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What does a data center’s ISO 27001 certification guarantee?

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ISO 27001 certifies an information security management system (ISMS) audited by a third party: governance, access control, risk and incident management. It is the expected baseline for hosting sensitive business data.

ISO/IEC 27001 does not certify a building but an information security management system (ISMS): documented processes, audited by an accredited body and renewed (annual surveillance audit, recertification every 3 years).

In practice it covers risk governance, physical and logical access control, incident and continuity management, and supplier security, via the Annex A controls. For a customer, it is evidence that a managed security program exists, not just locks.

Distinguish it from other frameworks: HDS certification (mandatory for health data, built on ISO 27001), PCI DSS (payment card data), SOC 2 (US audit report), and the Tier level (which measures availability, not security). Ask for the certificate and above all its scope: it must cover the site that hosts you.

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