ISO 27001

Show auditors how cryptography, secrets, and access are actually controlled.

ISO 27001 expects more than policies. CertLocker gives security and platform teams one place to manage certificates, cryptographic artefacts, secrets, just-in-time host access, and the audit trail that proves it.

What CertLocker helps you demonstrate

When certificates live in spreadsheets, secrets sit on disk, and SSH keys never expire, ISO reviews get hard. CertLocker turns those operational gaps into controlled workflows with evidence.

Cryptography you can inventory and renew

Keep certificates and keys under governed issuance, renewal, delivery, and rotation - so cryptography is managed as a process, not a one-off ticket.

Supports ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.24 and A.5.9

Secrets and credentials in one custody model

Store PEMs, tokens, and operational secrets with RBAC, scoped retrieval, and version history instead of shared folders and forgotten copies.

Supports A.5.17, A.8.3, and A.8.32

Privileged access that expires

Issue time-limited SSH, RDP, and VNC access with 2FA and protocol, IP, and group constraints - then revoke when the work is done.

Supports A.5.15, A.5.18, A.8.2, and A.8.5

An audit trail you can hand over

Answer who renewed a certificate, retrieved a secret, created a token, or accessed a host - with events useful for compliance reviews and incidents.

Supports A.8.15, A.5.28, and A.5.36

Built for the questions auditors ask

CertLocker does not write your policies. It gives you operational answers when reviewers ask how cryptography and access are controlled day to day.

Where are the keys and certificates?

A single inventory of certificates, hosts, secrets, and tokens - with ownership and history instead of tribal knowledge.

Who can use them?

Scoped machine tokens, group-based access, and just-in-time sessions reduce standing privilege and shared credentials.

Is production still matching what you issued?

Endpoint probes check what TLS endpoints actually serve, so drift and expiry risk show up before an audit finding or outage.

ISO 27001 controls CertLocker supports

Mapped to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A. Use this with your Statement of Applicability - as supporting operational evidence, not a claim that CertLocker covers every control.

What you need to show How CertLocker helps Annex A
Cryptography is managed Certificate inventory, ACME issuance and renewal, key custody, rotation, and governed delivery A.8.24
Authentication secrets are protected Central custody of secrets, PEMs, and tokens with RBAC, scoped retrieval, and version history A.5.17
Actions are logged Audit events for certificates, secrets, tokens, ACME, probes, and host access A.8.15
Access rights are controlled Scoped tokens, groups and RBAC, rotate / renew / revoke, and time-limited sessions A.5.18
Privileged access is limited Time-limited / 2FA SSH, RDP, and VNC instead of long-lived shared admin keys A.8.2
Authentication is stronger 2FA at token and session issuance; protocol, IP, and group constraints A.8.5
Access follows need-to-know One access model across artefacts, secrets, tokens, and hosts A.5.15
Assets are inventoried Certificates, hosts, secrets, tokens, and related trust assets in one place A.5.9

Also useful for

  • Least-privilege retrieval - machine tokens scoped to required artefacts only (A.8.3)
  • Joiner–mover–leaver - revocable tokens and short-lived sessions tied to identity (A.5.16)
  • Monitoring - endpoint probes that detect TLS drift and expiry risk (A.8.16)
  • Evidence and change history - operational logs for reviews and incidents (A.5.28, A.8.32)
  • Repeatable procedures - ACME, delivery, rotation, and access as consistent workflows (A.5.37, A.5.14)

What CertLocker does not replace

CertLocker strengthens cryptography, secret custody, privileged access, and logging for infrastructure trust. It is not your full information security management system.

You still own policies, risk assessment, Statement of Applicability, people and physical controls, supplier governance, and the accredited certification process. Describe CertLocker as supporting evidence for selected Annex A controls - not as making the organisation “ISO 27001 certified.”

In short: CertLocker helps you demonstrate how certificates, secrets, and host access are controlled and logged - so ISO 27001 reviews have operational proof behind the paperwork.

FAQ

Does CertLocker make us ISO 27001 certified?

No. CertLocker helps you operate and evidence selected ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A controls for cryptography, secrets, access, logging, and audit. Certification still needs your ISMS, risk assessment, Statement of Applicability, and an accredited audit.

What will auditors actually see?

Inventory of certificates and related assets, governed issuance and renewal, secret and credential custody with access history, scoped tokens, time-limited host access, endpoint verification, and a clear audit trail of who did what and when.

Which ISO 27001 controls does CertLocker support most directly?

Use of cryptography (A.8.24), authentication information (A.5.17), logging (A.8.15), access rights (A.5.18), privileged access (A.8.2), secure authentication (A.8.5), access control (A.5.15), and inventory of assets (A.5.9), with supporting evidence for related access, monitoring, change, and evidence-collection controls.

Ready to tighten ISO evidence for trust operations?

See how CertLocker fits your certificate, secret, and access workflows - or talk through what auditors will see in your environment. Also exploring SOC 2 or Operator Trust?