ISO Certification Support
Helping your organisation prepare for, achieve and maintain internationally recognised standards.
ISO certification is formal, independently audited evidence that your organisation manages something — continuity, information security, environmental impact — to an international standard. Horizonscan supports organisations through the whole route: gap analysis, management system development, audit preparation and the ongoing improvement that keeps certification worth holding.
Our Approach to Certification
We do not take a tick-box approach to certification. Our consultants work alongside your teams to understand the processes you already run, identify the genuine gaps and build a management system that earns its place — not a folder of policies that gathers dust between audits.
Whether you are pursuing certification for the first time or maintaining a system you have held for years, we tailor the support to your maturity, your objectives and the resources you can commit.
How We Support You
Who This Service Is For
Most organisations come to us at one of five points. Find yours below.
ISO 22301 — Business Continuity Management
ISO 22301 is the international standard for Business Continuity Management Systems. It provides a framework for identifying potential threats, building organisational resilience and maintaining critical operations through disruption.
Horizonscan holds ISO 22301 certification ourselves, so we maintain the same system we help our clients build. We guide organisations through every stage, from Business Impact Analysis and risk assessment to policy development, exercising, internal audit and management review. Much of that groundwork is business continuity planning, and the exercising requirement is met through crisis simulation exercises.
ISO 27001 — Information Security Management
ISO 27001 sets out the requirements for an Information Security Management System. As cyber threats and information risks reach organisations of every size, demonstrable security practice increasingly decides which contracts you are eligible to win.
We help organisations define the scope of their Information Security Management System, assess information security risks, select appropriate controls and prepare for certification audit.
ISO certification should strengthen your organisation, not just decorate your letterhead.
Gap Analysis and Readiness Assessment
Not sure where you stand?
Our gap analysis gives you a clear and honest assessment of your current position against the relevant standard. We identify what you already have, where the gaps are and what it will take to reach certification readiness.
The output is a prioritised action plan with realistic timescales. If the deadline you are working to is not achievable, we will say so at that point rather than three months in.
What You’ll Receive
Why Work With Horizonscan?
Horizonscan combines management system expertise with practical resilience, business continuity and risk management experience. We hold ISO 22301 certification ourselves and go through the same surveillance audits we prepare our clients for.
Certification is only worth holding if the system behind it works. Our approach is pragmatic and proportionate, and aimed at arrangements your organisation can credibly maintain long after the certificate arrives.
Related Services
Business Continuity
Practical continuity plans that help you protect critical operations, reduce downtime and recover in a structured way.
Crisis Management
Frameworks, plans and training that help leadership teams make clear decisions under pressure.
Crisis Simulation
Realistic exercises that test your plans, strengthen team confidence and reveal opportunities for improvement.