Learn. Audit. Experience. Enjoy.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Lead Auditor
🏖️ SUN, SAND & AUDITS @ NORTH GOA
6 Days of Intensive Learning + Practical Auditing + Certification + 1 Full Day of North Goa
Training
13–19 November 2026
Timing
09:30 AM – 05:30 PM
Experience Day
15 November 2026
Arrival / Departure
12 & 19 November 2026
01 | More Than a Training Program
Serious learning. And a little adrenaline.
Most professional training programs end when the classroom closes.
This one doesn't.
We have designed the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor – Sun, Sand & Audits program to combine Learning + Practical Auditing + Certification + Networking + Travel + Fun + Memories.
Over six intensive days, participants will understand how an Information Security Management System works, how risks are assessed, how audits are planned and performed, how findings are developed, and how an auditor arrives at meaningful conclusions.
Then, after completing the training and examination, it is time to put the audit checklist aside for a day and enjoy a full-day North Goa experience on 15 November 2026.
Serious Learning. Practical Auditing. Professional Certification.
02 | Course Information
The auditor's perspective
This intensive program is designed to develop the knowledge and practical skills required to plan, conduct, report and follow up an Information Security Management System audit against ISO/IEC 27001:2022. The program goes beyond explaining the Standard.
- What should an auditor look for?
- What questions should be asked?
- What evidence should be collected?
- How much evidence is enough?
- How should risk be evaluated?
- How do you distinguish a GAP from a Nonconformity?
- How should findings be written?
- How do you determine whether a control is actually effective?
- How do you conduct opening and closing meetings?
- How do you deal with difficult audit situations?
- How do you arrive at an audit conclusion?
Program Schedule
- Arrival
- Thursday, 12 November 2026
- Training
- 13–19 November 2026
- Timing
- 09:30 AM to 05:30 PM
- Lead Auditor Examination
- 19 November 2026
- Fun by the Sea Day
- 15 November 2026
- Checkout & Return
- 19 November 2026
03 | What You Will Learn
A practical understanding of
ISMS Fundamentals
- Purpose of an Information Security Management System
- Information Security principles
- Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
- Understanding organizational context
- Interested parties and their expectations
- ISMS scope and boundaries
- Leadership and information security governance
- Information Security Policy
- Roles, responsibilities and authorities
- Performance evaluation
- Continual improvement
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- Clauses 4 to 10
- Understanding mandatory requirements
- Annex A Controls
- Applicability of controls
- Statement of Applicability
- Documented information
- Evidence expected during an audit
- Control implementation versus control effectiveness
ISMS Risk Management
- Asset, Threat, Vulnerability and Risk
- Risk identification
- Risk analysis
- Risk evaluation
- Risk treatment
- Risk acceptance
- Risk Treatment Plan
- Linking risks with Annex A controls
- Auditor's approach to reviewing risk assessment
Auditing Fundamentals
- Audit principles
- Auditor behaviour
- Independence and objectivity
- Professional judgement
- Evidence-based auditing
- Risk-based auditing
- Confidentiality
- Due professional care
Audit Planning
- Audit objectives
- Audit criteria
- Audit scope
- Audit programme
- Audit plan
- Audit timetable
- Selection of audit samples
- Preparing audit questions
- Preparing working papers
Conducting the Audit
- Opening meeting
- Interview techniques
- Asking effective audit questions
- Observation
- Inspection
- Document review
- Sampling
- Evidence gathering
- Corroborating evidence
- Recording audit evidence
- Following audit trails
Audit Findings
- Conformity
- Opportunity for Improvement
- Observation
- Minor Nonconformity
- Major Nonconformity
- Systemic weaknesses
- Writing findings that are clear, evidence-based and defensible
- Linking findings to the correct requirement
Audit Reporting & Closure
- Preparing the audit report
- Presenting significant findings
- Conducting the closing meeting
- Management response
- Corrective action
- Root cause analysis
- Corrective action verification
- Follow-up audit
- Audit closure
04 | Who Should Participate?
Built for professionals who audit, or want to
This program is suitable for professionals who want to learn auditing, strengthen their existing ISMS knowledge or build a career in Information Security, GRC and Assurance.
Ideal for
Also suitable for professionals planning to
- Become an ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
- Build a career in GRC
- Start ISO consulting
- Conduct Internal ISMS Audits
- Participate in Certification Audits
- Strengthen their existing ISO/IEC 27001 knowledge
- Move from technical cybersecurity into Governance and Assurance
- Develop professional auditing skills
You don't need to be an auditor today. The objective is to teach you how to think like one.
05 | What Will Participants Receive?
A complete learning package
Candidate Handbook
A structured handbook covering the major concepts discussed throughout the Lead Auditor program. Use it during the training and keep it as a reference afterwards.
Approx. 10 Practical Assignments
- Identifying audit evidence
- Preparing audit questions
- Reviewing ISMS documentation
- Risk assessment review
- Statement of Applicability review
- Identifying audit findings
- Drafting Nonconformities
- Audit planning
- Audit reporting
- Practical audit scenarios
Certification Examination
Participants will appear for the Lead Auditor Certification Examination on 19 November 2026.
Lead Auditor Certificate
Upon successfully meeting the applicable examination and certification requirements, participants receive their Lead Auditor Certificate.
ISMS 2022 Auditing Reckoner
And there is something special that we want you to continue using even after the training ends...
06 | 🎁 Your Special Goodie
ISMS 2022 Auditing Reckoner
Your Audit Companion Beyond the Classroom
Every participant will receive our specially prepared ISMS 2022 Auditing Reckoner, designed to become a quick-reference companion when you are:
- Preparing for an ISMS Audit
- Conducting an Internal Audit
- Performing a GAP Assessment
- Preparing for Certification
- Reviewing ISO/IEC 27001 requirements
- Developing audit questions
- Looking for possible evidence
- Reviewing Annex A controls
- Preparing audit findings
- Conducting client discussions
Requirement → Audit Question → Evidence → Finding
Take the training home with you. Training gets completed — the Reckoner stays with you.
07 | Your 6-Day Learning Experience
13–19 November 2026
09:30 AM – 05:30 PM. Six days designed to progressively move you from understanding the Standard to thinking and working like an auditor.
DAY 1
BUILD THE FOUNDATION
Understand the ISMS
- Introduction to ISO
- Information Security fundamentals
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 structure
- ISMS concepts
- Clauses 4–10 overview
- Annex A overview
- Understanding the certification ecosystem
Outcome
Understand what an ISMS is and what ISO/IEC 27001 expects.
DAY 2
UNDERSTAND THE RISK
Think Risk Before Controls
- ISMS Risk Management
- Asset-Threat-Vulnerability relationship
- Risk assessment
- Risk treatment
- Risk acceptance
- Risk Treatment Plan
- Statement of Applicability
- Risk-based audit thinking
Outcome
Learn how auditors connect organizational risks with security controls.
DAY 3
BECOME THE AUDITOR
Learn How Professional Auditing Works
- Audit fundamentals
- Audit principles
- Auditor competence
- Auditor independence
- Audit objectives
- Audit scope
- Audit criteria
- Audit programme
- Audit planning
- Audit sampling
Outcome
Move from understanding ISO/IEC 27001 to understanding how ISO/IEC 27001 is audited.
DAY 4
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
Don't Assume. Verify.
- Conducting opening meetings
- Interview techniques
- Audit questioning techniques
- Reviewing documents
- Observing processes
- Sampling records
- Collecting evidence
- Corroborating evidence
- Following audit trails
- Practical audit exercises
Outcome
Learn how to find what is really happening, not merely what the procedure says should happen.
DAY 5
FIND IT. WRITE IT. DEFEND IT.
From Evidence to Audit Finding
- Evaluating audit evidence
- Conformity
- Observation
- Opportunity for Improvement
- Minor Nonconformity
- Major Nonconformity
- Writing meaningful audit findings
- Root cause concepts
- Corrective actions
- Audit reporting
- Closing meeting techniques
Outcome
Learn how to write audit findings that are clear, evidence-based and defensible.
DAY 6
PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER
Lead Auditor in Action
- Practical audit scenarios
- Assignment review
- Audit case discussions
- Complete audit lifecycle
- Revision
- Questions and discussions
- Examination preparation
Outcome
Lead Auditor Examination on 19 November 2026.
15 November 2026 · Experience Day
NORTH GOA
Beaches · Forts · Churches · Sunset Cruises · Food · Leisure · Networking · Memories. No audit plan. No checklist. No nonconformity. Just sun, sand and stories.
08 | The Complete Learning Journey
Your experience starts before the classroom
- 12 NOVEMBER
ARRIVE
Reach Goa Airport at the designated pick-up time. Your cab will be ready.
Travel to the program destination, check into your accommodation, settle down, meet your fellow participants and get ready for the week ahead.
Arrive. Relax. Connect. Prepare.
- 13–19 NOVEMBER
LEARN
Six days of focused professional learning, 09:30 AM to 05:30 PM.
Learn the Standard. Understand Risk. Learn Auditing. Practice Auditing. Write Findings. Complete Assignments.
- 15 NOVEMBER
EXPERIENCE
A full day away from Clauses, Controls, Findings and Corrective Actions.
Beaches, Portuguese forts, old Goan churches, sunset by the Arabian Sea and unhurried coastal food.
BEACHES • FORTS • CHURCHES • FOOD • LEISURE • NETWORKING • MEMORIES
No audit plan. No checklist. No Nonconformity. Just Fun by the Sea.
- 19 NOVEMBER
EXAM
Complete your learning journey by appearing for the Lead Auditor Certification Examination.
- 19 NOVEMBER
RETURN
Checkout and return from Goa. But hopefully, you won't return exactly the same professional who arrived a week earlier.
You return with new knowledge, new auditing skills, new professional connections, the Lead Auditor learning experience, practical resources, new confidence — and plenty of memories.
09 | The Difference
This is not just another ISO training
Traditional training often follows: Presentation → Slides → Exam → Goodbye. We wanted to create something different.
01
UNDERSTAND
Don't memorize the Standard. Understand why the requirement exists.
02
APPLY
Work through assignments and practical situations.
03
AUDIT
Learn to think from an auditor's perspective.
04
QUESTION
Learn what to ask and why you are asking it.
05
VERIFY
Learn what evidence can establish conformity.
06
REPORT
Convert observations into meaningful audit conclusions.
07
CERTIFY
Complete your Lead Auditor examination.
08
CELEBRATE
Finish your journey with a full-day Fun by the Sea experience.
Because Professional Learning Should Be Remembered, Not Just Attended.
10 | Training Investment
Nu 89,999 per Candidate
The commercial is per participant and includes the complete residential training experience.
The Training Fee Includes
- 6-Day ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor Training
- Candidate Handbook / Learning Material
- Practical assignments and exercises
- Lead Auditor Certification Examination
- Lead Auditor Certificate upon successful completion / passing of applicable requirements
- ISMS auditing reference resources
- Lunch during the applicable training days
- Training venue arrangements
- Networking and participant activities
- Complimentary Full-Day outing on 15 November 2026
- Applicable program-related arrangements as communicated to registered participants
11 | Why Now?
Don't just learn ISO/IEC 27001. Learn how to audit it.
ISO/IEC 27001 is no longer a Standard relevant only to Information Security teams. Organizations increasingly need professionals who understand how to evaluate:
- Information Security Governance
- Cybersecurity Risks
- Regulatory requirements
- Third-party security
- Cloud security
- Access management
- Incident management
- Business continuity
- Privacy and information protection
- Technical and organizational controls
But knowing the Standard and knowing how to audit the Standard are two very different skills. Organizations don't only need people who can say: “The policy exists.”
“Is it implemented?”
“Can you demonstrate it?”
“Where is the evidence?”
“Is the control effective?”
“What risk exists if it fails?”
That ability can fundamentally change the way you approach Information Security | GRC | Consulting | Internal Audit | Certification | Risk Management.
12 | Your Final Call
Are you ready for SUN, SAND & AUDITS?
Come for the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor Training. Stay for the experience. Return with the knowledge, skills, confidence, professional connections and memories.
Seats Are Limited.
Make November 2026 the month you don't just attend another training...
MAKE IT AN EXPERIENCE.
LEARN • AUDIT • CERTIFY • CONNECT • EXPERIENCE • ENJOY
- 📅 Arrival
- 12 November 2026
- 📚 Training
- 13–19 November 2026
- ⏰ Timing
- 09:30 AM – 05:30 PM
- 🎓 Lead Auditor Exam
- 19 November 2026
- 🏖️ Fun by the Sea Day
- 15 November 2026
- ✈️ Checkout & Return
- 19 November 2026
- 💰 Program Investment
- Nu 89,999 All Inclusive