Automata Passes ISO 27001 Stage 1 Audit With a 100% Pass Rate

Automata, the AI native lab automation platform trusted by biotech, pharma, and CRO leaders around the world, today announced it has completed the stage 1 audit toward ISO 27001 with a 100% pass rate. The result marks another step in Automata's strategy to drive automation and orchestration software deeper into customer organizations, clearing the security and compliance hurdles that stand between labs and widespread adoption of automation, closed loop experimentation, and other advanced use cases.

For Automata's customers, this milestone translates directly into fewer barriers and faster decisions. Procurement and security reviews that once took weeks can move faster with an independently assessed framework already in place. IT and compliance teams evaluating Automata gain a documented, audited standard they can point to internally, rather than relying on vendor assurances alone. And organizations operating under strict regulatory oversight get a partner whose security posture has already been tested by an accredited third party.

ISO 27001 is the gold standard for information security management, and it carries particular weight in biotech and life sciences, where organizations handle sensitive IP, clinical data, and regulated workflows that demand the highest levels of data protection. For companies like Automata that sit at the intersection of AI and lab automation, a successful stage 1 audit is proof, not just promise, that customer data is protected by a framework built to withstand independent scrutiny.

Automata's 100% pass rate on its first attempt is a result rarely seen from a company of its size and age. It reflects not just technical readiness but organizational discipline, the kind customers increasingly require before trusting a vendor with their most sensitive research and operational data.

The result is the outcome of a comprehensive effort across the organization. Teams built and documented new information security policies, strengthened critical elements of the company's software architecture, established new reporting frameworks, and made key operational updates to meet the requirements of the standard. Automata's next step is full ISO 27001 certification, and the company plans to adhere to commissioned annual audits going forward, reflecting its commitment to maintaining this bar as it grows.

"Passing our stage 1 audit with a 100% pass rate reflects the seriousness with which we treat the security of our customers' data," said Toby Taylor, Director of Information Security & Compliance at Automata. "For a company our size to clear this bar on the first attempt is a real credit to the Security & Compliance team and to everyone across the business who helped build the policies and infrastructure behind it. At Automata, this milestone isn't about a piece of paper or a set of policies. It's recognition of our commitment to security and its importance within our organization."

This progress comes as Automata accelerates its broader strategy to make automation and orchestration software the operating layer for biotech, pharma, and CRO organizations, moving beyond point solutions toward organization wide adoption of automation and closed loop experimentation. As LINQ scales into more customer environments, enterprise grade security and compliance are becoming a prerequisite for that adoption rather than an afterthought.

In an industry where data integrity and information security directly impact regulatory standing and patient safety, this confirmed compliance gives Automata's customers a partner who has already cleared a bar independently verified by a UKAS accredited body, removing friction from adoption and building the long term trust required to embed automation and orchestration software at the center of making the future of lab automation real, today. Full ISO 27001 certification is the next step on that path.

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About Automata 

Automata is transforming lab automation for the AI era. The company delivers the only fully integrated, AI ready platform that is modular, configurable, and open by design. While legacy systems fragment workflows and slow discovery, Automata modernizes lab operations, enabling scientists to program experiments, not robots. For more information, visit www.automata.tech.