ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Privacy Information Management Systems Internal Auditor

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Develop privacy internal audit skills through 12 modules and 36 text lessons with exercises and model feedback. Cover the independent PIMS, clauses 4–10, privacy risk and treatment, controller/processor roles, requests, retention, suppliers and processing instructions. Practise audit planning, sampling, confidential evidence, findings, reporting and corrective-action follow-up. Includes a 40-question exam and marked practical assignment. Total workload: 14 hours excluding breaks.

LO01: Explain PII, privacy roles, the independent PIMS and the audit criteria hierarchy.
LO02: Evaluate the PIMS boundary, interested parties, leadership, policy and accountability.
LO03: Assess privacy risks, treatment decisions, control applicability and measurable plans.
LO04: Audit competence, communications, documented information and controlled processing changes.
LO05: Evaluate purpose, processing justification, transparency, rights and privacy by design.
LO06: Assess instructions, processing agreements, subprocessors, transfers and service exit.
LO07: Evaluate PIMS indicators, internal audit, management review and corrective-action effectiveness.
LO08: Apply auditor ethics, competence, independence and risk-informed audit scheduling.
LO09: Prepare objectives, criteria, process trails and proportionate evidence samples.
LO10: Collect and reconcile reliable evidence while protecting PII and preserving audit integrity.
LO11: Write supported findings, communicate bounded conclusions and verify effective action.
LO12: Apply PIMS audit skills to a fictional case and prepare for assessed practice.

Course Content

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

PII and the privacy perspective
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.

Assessment

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Course Content

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

PII and the privacy perspective

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