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Your certification body will find these gaps. Better if we find them first.

A fast, low-risk snapshot of where you stand. We look at the artifacts an auditor checks first and hand back your top blockers and the single next step that matters most.

Start with a Gap Review Compare with the full Readiness Assessment

Scoped and priced on a short call.

What you get

A short gap snapshot (no 40-page report)
Your top 5 Stage 1 blockers, in plain language
The one recommended next step for your situation
A 20-minute walkthrough of the findings

Who it is for

You are early and want a cheap, honest read before committing budget
You are not sure whether you are close or far from Stage 1
You want proof of how we work before a larger engagement

The Mini Gap Review is not the deep engagement. It is the fastest, lowest-risk way to find out whether you need one — and it flows straight into the Readiness Assessment if it does.

What actually blocks Stage 1

Most companies do not fail Stage 1 on technology. They fail on the management system.

These are the blockers we find most often. None of them are exotic — which is exactly why they are missed until an auditor is in the room.

Blocker

Consequence

No Statement of Applicability

Stage 1 stops here. Every time.

Internal audit never performed

You cannot proceed to Stage 2.

No management review record

Same. No exceptions.

Risk register that does not map to the SoA

The auditor sees the disconnect in ten minutes.

Access reviews that never happened

An evidence hole nothing can patch on audit day.

Backup exists, restore never tested

“We have backups” is not evidence of recovery.

We do not guarantee outcomes and we are not a certification body. What we do is find these before the auditor does — while there is still time to fix them cheaply.

Certification is performed by an accredited certification body through Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits. Kellwick prepares you for that process; it does not perform it and cannot guarantee its outcome.

Find your Stage 1 blockers in two days.

Start with a Gap Review

Who it is for

You are early and want a cheap, honest read before committing budget

You are not sure whether you are close or far from Stage 1

You want proof of how we work before a larger engagement

The Mini Gap Review is not the deep engagement. It is the fastest, lowest-risk way to find out whether you need one — and it flows straight into the Readiness Assessment if it does.