ISO Compliance Built To Ship

ISO compliance means your organization’s policies, controls, and processes follow a specific ISO standard, such as ISO 27001 for information security or ISO 9001 for quality management. Certification is the formal step after that: an accredited third-party certification body audits your organization and issues the certificate. You can be compliant without being certified, but you cannot be certified without first being compliant.

• Compliance is the ongoing practice; certification is the credential an external auditor confirms.
• Some organizations pursue compliance alone to satisfy a customer contract, without the cost of full certification.
• TAK Devs helps with both: building compliance and preparing you for the certification audit itself.

ISO 27001 covers information security management, and ISO 9001 covers quality management, so the right choice depends on what your customers or contracts actually require. Most B2B software and AI companies handling customer data start with ISO 27001; manufacturing and process-heavy operations more often need ISO 9001, or sometimes both.

• If a customer’s security questionnaire or procurement process is driving the request, it’s almost always ISO 27001.
• If a customer cares about consistent product or service quality, ISO 9001 is the closer fit.
• Our gap analysis scopes this before you commit to either.

No. Certification audits are conducted exclusively by accredited third-party certification bodies, and no consultant or software vendor, including TAK Devs, can issue an ISO certificate. What we do is build the technical controls and documentation your certification body will audit, run a mock audit first, and stay with you through the real one.

• We scope, build, and prepare. The certification body certifies.
• We support you in selecting an accredited certification body if you don’t already have one.
• Being upfront about this distinction is part of how we keep audits honest.

Most engagements run about 12 weeks from initial gap analysis to audit-ready, based on TAK Devs’ average delivery timeline, though the certification audit itself is scheduled separately with your certification body and can add several more weeks depending on their calendar.

• Gap analysis and scoping typically take 1 to 2 weeks.
• ISMS build, documentation, and technical control implementation run in bi-weekly sprints.
• Mock audit and remediation happen before the real Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits are scheduled.

We scope every engagement before any implementation work begins, so you see the plan, timeline, and cost upfront rather than discovering a mismatch mid-project. If the gap analysis shows compliance isn’t your actual bottleneck, or that a different standard fits better, we’ll say so before you spend a dollar on implementation.

• No long-term lock-in contracts.
• Fixed-price options available once scope is defined.
• If there’s no fit, we’ll point you to who is better suited.

A traditional GRC consultancy or compliance software vendor typically stops at policy and documentation. TAK Devs is a software engineering company first, so the same team that writes your Statement of Applicability also implements the encryption, access controls, and DevSecOps pipelines the standard actually requires, which usually means fewer findings at audit time.

• One team accountable for both the paperwork and the technical implementation.
• No handoff between a consulting arm and a separate engineering vendor.
• TAK Devs holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification itself.

That’s the standard situation, not the exception, for most of the founders and CTOs we work with. Our team leads the gap analysis, documentation, and technical implementation directly, and trains your internal team on the parts they’ll need to own after certification, such as evidence collection and periodic control reviews.

• We don’t require you to hire a compliance manager before starting.
• Documentation is written for your team’s actual skill level, not an auditor’s shorthand.
• Ongoing support is available after certification for teams that stay lean.

Yes. ISO/IEC 42001 is the international standard for AI management systems, and it’s increasingly requested by enterprise customers evaluating AI vendors. Because TAK Devs builds generative AI and machine learning systems directly, we can scope an AI management system and its documentation alongside the models themselves, rather than treating AI governance as a separate afterthought.

• Model documentation and risk assessment built into the same sprints as development.
• Data protection practices mapped to GDPR and equivalent regional requirements where relevant.
• One accountable team for both the AI product and its compliance posture.

Pricing depends on which standard you’re pursuing, how much of your ISMS or QMS already exists, and how much technical implementation is needed versus documentation alone. We scope this during the gap analysis and offer fixed-price options once scope is defined, rather than an open-ended hourly retainer.

• No surprise invoices; scope and cost are agreed before implementation starts.
• Fixed-price options available for well-defined engagements.
• A four-week technical audit is available as a lower-commitment starting point.

Certification isn’t the finish line. ISO standards require ongoing surveillance audits, typically annually, and full recertification roughly every three years, along with continuous corrective action on any findings. TAK Devs offers ongoing compliance support so your controls, documentation, and audit readiness stay current between certification cycles.

• Annual surveillance audit preparation.
• Corrective action tracking through to closure.
• Control and documentation updates as your product or infrastructure changes.