Assignar has officially earned ISO 27001 certification. It’s the result of several quarters of focused work across our engineering, security, and operations teams, and it formalizes something we’ve always taken seriously: protecting the data construction and infrastructure businesses trust us with every day.
You can see our certification, along with our broader security posture, live on our compliance portal at trust.assignar.com.
This isn’t a badge we’re adding for show. For the contractors, civil builders, and infrastructure firms we work with — and especially for the finance, IT, and security leaders inside those businesses — an independent, audited security standard changes how confidently you can run your operations on a single platform. Here’s what the certification means, and why it should factor into the technology decisions you make.
What ISO 27001 certification actually is
ISO 27001 is the leading international standard for information security management. Earning it means an independent auditor has examined how we identify risks, protect data, control access, manage our infrastructure, and respond to incidents — and confirmed those controls meet a globally recognized bar. Just as importantly, it requires an ongoing Information Security Management System (ISMS): continuous monitoring, regular penetration testing, and evidence collection that proves the controls work over time, not just on audit day.
In short: it’s the difference between a vendor saying they take security seriously and a vendor proving it on a recurring, audited basis.
Why ISO 27001 certification matters when choosing your tech stack
Construction and infrastructure businesses are consolidating fragmented, paper-based and spreadsheet-driven workflows onto connected platforms. With Assignar, that means a single system increasingly holds some of your most sensitive information: worker licences and certifications, payroll and EBA rates, timesheets and cost codes, client billing data, and project financials.
The more critical the data flowing through a platform, the more the security posture of that platform matters. And here’s the reality many teams discover during a security review: a lot of point tools in the construction software market handle sensitive workforce and financial data with no independent validation of their controls at all.
Choosing an ISO 27001-certified platform reduces third-party risk across your entire stack. Every vendor you add is a potential entry point; an audited standard gives you assurance that one of the systems closest to your money and your people is being held to account by someone other than the vendor themselves.
What it means for finance and IT leaders specifically
If you sit in finance or IT, this ISO 27001 certification removes friction in the places you feel it most.
For finance and commercial teams, Assignar Pay sits right next to your cash flow — verified field data feeding invoicing, payroll, and job costing. ISO 27001 supports your own audit readiness and internal controls: the audit trail, access management, and data integrity that auditors and your board expect are backed by a recognized standard, not just a supplier’s word. When the system accelerating your billing and protecting your payroll data is independently certified, it’s one less control gap to explain.
For IT and security teams, the certification shortcuts vendor risk assessment. Instead of a lengthy back-and-forth questionnaire, you can point to an audited ISMS and the evidence on our trust portal — speeding up procurement and security sign-off so the rest of the business can get to value faster.
A signal sophisticated buyers look for
As construction businesses scale and bid on larger, more complex work, their own clients — particularly tier-one contractors, government, and enterprise asset owners — increasingly require their suppliers to demonstrate strong security practices. Running on certified, well-governed software helps you meet those expectations and protects your eligibility to win that work.
ISO 27001 reflects a commitment we’ve held from day one: the businesses that run on Assignar are trusting us with their people’s data and their financial lifeblood. This certification proves, independently and on an ongoing basis, that we protect it to a global standard — and it opens doors for our customers as they pursue more sophisticated work of their own.
— Marko Tomic, CTO & Co-Founder, Assignar
The bottom line
ISO 27001 certification strengthens the foundation we’re building everything on, including Assignar Pay, and it gives our customers one more reason to consolidate their operations and finances with confidence. Security is never finished — the ISMS behind this certification means we keep earning it, quarter after quarter.
To review our certification and security documentation, visit trust.assignar.com.
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