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ISO 27001 Vendor Assessment Template

Verify vendor ISO 27001 controls with this 93-point audit assessment

  •  A.5 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS (governance, policies, awareness)
  • A.6 PEOPLE CONTROLS (screening, competence, responsibility)
  • A.7 PHYSICAL CONTROLS (access, segregation, workstations)
  • A.8 TECHNOLOGICAL CONTROLS (cryptography, access control, networks - 32 controls)
  • A.9-A.18 ASSET, COMMUNICATIONS, SYSTEMS, SUPPLIER & CONTINUITY CONTROLS
  • Control maturity scoring (Not Implemented / Partial / Full)
  • Evidence documentation and remediation tracking
ISO 27001 Vendor Assessment Template
 

ISO 27001 certification is a snapshot. It says your vendor had controls in place on audit day. But controls drift. Audits are 18 months old. Certifications cover one scope; you use them for another. This 93-point assessment asks control questions auditors actually verify. You get current state, control-by-control breakdown, implementation evidence, and prioritized remediation.

ISO 27001 certification is a snapshot. It says your vendor had controls in place on audit day. But controls drift. Audits are 18 months old. Certifications cover one scope; you use them for another. This 93-point assessment asks control questions auditors actually verify. You get current state, control-by-control breakdown, implementation evidence, and prioritized remediation.

Why consistency matters

Vendor risk assessment is foundational to everything downstream: tiering decisions, monitoring priorities, remediation focus, board reporting. If your assessment is ad-hoc, everything else is unreliable.

A solid assessment framework gives you:

  • Comparable vendor scores - actually compare vendors against each other
  • Audit-ready documentation - show auditors exactly how you assessed and why
  • Faster cycles - standardized questions mean less customization
  • Clear escalation triggers - when a score drops, you know what to do

How to use this:

You have two paths forward. You can build this yourself using the template. Start by customizing it for your specific industry and risk profile, then send it to vendors to complete. As responses come in, you'll track them in a spreadsheet and score them manually. It takes time and effort to coordinate, but you own the entire process and can adjust it whenever you need.

Alternatively you can use ComplyScore®.
Instead of vendors filling out spreadsheets and you doing manual scoring, vendors answer once in the platform and scoring happens automatically. Risk trends appear in real-time, so you're not waiting weeks for data. Every vendor gets assessed using the exact same framework without shifting criteria or inconsistencies.
And here's the key difference: monitoring continues automatically without you having to rebuild the framework every quarter.