by Shauna Wilson How many times has a supplier audit been cancelled due to budget cuts, weather-related travel, or worse, supply chain aspects not captured because remote locations were excluded from the audit scope? Yet businesses continue to outsource service, labor, research and development, and...

The Consulting Services team at BSI has announced a new partnership with Edgescan, providers of the award-winning Fullstack Vulnerability Management™ range of services, which will enable BSI client organizations to get the most from their vulnerability scanning and management intelligence to proactively secure their...

ASTM International’s committee on medical and surgical materials and devices (F04) invites all interested parties to participate in the revision of the terminology standard (F2312) for tissue-engineered medical products (TEMP).  “The value in this standard is that it allows for clearer communication between different facets...

ISO has published two new guidance documents to help organizations ensure that they have an cybersecurity framework and keep them cybersecure. Developed in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ISO/IEC TS 27110, Information technology, cybersecurity and privacy protection – Cybersecurity framework development guidelines, specifies how to create or...

BSI has announced the acquisition of Q-Audit, a JAS-ANZ accredited health care auditing body based in Sydney, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand. The deal will see Q-Audit become part of BSI’s assurance business and now operates under the BSI brand. The acquisition of Q-Audit strengthens...

SGS has launched Realize, a new program designed to help companies achieve a ”Winning Food Safety Culture.” Realize will help businesses in the global food supply chain measure their food safety culture maturity levels. This will help them comply with the latest Global Food Safety...

UL has announced the launch of the world’s first testing and certification services for in-flight battery fire containment products in accordance with the recently published ANSI/CAN/UL 5800, the Standard for Safety for Battery Fire Containment Products. Fire containment products are designed for trained airline personnel to...

The genie is out of the lamp, and there's no going back. by Denise Robitaille Remote auditing is here to stay. And, that’s not a bad thing. As with so many advancements in many fields, progress and innovation have often been foisted on the reluctant, the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed how conformity assessment activities are conducted, with travel bans and lockdowns necessitating increased use of information and communications technologies and of defining means to conduct activities remotely. To maintain harmonization of processes and the robustness of the IAF, ILAC...

BSI has announced that it has issued its first UKCA certificate under the UK MDR 2002 legislation for medical devices via its newly designated UK Approved Body (0086). The first UKCA certificate covers theatre instrument sets. The UKCA mark is the new UK product marking...