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Bid Security by Design

Bid Security by Design

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ISBN10: 1916752128
ISBN13: 9781916752122
Publisher: Bid Champions Ltd
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Security should shape the pursuit before the certificate is ever mentioned.

ISO/IEC 27001 is often treated as a certificate, a security questionnaire or something IT deals with after the bid is already taking shape. Bid Security by Design takes the opposite approach: information security becomes part of how the opportunity is qualified, captured, designed, written, reviewed, submitted, handed over and improved.

This practical British field manual connects ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Annex A and APMP-aligned pursuit practice into one end-to-end operating model for secure bidding.

It shows how to:

  • identify security, privacy, certification and supplier risks before committing to a pursuit;
  • control tender packs, classifications, workspaces, guest access and sensitive information;
  • turn risk assessment and treatment into usable controls and a defensible Statement of Applicability;
  • connect secure solution design, pricing, evidence and tender claims so they describe the same service;
  • govern suppliers, cloud services, AI tools, remote work and external contributors;
  • write security responses from controlled evidence rather than generic assurance language;
  • structure independent review, verification, release and secure submission;
  • handle clarifications, negotiation, incidents and post-award security handover;
  • apply all 93 Annex A controls through the practical lens of bid and proposal work;
  • monitor, audit, correct and improve the secure-pursuit system; and
  • build a working secure-pursuit ISMS through a practical ninety-day implementation route.
The field toolkit includes an ISO/IEC 27001 clause-to-bid crosswalk, a complete Annex A 93-control bid crosswalk, an APMP-aligned lifecycle map, working process packs, risk and Statement of Applicability tools, audit questions, realistic security scenarios, opportunity-specific control plans, role guides and a practical security scoreboard.

Written for bid managers, proposal managers, bid writers, information-security and quality professionals, commercial leaders, SMEs, consultants and larger organisations that need security to operate inside the pursuit rather than around it.

A certificate can support assurance. This book is about making the operating evidence behind the claim strong enough to survive the deadline, the evaluator and delivery after award.

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