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IS Partners, LLC review

Certification body

A US certification body in Pennsylvania that says it is part of Axiom GRC. ANAB accredits it for ISO 27001, and it is an authorised CMMC assessor.

Relevant if you need an ANAB-accredited ISO 27001 certificate or a CMMC assessment in the US

Price Not published
Indemnity cover Not published
How it uses AI Not published
Facts last checked

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

IS Partners scores

Six scores, each 1 to 5. The evidence for each is further down.

Help when things go wrong 2/5
Qualifications of the people who do the work 3/5
What it publishes about fees 1/5
Knowledge of your sector 3/5
Independence from what it sells 2/5
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5

What IS Partners offers, and what it publishes

IS Partners' accreditations are on public registers. ANAB lists it as accredited for ISO 27001, number ISP-MS-1038, and the Cyber AB lists it as an authorised CMMC assessor, number C3PAO-10017. It names its leaders, lists staff qualifications such as CPA, CISA and CISSP, and quotes named clients including DentaQuest and AvMed.

IS Partners does not publish a price, day rate or worked example; every service page leads to a quote form. It publishes no professional indemnity cover and no complaints, appeals or certificate suspension process. It publishes no impartiality policy separating its readiness consulting from its certification decisions.

IS Partners markets 'ISO 42001 certification', but a search of ANAB's register for ISO 42001 under its name returned no results on 20 September 2026. Its pages describe a 'one-stop shop' with 'no outsourcing' and the same team from readiness to certificate. Its privacy policy, last updated 6 June 2023, says nothing about its own AI use.

Strengths

  • Externally verifiable ANAB accreditation (ISP-MS-1038) for ISO/IEC 27001, independently confirmed in ANAB's own Certification Body directory rather than taken on trust from marketing copy.
  • Independently confirmed as an Authorized C3PAO in the official Cyber AB Marketplace, corroborating its CMMC assessment claim from a source it does not control.
  • Named leadership (David Dunkelberger, John Decesare, Robert Godard) and a firm-wide credential list (CPA, CISA, CISSP, CIA, CISM, CIPP, CRMA, HCISPP, CEH, CCSP) published on its About page, with 20+ years of stated operating history.
  • Publishes named client testimonials, including DentaQuest, AvMed, VRS Vericlaim, MK Decision and XL.net.

Things to check

  • Markets 'ISO 42001 certification' and quotes its own Senior Director, Attest Services, claiming independent AI-management-system assessment, but holds no ANAB accreditation for ISO/IEC 42001 as of the check date, a scope gap invisible without checking the accreditation register directly.
  • No published impartiality policy separates its ISO 27001/42001 readiness-consulting work from its certification decisions; marketing instead promotes a 'one-stop shop' with 'no outsourcing' and the 'same dedicated team throughout the entire process' from readiness to certificate.
  • No professional-indemnity insurance disclosure, fee information, or complaint/appeals/certificate-suspension process is published anywhere on its public site.
  • Its own privacy policy discloses no use of AI or automated tools in service delivery, despite selling ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and HITRUST AI Framework advisory services to clients on the same site.

Common questions

Is IS Partners accredited to certify ISO 42001?

Not by ANAB. A search of ANAB's register for ISO 42001 under IS Partners returned no results on 20 September 2026, although the firm markets ISO 42001 certification on its website.

What accreditation does IS Partners hold?

ANAB accreditation for ISO 27001 (number ISP-MS-1038) and a listing as an authorised CMMC assessor (C3PAO-10017) in the Cyber AB Marketplace. We checked both on the issuing bodies' own registers on 20 September 2026.

Does IS Partners publish its prices?

No. It publishes no prices, day rates or worked examples. Every service page leads to a 'Get a Quote' form.

Does it keep consulting separate from certification?

It publishes no impartiality policy. Its service pages describe a 'one-stop shop' with 'no outsourcing' and the same team from readiness consulting through to certification.

Evidence for each IS Partners score

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Notes behind each thing to check

  • Markets 'ISO 42001 certification' and quotes its own Senior Director, Attest Services, claiming independent AI-management-system assessment, but holds no ANAB accreditation for ISO/IEC 42001 as of the check date, a scope gap invisible without checking the accreditation register directly. (ANAB CB Directory search (Standard=ISO/IEC 42001, Company=IS Partners) returned 0 results at anabdirectory.remoteauditor.com (checked 2026-09-20), against marketing at ispartnersllc.com/iso-42001/ and the Senior Director quote on ispartnersllc.com/it-assurance/iso-27001/.)
  • No published impartiality policy separates its ISO 27001/42001 readiness-consulting work from its certification decisions; marketing instead promotes a 'one-stop shop' with 'no outsourcing' and the 'same dedicated team throughout the entire process' from readiness to certificate. (ispartnersllc.com/it-assurance/iso-27001/ and ispartnersllc.com/iso-42001/ (checked 2026-09-20); no impartiality or independence policy page found anywhere on ispartnersllc.com.)
  • No professional-indemnity insurance disclosure, fee information, or complaint/appeals/certificate-suspension process is published anywhere on its public site. (Site-wide check of ispartnersllc.com homepage, about, and service pages (checked 2026-09-20); every engagement pathway routes to 'Get a Quote' with no figures, terms or process disclosed.)
  • Its own privacy policy discloses no use of AI or automated tools in service delivery, despite selling ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and HITRUST AI Framework advisory services to clients on the same site. (ispartnersllc.com/privacy/ (last updated 6 June 2023, checked 2026-09-20) contains no AI-related disclosure clause.)
Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
CriterionScoreEvidence
Help when things go wrong 2/5 No published complaint-handling, certificate-suspension or appeals process; only a general 'no surprises, no scope creep' audit-predictability quote from a Senior Director on ispartnersllc.com/it-assurance/iso-27001/ (checked 2026-09-20), with no disclosed outcomes.
Qualifications of the people who do the work 3/5 ANAB accreditation for ISO/IEC 27001 (ISP-MS-1038) and Cyber AB C3PAO listing are independently verified, and firm-wide credentials (CPA, CISA, CISSP, CIA, CISM, CIPP, HCISPP) are published on ispartnersllc.com/about/ (checked 2026-09-20), but the same site markets ISO 42001 certification for which no ANAB accreditation exists, so the disclosed scope cannot be taken at face value without checking the register directly.
What it publishes about fees 1/5 No pricing, rate card or worked examples found anywhere on ispartnersllc.com; every service page routes to 'Get a Quote' (checked 2026-09-20).
Knowledge of your sector 3/5 Named client testimonials span healthcare (DentaQuest, AvMed), insurance (VRS Vericlaim) and fintech (MK Decision, XL.net) on ispartnersllc.com (checked 2026-09-20), but no named sector-specialist practitioners or dedicated sector case-study pages were found.
Independence from what it sells 2/5 No published impartiality policy separating certification from consulting was found; ispartnersllc.com/it-assurance/iso-27001/ and /iso-42001/ instead promote a 'one-stop shop,' 'no outsourcing' and the same team handling readiness through to certification (checked 2026-09-20).
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5 No professional-indemnity cover, liability terms, or stated incident-support commitment published anywhere on ispartnersllc.com (checked 2026-09-20).

Sources for IS Partners

  • IS Partners, LLC holds ANAB accreditation (management-systems certification body) for ISO/IEC 27001, status Accredited. (Accreditation no. ISP-MS-1038, state PA, standard ISO/IEC 27001, status Accredited) (anabdirectory.remoteauditor.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • IS Partners, LLC is listed as an Authorized C3PAO (CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization) in the official Cyber AB Marketplace directory. (C3PAO-10017, IS Partners LLC, 1668 Susquehanna Road, Dresher, PA 19025) (cyberab.org, checked 20 September 2026)
  • A search of the same ANAB directory for ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems) under the name IS Partners returns zero accredited results. (0 results (Standard=ISO/IEC 42001, Company=IS Partners)) (anabdirectory.remoteauditor.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • IS Partners is headquartered at 1668 Susquehanna Road, Dresher, PA 19025, and describes itself as part of 'Axiom GRC's global platform.' (1668 Susquehanna Road, Dresher, PA 19025; parent group Axiom GRC) (ispartnersllc.com, checked 20 September 2026)
  • IS Partners' published privacy policy, last updated 6 June 2023, contains no disclosure of AI or automated tools used in its own service delivery or data processing. (Privacy policy last updated 2023-06-06; no AI-use clause) (ispartnersllc.com, checked 20 September 2026)

ANAB accreditation No. ISP-MS-1038 for ISO/IEC 27001 management-systems certification, status Accredited (confirmed on the ANAB CB Directory, checked 2026-09-20). Authorized C3PAO (C3PAO-10017) in the official Cyber AB Marketplace directory for CMMC third-party assessments (checked 2026-09-20).

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