Assurance Bureau provides independent assurance, audit, and advisory services across information security, risk management, quality management, and government assurance frameworks.
We exist to bridge the gap between what standards require and what actually works inside organisations.
Our work is grounded in firsthand experience designing, operating, reviewing, and defending management systems under scrutiny from certification bodies, regulators, and executive stakeholders.
Our Approach
We take a practical, evidence-driven approach to assurance.
That means:
Focusing on controls that genuinely reduce risk
Designing management systems that hold up in real audits — not just on paper
Avoiding unnecessary complexity and checkbox-driven compliance
Working with how organisations actually operate, rather than idealised framework interpretations
Whether supporting internal audits, external audits, readiness assessments, or uplift programs, our focus is always the same: credible assurance outcomes that stand up to independent review.
Experience That Matters
Assurance Bureau is led by practitioners with direct experience across:
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and ISO/IEC 42001 management systems
Internal and external audit activities
Certification readiness, remediation, and assurance uplift
Enterprise and information security risk management
Government and regulated-industry assurance schemes
This includes building and maintaining management systems inside organisations, delivering certification programs through change, conducting audits, and supporting assurance activities where outcomes materially matter.
That experience informs how we interpret standards, assess control effectiveness, and provide advice that is both defensible and practical.
Independent by Design
Independence is central to how we operate.
We work across:
External audit and certification support
Internal audit and second-line assurance functions
Readiness, uplift, and remediation engagements
Contract and white-label delivery models
Our independence allows us to provide clear, defensible assessments, without being influenced by product sales, tooling, or prescriptive methodologies.
Built for Real-World Assurance
Standards do not exist in isolation — they sit within organisations that face operational constraints, commercial pressure, and regulatory expectations.
Assurance Bureau brings an operator’s perspective to assurance work, informed by firsthand experience operating and maintaining security, risk, and governance controls inside organisations, as well as assessing those controls independently through audit and assurance.
The result is assurance that is not only compliant, but useful, sustainable, and credible.
Professional Credentials
Our work is supported by professional certifications and auditor credentials across assurance, governance, risk, and information security disciplines.
These credentials underpin our ability to interpret standards accurately, assess control effectiveness, and deliver assurance outcomes that withstand independent scrutiny.
