We’re thrilled to share that PKF AVANT EDGE has successfully obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, as of December 2024.

Over the past year we have committed ourselves to maintain the high standards of Information Security practices surrounding the management of our backend compliance management solution, AwanEdge Manager. In many instances, the question we want to answer was: If we are to give consultation and advisory on cybersecurity and compliance, what can we do to walk the talk? How do we empathise with our customers when we ourselves have not undertaken the journey they go through?

Empathy in our engagements means we don’t simply come to clients with a checklist of requirements of WHAT to do, but rather a deep understanding of HOW they will go through it. We can say, we’ve been there. We know.

Embarking on our Information Security Management System (ISMS) journey, we faced many challenges along the way, especially in getting our backend application and security up to speed. Documentation and procedures could be done, implementing these to the degree required by ISO27001’s stringent standard was another question. Many embark on their ISMS thinking that purchasing a deck of policies and procedures from a website would be sufficient to get them there.

Not even close.

After undergoing the arduous journey ourselves, we can attest to the amount of work ISMS certified companies put in — the late nights of getting everything in order, the changes we have to make in our procedures, the change management program undertaken by the organisation to embed these practices into our people, the implementation of actual security measures and the documentation following this implementation — this gives us the assurance even to ourselves that when we manage our customers’ information, we are managing it right.

This certification represents our pledge to:

  • Protect client data with industry best practices and security measures
  • Maintain the standards of cybersecurity we advocate in our customers
  • Continuously enhance our security frameworks

Special thanks to our dedicated team who made this achievement possible!

Drop us an email at avantedge@pkfmalaysia.com if you want to know more about ISO27001 and how we can assist you in your compliance. Have a great 2025 ahead!