Audit Premortem Ltd provides independent forensic analysis of ISMS deployments prior to surveillance and certification audit activity. We identify the structural failure patterns that internal audit processes are designed — consciously or not — to miss.
Audit Premortem Ltd was established to address a structural gap in the information security advisory market. Internal audit functions are institutionally constrained from identifying the most dangerous ISMS failure modes — because surfacing them creates political problems inside the organisations they serve.
External surveillance auditors operate under no such constraint. They are paid to find what the system says it does, then verify whether it actually does it. The gap between what internal audit finds and what a surveillance auditor finds is the gap this practice exists to close.
"We apply the same adversarial pattern recognition to ISMS environments that hostile surveillance auditors apply — before they arrive."
Our methodology is built on two decades of enterprise deployment and quality assurance engineering applied to information security governance. We do not hold ISO 27001 certifications. We do not need them. The skill set that finds these failures is engineering pattern recognition, not examination performance.
We are not a consultancy. We do not implement. We do not remediate. We diagnose — with precision, in writing, in 48 hours.
All services are delivered remotely. Evidence is submitted via encrypted channel. Reports are delivered in writing. All engagements are governed by mutual non-disclosure agreement.
Every engagement is governed by mutual NDA from initiation. Evidence is handled under strict data minimisation principles and permanently deleted within 24 hours of report delivery.
Our services are relevant to any organisation operating an ISO 27001 ISMS subject to surveillance or recertification audit activity, particularly where regulatory personal accountability frameworks apply.
All engagements are initiated through direct contact with our office. Mutual NDA is executed at point of initiation. Payment is confirmed before any documentation is requested. The entire process is private and confidential.
Begin Engagement Process →For general enquiries, partnership discussions, or to speak with our team before initiating a formal engagement, email ops@auditpremortem.com directly. We respond to all substantive enquiries within two business hours during office hours.