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Overview
ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Privacy Information Management Systems Lead Auditor Training is a comprehensive training programme designed to develop lead auditors who can assess the management systems established by organisations for personal data protection and privacy management against international standard requirements, plan and conduct audits, and manage audit teams.
The training covers the requirements of the ISO/IEC 27701:2025 standard, personal data management, privacy risk assessment, the obligations of data controllers and data processors, privacy control mechanisms, audit principles, audit planning and implementation processes, the assessment of nonconformities, and audit reporting methods.
The programme also examines the standalone management system structure of the ISO/IEC 27701:2025 standard, its relationship with ISO/IEC 27001, international approaches to personal data protection, and applicable legislative requirements.
Participants are expected to develop their theoretical knowledge through case analyses, practical privacy risk assessments, sample audit scenarios, and reporting exercises.
Objectives and Outcomes
Purpose of the Training
The purpose of this training is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to interpret the requirements of ISO/IEC 27701:2025, assess personal data processing activities and privacy risks, audit privacy management system controls, conduct risk-based audits and perform lead auditor activities.
Learning Outcomes
Participants who complete the training are expected to acquire the following knowledge and skills:
- Interpret the purpose, scope and requirements of ISO/IEC 27701:2025
- Assess the processes and effectiveness of the Privacy Information Management System (PIMS)
- Explain the relationship and differences between ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 27001
- Analyse personal data processing activities and data flows
- Assess the roles, responsibilities and obligations of data controllers and data processors
- Audit privacy risk assessment and risk treatment processes
- Assess personal data protection controls and the Statement of Applicability (SoA)
- Examine processes relating to the rights of personal data subjects
- Assess data processing, retention, deletion, anonymisation and transfer processes
- Audit the management of privacy breaches and notification processes
- Assess applicable data protection regulations, such as KVKK and GDPR, from an audit perspective
- Apply audit planning and conduct techniques in accordance with ISO 19011:2026
- Manage the audit team and coordinate audit activities
- Collect objective audit evidence and assess nonconformities
- Prepare audit reports and assess the effectiveness of corrective actions
Programme and Method
Day 1 – Introduction to the Privacy Information Management System and Standard Requirements
- Fundamental concepts of privacy, confidentiality and personal data protection
- The concept of personally identifiable information (PII) and data types
- Purpose, scope and structure of the ISO/IEC 27701:2025 standard
- Key changes between ISO/IEC 27701:2019 and ISO/IEC 27701:2025
- Standalone Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) approach
- Relationship between ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 27001
- Process approach, risk-based thinking and the PDCA cycle in privacy management
- Concepts of data controller and data processor
- Personal data processing principles and privacy management principles
- Clause 4: Context of the organisation
- Determining internal and external issues
- Evaluating the needs and expectations of interested parties
- Determining the scope of the PIMS
- Clause 5: Leadership
- Privacy policy, organisational roles and responsibilities
- Introduction to Clause 6: Planning requirements
- Privacy management system objectives and planning to achieve them
Day 2 – Privacy Risk Management and Management System Requirements
- Privacy risk management principles
- Identifying personal data processing activities
- Evaluating the personal data inventory and data flows
- Privacy threats, vulnerabilities and risk sources
- Evaluating privacy risks to individuals and the organisation
- Establishing risk assessment criteria
- Identifying, analysing and evaluating privacy risks
- Privacy risk treatment options and selection of controls
- Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA/DPIA)
- Statement of Applicability (SoA)
- Clause 7: Support
- Resources, competence, awareness and communication
- Documented information relating to privacy management
- Clause 8: Operation
- Operational planning and control
- Implementing privacy risk assessment and risk treatment activities
- Clause 9: Performance evaluation
- Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
- Internal audit and management review
- Clause 10: Improvement
- Nonconformity, corrective action and continual improvement
- Practical exercise: Privacy risk assessment and SoA review
Day 3 – Privacy Controls, Personal Data Protection and Regulatory Requirements
- ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Annex A privacy control structure
- Annex A.1: Privacy controls for data controllers
- Annex A.2: Privacy controls for data processors
- Annex A.3: Common information security controls for data controllers and data processors
- Annex B: Guidance on implementing controls
- Requirements for the collection and processing of personal data
- Determining the purposes and legal bases of data processing
- Evaluating explicit consent and other lawful grounds for processing
- Information and transparency obligations
- Rights of personal data subjects and request procedures
- Managing requests for access, rectification, erasure and objection
- Privacy by design and by default
- Data minimisation and purpose limitation
- Retention, erasure and anonymisation of personal data
- Sharing personal data with third parties
- International data transfers and related safeguards
- Data processor agreements and management of sub-processors
- Detection and management of personal data breaches and notification procedures
- Overview of KVKK and GDPR requirements
- Integrated evaluation of privacy and information security controls
- Practical exercise: Auditing data controller and data processor controls
Day 4 – Audit Principles, Planning and Conducting the Audit
- Audit principles within the scope of ISO 19011:2026
- Relevant audit and certification requirements within the scope of ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 27706:2025
- First-, second- and third-party audits
- Duties, authority and responsibilities of the lead auditor
- Preparing and managing the audit programme
- Risk-based audit approach
- Determining the audit scope, criteria and objectives
- Audit duration and resource planning
- Forming the audit team and allocating duties
- Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits
- Document review and audit preparation
- Preparing the audit plan and checklists
- Conducting the opening meeting
- Audit interviews and effective questioning techniques
- Collecting and verifying audit evidence
- Sampling methods and evidence-based evaluation
- Auditing personal data processing activities
- Evaluating privacy controls and data protection mechanisms
- Ensuring the confidentiality and security of audit evidence
- Remote audit methods and digital audit techniques
- Practical exercise: ISO/IEC 27701 audit plan and sample audit scenario
Day 5 – Audit Reporting and Lead Auditor Practices
- Identifying and evaluating audit findings
- Classifying conformities and nonconformities
- Evaluating major and minor nonconformities
- Writing nonconformities based on objective evidence
- Linking nonconformities to the relevant clauses of the standard and control requirements
- Formulating audit conclusions
- Preparing the audit report
- Privacy and data protection requirements in audit reports
- Conducting the closing meeting
- Evaluating corrections and corrective actions
- Reviewing root cause analysis
- Closing nonconformities and conducting follow-up audits
- Surveillance and recertification audits
- Overview of the certification decision process
- Lead auditor skills in team management, communication and decision-making
- Case study: Evaluating audit findings relating to a privacy breach and data processing activities
- Audit reporting exercise
- General review and final examination
Attendance and Certificate
Certification Rule
A certificate of attendance is issued to all participants whose attendance has been confirmed. To receive a certificate of achievement, participants must obtain a passing grade in the examination at the end of the training; participants who use all their examination attempts but do not pass will be issued a certificate of attendance.
FAQ and Resources
1. Who is ISO/IEC 27701 Lead Auditor Training suitable for?
It is suitable for personal data protection specialists, information security professionals, compliance managers, data protection officers, management system auditors, internal auditors and professionals who wish to audit privacy management systems.
2. What is the difference between ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 27001?
ISO/IEC 27001 defines the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system. ISO/IEC 27701 is a Privacy Information Management System standard that focuses on protecting personal data and managing privacy risks.
Although ISO/IEC 27701:2025 can be implemented in conjunction with ISO/IEC 27001, it can also be implemented as a standalone management system.
3. What are the key changes in the ISO/IEC 27701:2025 standard?
In the 2025 version, the standard has been converted into a standalone management system structure, the management system requirements have been restructured, and the privacy controls have been organised under Annex A as controls for data controllers, data processors and common information security controls.
4. Is ISO/IEC 27001 certification mandatory for the ISO/IEC 27701:2025 standard?
No. ISO/IEC 27701:2025 is a standalone management system standard and can be certified independently of ISO/IEC 27001 certification under appropriate certification arrangements.
5. Does ISO/IEC 27701 training cover KVKK and GDPR?
Yes. Personal data protection regulations such as KVKK and GDPR are addressed during the training in relation to privacy management and audit requirements. However, the training is not standalone legal specialist training on these regulations.
6. What is the difference between the 5-day and 3-day training courses?
The 5-day programme comprehensively covers ISO/IEC 27701 requirements, privacy risk management, data controller and data processor controls, and audit processes. The 3-day programme offers intensive content for participants who already have knowledge of privacy management and auditing.
7. Does the training include practical exercises?
Yes. The training includes practical exercises in privacy risk assessment, review of control mechanisms, audit planning, case study analysis, writing nonconformities and audit reporting.
8. Can the training be delivered online or face to face?
Yes. The training can be arranged online or face to face according to the requirements of participants and organisations.
9. Is there an examination at the end of the training?
A final examination is planned as part of the programme to assess participants' knowledge and skills.
10. Is a certificate issued at the end of the training?
Yes. The relevant training certificate is issued based on the attendance requirements and assessment results.
Resources
- ISO/IEC 27701:2025 – Privacy Information Management Systems – Requirements and Guidance
- ISO/IEC 27706:2025 – Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Privacy Information Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – Information Security Management Systems – Requirements
- ISO/IEC 27002:2022 – Information Security Controls
- ISO/IEC 29100:2024 – Privacy Framework
- ISO 19011:2026 – Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 – Requirements for Bodies Providing Audit and Certification of Management Systems
- Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK)
- General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – GDPR
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