How a Fintech Achieved ISO 27001 Certification in 6 Months

TechPay Solutions needed ISO 27001 certification to expand into the European market. With Riskitera, they implemented the entire management system in just 6 months.

Challenge

TechPay Solutions, a 200-employee fintech, needed ISO 27001 certification to meet regulatory requirements for the European market. Their security team was lean (3 people) with no prior certification experience.

Key challenges included:

• No formal documentation of security processes
• Multiple disconnected tools for risk management
• Tight deadline: certification needed within 8 months

Solution

Using Riskitera, TechPay adopted a unified approach:

1. Automated risk assessment using the Risk Analytics module
2. Control mapping against ISO 27001 Annex A with the GRC module
3. Automatic evidence generation through the Evidence Vault
4. Continuous monitoring with the integrated SOC module

Results

• 6 months to certification (vs. 12-18 month industry average)
• 70% less time spent on evidence collection
• 100% of controls mapped and documented
• Zero non-conformities in the certification audit