About ISOPlanner™: Compliance in Microsoft 365

Mission, What We Do

Our mission is to empower teams to simplify compliance together, with solutions that are accessible, practical and aligned with how people already work. Instead of introducing yet another standalone system, we build on the tools organisations use every day. By embedding structure, shared ownership and visibility into Microsoft 365, we make compliance a collective effort and help teams move forward with confidence, without unnecessary complexity.

We believe compliance should never be a solo task or a separate activity. It should be a natural part of how teams collaborate and make decisions, supporting alignment, accountability and trust, rather than slowing people down.

That’s why everything we do focuses on making ISO 27001 manageable, understandable and sustainable. So teams spend less time maintaining the system, and more time strengthening security and working together on what truly matters.

Vision, Where We Are Going

We envision a future where compliance is fully integrated into the way organisations operate. A future where teams don’t work around systems, but systems support the way teams work. Where compliance is not a separate activity, but a natural part of decision-making, collaboration and continuous improvement.

As organisations grow, we see a shift from managing compliance to enabling better decisions, supported by intelligent systems that guide teams with the right insights at the right time. ISOPlanner™ is built to support that shift, from complexity to clarity, from control to confidence.

Our Story so far

A Framework That is Ready Before You Start.

ISOPlanner™ was founded in 2020 by Chris Tielkes and Ivar van Duuren. Both were responsible for ISO certification processes at previous employers. ISO 27001 requires more than a list of controls. Policies need to connect to your context. Risks need to be assessed, documented, and linked to the controls that address them. Developing all of that from scratch is where most first-time trajectories lose weeks before real work has even started.

That is where the add-on Instant 27001 can help with. A proven control library, pre-built policy templates, and a standard risk-control set, ready to use inside ISOPlanner™ from day one. Not as a shortcut, but as a structured starting point your team can actually work from.

Built by people who lived the problem

Before starting the company, both had managed ISO certification processes at previous employers. They knew the reality well: tasks scattered across inboxes and spreadsheets, no single view of progress, and compliance work piled on top of already full plates. They believed there had to be a better way.

The answer was simpler than they expected

Instead of building another standalone compliance tool, Chris and Ivar built something that lives inside the software organisations already use every day: Microsoft 365. ISOPlanner™ integrates natively with Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI and Dynamics, so compliance work happens in familiar tools and nothing falls through the cracks. It is immediately clear who needs to do what, and when.

How it started

Chris and Ivar met at the University of Twente in 1996 and stayed in touch for decades. When the GDPR came into force in 2018, they saw a clear gap: compliance was becoming more important, but the tools available were not keeping up.

When Chris left his job and decided to pursue the entrepreneurial ambition he had carried for years, Ivar saw the opportunity too. The timing was right. ISOPlanner™ was the result.

Where we are today

The team has grown steadily since 2020 and now includes three developers alongside the founders.

ISOPlanner™ is used by 600+ organisations across 15+ countries, helping compliance managers get certified faster and stay compliant year-round, without the chaos.

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