# Annotated fictional certificate

Read the full specimen before completing the scope worksheet. The teaching case deliberately excludes the buyer’s proposed desktop service.

Every certificate field, entity, issuer and date is fictional. No certification, accreditation, signature or authoritative lookup result exists for this specimen.

Source: https://aona.ai/resources/guides/ai-vendor-iso27001-certificate-scope/
Sources checked: 2026-09-21

## Fictional certificate scope

### TRAINING ONLY

Example Text Services Ltd

Note: No actual certificate or issuer.

### Included

Hosted Business Workspace

### Excluded

Standalone Desktop Client

Note: This is the buyer’s intended service.

### Verification

Issuer, accreditation and current status

Note: No lookup result is invented.

| Specimen field | Fictional value | Annotation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Named entity | Example Text Services Ltd | Match the legal supplier, not only its brand. |
| Certificate reference | TRAINING-ONLY-27001-23 | Use the real issuer’s authoritative verification route in a real review. |
| Scope | Hosted Example Business Workspace | The certificate scope must match the service actually purchased. |
| Exclusions | Consumer App and standalone Desktop Client | The proposed desktop use is not established as covered. |
| Validity | 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2029, invented | Printed dates are not proof of current status. |
| Issuer/accreditation | Invented issuer; no accreditation claim | Do not infer trust from a logo or a fictional registry lookup. |

## Review checklist

- [ ] Compare proposed use with scope
  Identify the entity, feature, delivery model and exclusions before relying on the certificate.
- [ ] Verify issuer and accreditation
  Use the relevant accreditation body and certification body, checking the applicable scheme scope.
- [ ] Record a real verification result
  Retain the checked source, date and actual status; do not describe a missing lookup as automatically invalid.

## Included example files

- fictional-iso27001-certificate.md
- iso27001-certificate-scope-exercise.md
- iso27001-certificate-scope-exercise.csv

## Source references

- UKAS: Validating management-system certificates: https://www.ukas.com/accreditation/about/validating-ms-certificates/ (2026-09-21)
- UKAS CertCheck: https://www.ukas.com/certcheck/ (2026-09-21)

Use the worksheet within the relevant legal, contractual and technical scope. It is not a certification or a record of an installed-product test.