Founder story

Built by someone who's spent 25 years earning trust — not selling it.

ISO-STANDARD.app exists because SMEs and consultants deserve institutional-grade governance without an institutional price tag — and because in every deal I've ever seen close, trust was the shortest path to yes.

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Michael McCarroll
Founder · ISO-STANDARD.app
  • IT governance & risk
  • Information security & compliance
  • AI adoption & AI governance
  • Stakeholder & board engagement

I have over 25 years in the corporate world, with deep experience in IT governance — ensuring technology investments, processes and policies align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. My background covers governance frameworks, risk management, compliance monitoring and the implementation of the controls that strengthen organisational resilience.

Working closely with stakeholders across the business, I've helped build trust in governance processes — providing assurance that technology risks are effectively managed and that strategic objectives are properly supported. That trusted governance approach hasn't just improved operational performance and enabled sustainable growth. It's helped secure new clients by demonstrating robust controls, regulatory compliance and a commitment to delivering reliable, high-quality services.

ISO-STANDARD.app is the tool I wish had existed the whole time — a platform that lets SMEs and consultants show up to a buyer review, a supplier questionnaire or a surveillance audit with the same evidence a Fortune 500 GRC team would bring, without the six-figure GRC bill or the four-month implementation.

Why this platform exists

Trust is a growth channel. Treat it like one.

After decades in the room where trust decisions get made, three things kept repeating.

Trust closes deals

The ISO certificate, the SOC 2 report, the answered questionnaire — these are the shortest path from 'interesting' to 'signed'. Compliance is a revenue function, not just a cost centre.

SMEs deserve the same tools

The dominant GRC suites are priced and configured for the Fortune 500. SMEs and consultants have been forced to choose between spreadsheets and six-figure contracts. That's a false choice.

Governance is a workflow

ISO/IEC standards don't want you to buy a bigger tool — they want evidence that you identify, treat and review risks on a cadence. This platform is that workflow, made explicit.

Who it's for

For the teams enterprise GRC quietly overlooks.

SMEs winning enterprise deals

Procurement is gating the contract on an ISO certificate or a security review. You need the receipts. You don't need a GRC hire.

Consultants running many clients

Every client shouldn't need a bespoke spreadsheet stack. Same workspace shape, same exports, same review cadence — every engagement.

In-house governance leads of one

You are the CISO, the DPO, the QMS lead and the auditor liaison — and it's a side of the desk. The platform assumes that reality.

AI-first organisations

ISO 42001, AI risk registers, model inventories, decommissioning — built in, not bolted on. Because AI governance is what the next questionnaire will ask about.

Turn the trust you've earned into the deals you close.

Spin up a workspace in under ten minutes. Bring your first standard live today. When the next buyer asks "do you have ISO 27001?", answer with a live Trust Center — not a promise.