ISO UPDATES GLOBAL AUDITING STANDARD
January 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization has published an updated version of its key ISO 19011 auditing standard, claiming it will provide a uniform approach to multiple management system audits. The aim is to create common guidance for auditing the wide range of management systems now operated by businesses, such as quality, environmental, IT services and information security. ISO wants to give companies the ability to product comparable assessments of these systems' effectiveness, maybe in a single unified audit. Convenor of the team ...
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