ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Privacy Information Management Lead Auditor Training

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40 hours: 36 standard and audit foundation lessons, 16 advanced lead-audit lessons, four practical assignments including observed individual audit leadership, and a 40-question final exam. AED 999. W3 completion only. This training does not itself grant professional registration, accreditation or authority to certify organizations. ISO/IEC 27701:2025 is an independent PIMS requirements standard; do not use the superseded 2019 extension-only framing.

LO01: Interpret the subject standard and applicable audit criteria
LO02: Evaluate domain-specific evidence and performance
LO03: Manage a risk-based programme and feasible plan
LO04: Lead an independent competent audit team
LO05: Interview sample and corroborate evidence
LO06: Write and classify defensible findings
LO07: Report bounded conclusions and evaluate corrective action
LO08: Demonstrate observed leadership and verify effectiveness

Course Content

PIMS foundations and the 2025 edition
Explain PII, privacy roles, the independent PIMS and the audit criteria hierarchy.

Course route and lead auditor responsibilities
Controllers, processors and PII principals
ISO/IEC 27701:2025 and audit criteria

Context, scope and leadership
Evaluate the PIMS boundary, interested parties, leadership, policy and accountability.

Privacy risk, treatment and objectives
Assess privacy risks, treatment decisions, control applicability and measurable plans.

Support and operational control
Audit competence, communications, documented information and controlled processing changes.

PII controller practices
Evaluate purpose, processing justification, transparency, rights and privacy by design.

PII processor and supplier practices
Assess instructions, processing agreements, subprocessors, transfers and service exit.

Performance evaluation and improvement
Evaluate PIMS indicators, internal audit, management review and corrective-action effectiveness.

Audit principles and programme management
Apply auditor ethics, competence, independence and risk-informed audit scheduling.

Planning and sampling a privacy audit
Prepare objectives, criteria, process trails and proportionate evidence samples.

Conducting the privacy audit
Collect and reconcile reliable evidence while protecting PII and preserving audit integrity.

Findings, reporting and follow-up
Write supported findings, communicate bounded conclusions and verify effective action.

Integrated practice and assessment
Apply PIMS audit skills to a fictional case and prepare for assessed practice.

Lead audit preparation and programme
Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Audit execution and team leadership
Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Findings communication and reporting
Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Corrective action follow up and assessment
Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

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Course Content

PIMS foundations and the 2025 edition Explain PII, privacy roles, the independent PIMS and the audit criteria hierarchy.

Course route and lead auditor responsibilities

Controllers, processors and PII principals

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 and audit criteria

Context, scope and leadership Evaluate the PIMS boundary, interested parties, leadership, policy and accountability.

Context and interested parties — clause 4

PIMS scope and processing inventory — clause 4

Leadership, policy and responsibilities — clause 5

Privacy risk, treatment and objectives Assess privacy risks, treatment decisions, control applicability and measurable plans.

Privacy risk assessment — clause 6

Risk treatment and control applicability — clause 6

Objectives and planned changes — clause 6

Support and operational control Audit competence, communications, documented information and controlled processing changes.

Resources, competence and awareness — clause 7

Communication and documented information — clause 7

Operational control and processing changes — clause 8

PII controller practices Evaluate purpose, processing justification, transparency, rights and privacy by design.

Controller purpose, justification and transparency

Controller handling of PII-principal requests

Controller privacy by design and information lifecycle

PII processor and supplier practices Assess instructions, processing agreements, subprocessors, transfers and service exit.

Processor instructions and processing agreements

Subprocessors, disclosures and transfers

Processor exit, security and privacy incidents

Performance evaluation and improvement Evaluate PIMS indicators, internal audit, management review and corrective-action effectiveness.

Monitoring, measurement and evaluation — clause 9

Internal audit and management review — clause 9

Nonconformity and continual improvement — clause 10

Audit principles and programme management Apply auditor ethics, competence, independence and risk-informed audit scheduling.

Audit ethics, independence and confidentiality

Competence and specialist assistance

Managing a risk-informed audit programme

Planning and sampling a privacy audit Prepare objectives, criteria, process trails and proportionate evidence samples.

Audit objectives, scope, criteria and plan

Preparing privacy audit trails

Sampling and evidence minimization

Conducting the privacy audit Collect and reconcile reliable evidence while protecting PII and preserving audit integrity.

Opening the audit and agreeing access

Interviewing and reconciling accounts

Digital records and reliable timelines

Findings, reporting and follow-up Write supported findings, communicate bounded conclusions and verify effective action.

Writing PIMS findings

Reporting and closing the audit

Reviewing corrective actions and closure

Integrated practice and assessment Apply PIMS audit skills to a fictional case and prepare for assessed practice.

Integrated privacy audit: planning and evidence

Integrated privacy audit: findings and action review

Assessment preparation and continuing competence

Lead audit preparation and programme Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Commission and audit agreement

Programme priorities and resources

Team competence and impartiality

Readiness review and audit stages

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Audit programme and engagement plan

Audit execution and team leadership Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Two day audit planning

Evidence strategy and sampling

Opening meeting and communication

Neutral interviewing and challenge

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Evidence evaluation and defensible findings

Findings communication and reporting Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Remote evidence and information protection

Team reviews and changing priorities

Findings and classification

Closing meeting and difficult conversations

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Observed audit leadership simulation

Corrective action follow up and assessment Advanced leadership and practical application to controller and processor roles, request handling, retention and supplier authorization.

Reports and supported conclusions

Corrective action review

Follow up and continuing competence

Integrated lead audit rehearsal

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Final report corrective action and follow up

ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Lead Auditor final knowledge examination

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