“Building, Managing & Migrating a Robust Privacy Information Management System (PIMS)”
Training Summary
Organizations face mounting challenges in navigating the complexities of data protection from managing personal data controls to minimizing breach risks while ensuring compliance with evolving national and international regulations. The 2025 edition of the ISO 27701 standard stands on its own as a full Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) standard. The new standard aligns seamlessly with ISO/IEC 27001:2022, introducing updated controls for AI, cloud environments, and cross-border data flows. The standard provides a structured, internationally recognized framework to demonstrate accountability, manage risks associated with personal data (PII) and enhance privacy practices.
The 2025 structure follows ISO’s harmonized clause framework and adds normative Annexes A and B covering PIIcontroller and PIIprocessor controls and guidance. Organizations certified to ISO 27701:2019 will have a transition window, and organizations should begin aligning governance frameworks now.
Training Objectives
a. Equip practitioners / implementers with the knowledge and skills to transition an existing ISO/IEC 27701:2019 PIMS to the 2025 standard
b. How to conduct gap analysis and documentation updates while transitioning from ISO 27701:2019 to 2025 version of the standard
c. Emphasize new / changed requirements such as stand-alone PIMS, AI / cloud risks, governance, KPIs
d. Operationalizing clauses and sub-clauses from 4 up to 10 with activities, roles, required documentation, and key risks
Key Training Takeaways
a. Full understanding of all clauses and sub-clauses from 4 up to 10 in the 2025 version and how to implement them across functions
b. How to identify and manage privacy risks, including new challenges like AI, cloud, and cross- border processing
c. Roles and responsibilities across the organization for effective PIMS operation and governance
d. How to apply the new leadership, performance, and control requirements introduced in 2025
Who should attend?
Privacy practitioners, compliance officers, IT / IS personnel, legal and HR staff, senior management, including C-suite, DPO / CPO, privacy managers, risk managers, and internal auditors. Responsibilities span the organization to ensure privacy is integrated across functions.
Training Handouts
a. Practitioner Handout – KPI`s & Documentation
b. Practitioner Handout – Case Studies
Training Syllabus
Introduction
- Understanding the Structure & Components of ISO 27701 2025 PIMS
Module 1 — Understanding the Context of the organization
- Understanding the organization and its context
- Understanding the needs & expectations of interested parties
- Determining the scope of the PIMS
- Establishing the Privacy Information Management System (PIMS)
Module 2 – The role of the Leadership
- Leadership and commitment
- Defining & establishing the Privacy policy
- Roles, responsibilities and authorities
Module 3 – The Essence & Importance of Planning
- Actions to address risks & opportunities; Privacy risk assessment & treatment
- Privacy objectives and planning to achieve them
- Planning of changes
Module 4 – The Required Support
- Human, technical and financial resources for PIMS
- Building Competence
- Establishing Awareness program
- Defining Communication strategies
- Developing a Documented information system
Module 5 – The Operation Excellence
- Operational planning and control
- Operational privacy risk assessment
- Operational privacy risk treatment
Module 6 – Performance Evaluation
- Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
- Planning & conducting Internal audit
- Planning & conducting Management review
Module 7 – Improvement
- Continual improvement
- Nonconformity and corrective action
Module 8 – Migration, Control Objectives & Controls, KPI`s
- Gap Analysis & Key artifacts to update
- Control objectives and controls for PII controllers & PII processors
- Integrating PIMS with ISMS
- CEO-Dashboard
- ISO 27701 implementation Benefits
NOTE
To reinforce learning & assess understanding, implementation case studies followed by multiple-choice quiz (MCQ) shall be conducted at the end of the training program. This ensures key concepts are retained & participants learn with greater confidence & clarity.
