What is ISO 27001?
ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security management, certifying that an organisation runs a systematic, audited process for identifying and controlling security risks.
ISO 27001 is the leading global standard for an information security management system (ISMS). Rather than prescribing a fixed checklist of tools, it requires an organisation to run a continuous process: identify its information risks, apply appropriate controls, and review and improve them over time. Certification means an accredited body has audited that the process genuinely exists and works.
It pairs with a control catalogue, commonly the ISO 27002 guidance, covering areas such as access control, cryptography, physical security, supplier management and incident response. The certificate itself attests to the management system; the controls are how that system is put into practice.
Like SOC 2, ISO 27001 certifies an organisation, not an app. When a product cites ISO 27001, the useful question is whose certificate it is - the product operator's, or its infrastructure providers'.
In 99 Data Rooms
How it works here.
99 Data Rooms runs on ISO 27001 certified infrastructure: its providers Supabase and Cloudflare hold those certificates, and every document sits on that platform. Documents are UK-hosted in London and encrypted at rest, gated per viewer, with a Data Processing Agreement available on request.
Common questions
ISO 27001, in short.
99 Data Rooms runs on ISO 27001 certified infrastructure, and the certificates are held by its providers, Supabase and Cloudflare. The security page names each provider and the certificates it holds.
Both are recognised information-security assurances audited by a third party. ISO 27001 is an international certification of a security management system; SOC 2 is a US attestation report against trust criteria. Many providers hold both.
Related terms
What is SOC 2?
SOC 2 is an independent audit report on how a service provider handles data against five trust criteria - security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.
DefinitionWhat is UK data residency?
Data residency is the physical location where your data is stored and processed; UK data residency means it stays on servers within the United Kingdom rather than being moved abroad.
DefinitionWhat is a virtual data room?
A virtual data room (VDR) is a secure online space for sharing sensitive business documents with outside parties, where every viewer is controlled and every view is tracked.
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