How much ISO 27001 certification costs in Georgia

There is no single price for ISO/IEC 27001 in Georgia. The total depends on what you put in scope, how much preparation you need and how many audit days the certification body must spend with you.

Two budgets, not one

Companies in Tbilisi and Batumi often ask for "the price of the certificate". In practice you pay for two different things. The first is preparation: gap assessment, risk assessment, policies, implementation of controls, training and an internal audit. You can do this with your own staff, with a consultant such as BALTUM, or with a mix. The second is the certification audit itself, carried out by an accredited certification body that issues the certificate and then audits you every year.

The two budgets behave differently. Preparation cost depends mostly on your starting point. Certification cost depends mostly on the size and complexity of the scope, because audit time is calculated by rules the certification body must follow.

Audit days are calculated, not negotiated

Accredited certification bodies calculate ISMS audit time using the requirements of ISO/IEC 27006-1. The starting figure comes from the number of people working under the control of the organisation within the scope, including contractors who work as part of your team. The auditor then adjusts it up or down for factors such as the complexity of the IT environment, the number of sites, outsourcing, regulatory requirements and how mature your management system already is.

A quote that is much lower than others usually means fewer audit days than the rules allow, or a certificate that is not accredited at all. Both create problems later, when a bank, a foreign client or a regulator looks at the certificate.

What drives the price for a Georgian company

Headcount in scope. A 25-person software team and a 600-person bank are in different audit time brackets before anything else is considered.
Sites and remote work. An office in Tbilisi, a branch in Batumi and staff working from home or from abroad all need to be covered. Multi-site sampling rules apply, and some sites may need a visit.
Technology and outsourcing. Your own data centre, cloud platforms, outsourced development or managed security services each add controls to implement and evidence to show.
Regulatory overlay. Commercial banks follow the National Bank of Georgia cybersecurity regulation. Organisations designated as critical information system subjects have obligations under the Law of Georgia on Information Security. Almost everyone processes personal data under the Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection. More legal requirements in scope means more work in risk treatment and more audit evidence.
Your starting point. A company that already has asset inventories, access reviews, backups tested and incident records needs far less preparation than one starting from zero.
Language and logistics. Documents can be kept in Georgian, English or both. If the auditor does not work in your documentation language, translation or an interpreter adds time.
Choice of certification body. Different accredited bodies have different day rates and travel costs. What they cannot change is the minimum audit time.

Look at the three-year cycle

An ISO 27001 certificate is valid for three years, subject to annual surveillance. Budget for the whole cycle:

Stage 1 audit (documentation and readiness review).
Stage 2 audit (implementation and effectiveness), after which the certificate is issued if there are no open major nonconformities.
First surveillance audit, roughly one year later.
Second surveillance audit.
Recertification audit before the certificate expires.

Then add the internal costs that do not appear on any invoice: staff hours for the ISMS, security tools you may need to buy, penetration testing, awareness training and the annual internal audit and management review.

Where companies overspend

The most common source of waste is a scope that is wider than the business needs. If your foreign clients only care about the platform you develop and host, the scope can be built around that service, the people who run it and the supporting processes. A scope can be extended later.

The second is buying a generic set of templates and then rewriting everything because the documents do not match how the company works. The third is paying for a cheap certificate that the client rejects, and then paying again for an accredited one. Our article on choosing a certification body explains how to check accreditation before you sign.

How to get a realistic quote

To give you a meaningful estimate, BALTUM and the certification body will ask for the same basic information:

legal entity and the services or products you want in scope;
number of employees and contractors working in the scope;
list of sites and the share of remote work;
main IT platforms, hosting and key outsourced services;
applicable regulation (banking, critical information systems, personal data);
existing certifications such as ISO 9001 or ISO/IEC 27701.

With this, the audit days can be estimated and the preparation work sized after a short gap assessment. The duration of the project also depends on scope and on your team's availability, so we set it after the first assessment rather than promising a fixed date. More detail on what the standard requires is on our ISO 27001 page.

To request an estimate for your organisation, use the form on this site or write to info@baltum.org with the information listed above.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a fixed price for ISO 27001 certification in Georgia?

No. Certification bodies calculate audit time from the number of people in scope and the complexity of the organisation, and preparation effort depends on your starting point. Any fixed price quoted without these details is a guess.

Can we lower the cost by narrowing the scope?

Yes, if the narrower scope still covers what your clients and regulators expect. A scope built around one service or platform is common for software companies and can be extended at a later audit.