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Data Security and the role of ISO 27001 certification
Data Security? But we’ve got passwords and virus checking???? 2020 has been a difficult year in many ways, but some businesses seem to take a longer time to learn lessons than others. OK so we’re a bit geeky, had a PC in the very early nineties, remember when software...
What is the ISO 14001 standard?
What is the ISO 14001 standard? Lots of people ask this question. Is it a little too basic to ask? Not at all. I am an ISO consultant. I regularly find bad examples of ISO consulting. ISO certification should not be over-complex. Therefore, I will try and make things...
What is A Quality Management System?
ISO management system standards have been impacting on the UK business community for over 25 years. However, there remains an air of mystery around even the common standards like ISO 9001. Hence the question and the title of this blog. Google tells us that there are...
ISO 45001 Requirements. Before You Start, Some Basics…
ISO 45001 requirements. If you are here to find a list, some useful words, and fixed prices, you may be disappointed. However, if you want to share my “long view” of ISO 45001 requirements, then read on. I've been in this industry a while now. It's my conviction that...
Covid 19, PPE and ISO 13485
We’ve been working with companies in the medical device market for over ten years. Gaining approval to ISO 13485, (the quality system standard required for by a medical device business) isn't easy. It often takes over a year from start to certification for even...
What Does It Mean To Be ISO Certified? Five Things to Consider
What does it mean to be ISO certified? Quite simply, an approved independent body has audited your quality/safety/environment/other management systems. They comply with the requirements of an international standard. You are issued with a certificate to confirm this....
What Does “ISO 45001 Certified” Mean?
What Does "ISO 45001 Certified" Mean? You may already have occupational health and safety (“OHSAS”) measures in place. Furthermore, you may even hold the former standard “OHSAS 18001”. However, you may be conscious that your enterprise needs to structure, monitor, and...
ISO 27001 Implementation – Ten Useful Steps
Many organisations see ISO 27001 implementation as probably difficult, slow and expensive. Sadly, some ISO Consultants are quite happy for this illusion to remain. The clock ticks, the documents get bigger, and the fees roll in, as I’ve discussed here (where I also...
Certification and The ISO Template PDF Download. A Valid Approach?
Google tells us that many organisations search for an ISO Template PDF Download. However, some “ISO Free PDF Downloads” are frequently incomplete and/or unnecessarily complex. We've seen them.Quality and Focus, Not Volume. We know from experience that a ISO...