Before earning your ISO 27001 certification, your organization will undergo a robust internal audit, verifying the strength and quality of your ISMS. In addition to thorough documentation and interviews, you will need to conduct performance monitoring and measuring to maintain and improve your ISMS. Beyond this, a vital component of the ISO 27001 certification happens after receiving your certificate. Once certified, your organization will need to conduct annual audits and performance checks to ensure the continued success of your ISMS, verifying that there are no new risks or nonconformities. Achieving information security is not a one-and-done process. Threats are constantly rising and growing, and your organization needs to grow as well to combat them. This can only be done with continuous maintenance and reevaluating of your information security processes. For this reason, it is crucial that you continuously monitor your ISMS, ensuring that it is working efficiently to protect your information, in addition to guaranteeing readiness for an audit at any time.