CORVID-19 related lockdowns & restrictions, has created
a novel situation. However Certification-related Audits are still required to
be conducted in-spite of current restrictions. To enable Certification audits
to continue, most Certification Bodies worldwide have or are moving to Remote
Auditing. This means that the Auditing is carried out remotely as the default.
In the past, they were the exceptions.
Note...
Traditionally, clients want consultancy to help to achieve ISO 9001 or other Management certifications.
However, we have recently seen an increase in the number of clients who are wanting to achieve or support continuing certification but have limited resources. This could be due to limited available internal resources, lacking the right internal skills or going through significant organisational...
Government Grant assistance for businesses is now available to assist achieving ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other Management Standard certification. Government Grants have been up to 30%. Traditionally the funding has been very defined by the area or the special activity. Then Grants were available under the Growth Accelerator scheme nationally. This changed suddenly when the Scheme was abolished in November...
For ISO 9001 and other Management Standards - the Certifications Organisations check compliance and issue the Certificates
The Certification Organisations or Bodies for the different ISO Management Standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, provide Assessors to audit or check Organisations wanting to be certified as meeting the requirements of the relevant Standard. The Certification Organisations...
Risk at present is very popular. More of different Management Standards are now incorporating Risk as part of their requirements. The reason is that it is a more robust and auditable requirement to assist Improvements than the traditional "Preventative Action", which companies have often struggled to demonstrate compliance. Too often with smaller Organisations, they are regularly implement improvement...
ISO Management Standards is a generic term, which covers compliance to an expanding range of Management related International Standards. ISO have published over 22,000 standards. However most are technical standards related to product specifications. The expansion into Management System Standards was started with the publishing of ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard in 1987. Since then the Management...
ISO 27001: 2013 Information Security Management Standard changes were to update the requirements of the 2005 Standard since there have been:
1. Significant changes in Information Technology in the previous 8 years
2. New Common layout for Management Standards, the “high level structure”
Specifically the changes are
• The revised standard has been written using the new high level structure,...
What do Snack Food Distributor, Medical Devices, Oil & Gas Designer & Suppliers, Aircraft Part Manufacturer & Stockist, Steel Fabricator, Plastic Injection Moulder, Website Designer, Dental hand-pieces, Training Organisation, IT Installer & Data Cabler, External Access Hirer, HVAC Designer, to name a few, have in common? They have all benefited from being certified to ISO 9001 or other...
The Right Information - Having the right Information is critical any organisation’s survival. However it is ephemeral and difficult to control & track. ISO 27001 helps companies manage their information better.
Encouraging Partnership - Organisations are becoming more aware of their lack of control especially when information is passed to Suppliers and Customers. They are therefore seeking...
ISO standards have existed since 1951. Some of the newest standards deal with Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). While the original ISO standards for the area were written in the UK in the mid-1990s, ISO 27001 is the most recent update, replacing BS7799-2. The objective of the standard is to provide guidelines to develop a process for managing a company’s ISMS.
Often, companies look...