How to fail an audit

March 11, 2010 (at 10:30 a.m.) in Defense & Management

An anecdotal tale of how and why (ISO27001) audits go wrong. The speaker is an accredited auditor and has suffered through various project situations where things go horribly wrong.

Mistakes in chosing an auditor Misunderstanding ISO27001 Arguing with Auditors

Martin Freiss

Martin Freiss is managing director of secunomic GmbH, a security and audit consultancy. In previous lifes, he was managing director of atsec information security GmbH, CISO at Vodafone TeleCommerce GmbH and consultant and team-leader for IT-Security at Siemens AG and Siemens Nixdorf AG in Paderborn and Cologne. He focuses on pragmatic project management for risk management, audits and compliance-management in large and small enterprises. He has authored several books and articles on security management, security certifications and penetration testing.