combined audit where accreditation allows.
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PIMS Extension to ISO 27001, Not a Parallel Program
ISO 27701 cannot be certified standalone. It extends an ISO 27001 ISMS with privacy refinements to Clauses 4 through 10 and adds the Annex A and Annex B control sets. We build the PIMS on top of your existing or in-flight ISMS so the same certification body issues both certificates at a single combined audit.
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Annex A and Annex B for Dual Controller / Processor Role
Most B2B SaaS providers are PII controllers for their own employee and account-holder data, and PII processors for the customer personal data processed within the service. We extend the Statement of Applicability with both control sets and document role determination per processing activity.
Records of Processing as GDPR Article 30 ROPA
Annex A.7.2.8 (controller records) and Annex B.8.2.6 (processor records) are the same instrument as the GDPR Article 30 Records of Processing Activities. We build one ROPA that satisfies both standards, reducing maintenance overhead and audit fatigue. Annex D maps directly to GDPR articles for traceability.
Sub-Processor Disclosure and Cross-Border Transfer Discipline
For processors, Annex B.8.5 governs sub-processor disclosure, change, and customer notification, mirroring GDPR Article 28(2) flow-down obligations. We document the procedure, mirror it into customer agreement language, and integrate the cross-border transfer register with the GDPR Transfer Impact Assessment workflow.
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Project Kick-Off & Setup
We start with a project kick-off where the manager sets up your engagement in our project management platform. We confirm whether ISO 27701 will extend an existing ISO 27001 ISMS or run as a combined first-time program, define milestones, name a senior privacy owner, and agree the communication plan.
Role Determination & ISMS Scope Extension
We confirm your PII processing roles (controller for some activities, processor for others, or both) and extend the ISMS scope statement to declare PII processing in scope. The PIMS scope must be at least as broad as the ISMS scope where PII is processed.
Annex A and Annex B Gap Analysis
We assess implementation control-by-control against Annex A (controller obligations including lawful basis, consent, PIA, PII principal rights, sharing and transfer) and Annex B (processor obligations including customer agreement, sub-processor disclosure, transfer records). Privacy risk is integrated into the ISMS risk methodology.
Extended SoA, ROPA & Privacy Procedure Stack
We extend the ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability with all applicable Annex A and Annex B controls, build the records of processing PII as the single GDPR Article 30 ROPA instrument, and deliver the privacy procedure stack: PII principal rights operations, processor pass-through, PIA template, consent management, sub-processor management, cross-border transfer procedure with TIA template, and the customer agreement template covering B.8.2 obligations.
Internal Audit, Management Review & Combined Certification
We run the internal audit across the PIMS extensions and applicable Annex A and Annex B controls, conduct the management review covering both ISMS and PIMS, and represent the program through the certification body audit. Where accreditation allows, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certificates are issued at the same audit.
Post-Certification Operations, vCISO & Ongoing Assurance
After certification, our vCISO subscription operates annual privacy risk assessment integrated with ISMS risk, PII principal rights workflow (controller) or pass-through (processor) timing reviews, sub-processor register maintenance, cross-border transfer register refresh on third-country legal changes, and combined surveillance audit readiness. Recertification is coordinated with the ISO 27001 three-year cycle.
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