Marcus Nightingale

Practical ISO 27001 tooling and notes. I focus on clear control language, maintainable evidence, and frictionless audits.

Engineer-led ISO/IEC 27001 implementer turning controls into testable, auditable engineering.

I’m a UK-based software engineer working where backend systems, infrastructure, and ISO/IEC 27001 implementation meet. I build ISMS tooling alongside product systems so controls live in the same repos, pipelines, and day-to-day workflows that ship software.

My work covers compliance automation, CI/CD security, authentication hardening, audit evidence capture, and secure architecture. I treat controls as engineering constraints: keep them small, repeatable, and measurable — and capture evidence where the work actually happens.

Why this site exists

A lot of ISO guidance is either high-level or template-heavy. This site is a set of implementation-grade tools and notes designed to reduce documentation friction and help teams produce consistent, reviewable evidence.

Focus areas

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 control intent, interpretation, and applicability
  • Statement of Applicability creation, maintenance, and export workflows
  • Evidence capture aligned to engineering delivery and change control
  • CI/CD security, release governance, and audit-ready logs
  • Authentication, identity, and access control design
  • Secure architecture and infrastructure hardening

These tools exist because I’ve had to make ISO work in production — not just in documents.

Bento mantra: everything fits in its place.

SoA Generator
A.5.23 Applicable
Total 93 Impl 58

SoA Generator

Search controls, capture applicability, export XLSX.

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Control Bento

Control Bento

A compact view of Annex A controls with quick context.

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