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ISO/IEC 27001 for MSPs

The international standard for an information security management system — increasingly requested by clients with overseas customers or enterprise procurement teams that default to ISO language.

Why this reaches an MSP, not just the client

A client selling into enterprise or international markets will often get asked for ISO 27001 alignment by their own customers' procurement process — and because an ISMS is about how security is actually managed (not just which tools are installed), your MSP's own operational discipline becomes part of what they have to represent.

What the Nexus compliance module tracks

  • Control posture mapped to ISO 27001 Annex A control categories, not a generic "security features" list
  • Risk-relevant evidence (access control, incident handling, asset inventory via the device management module) tied directly to the control it supports
  • Gap reporting distinguishing implemented, partial, and planned controls — the same three-state model used across every framework, so nothing hides behind a single checkbox
  • A QBR-ready rollup for the management-review cadence an ISMS expects

This describes what the module tracks against ISO 27001 — not a claim that Nexus or any client on it is certified or audited against it. See the compliance & QBR module for the full picture, or read the blog for more on how we think about compliance tooling.

Other frameworks

SOC 2

The audit framework a lot of your clients' own customers require them to answer for — and that requirement flows straight down to you as their MSP.

NIST CSF

A widely-adopted, vendor-neutral structure for cybersecurity posture — Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover — that shows up in RFPs, cyber-insurance questionnaires, and board conversations alike.

HIPAA

If any client handles protected health information, HIPAA's Security Rule reaches your MSP the moment you touch their systems — business associate agreement or not.

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