Certification Audit
What is Certification Audit?
A formal assessment conducted by an accredited certification body to determine whether an organisation's management system meets the requirements of a standard such as ISO 27001, ISO 9001, or ISO 22301.
Terms that appear alongside certification audit
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as certification audit. The number is how many controls name both.
- certification 3 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- recertification audit 2 shared controls
- surveillance audit 2 shared controls
- accreditation 2 shared controls
- integrity 2 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern certification audit
What the standards actually require on certification audit
Requirements naming certification audit across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
On top of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.3, stage 1 obtains the ISMS design documentation, including what ISO/IEC 27001 requires, and gives the body enough understanding of the ISMS in the client's context, how it assesses and treats risk (and the controls it has cho...
iso-iec-27006-1-2024::9.3.2 · Initial certification audit →The procedure for the initial certification audit: general (A.3.1), the factors that adjust the audit time up or down (A.3.2) and the on-site audit time (A.3.3), with Table A.1 for the calculation.
iso-iec-42006-2025::A.3 · A.3 Procedure for determining audit time for the initial certification audit →A provider registered for any class assessed by certification undergoes a mid-term certification audit by an approved quality auditor starting within 18 months of the start of its registration period (or later if the Commissioner allows), covering the Core mod...
australia-ndis-provider-registration-rules-2018::s13B · Rules s 13B Mid-term certification audit within 18 months →The company must have a documented supplier approval procedure ensuring suppliers of raw materials and primary packaging manage risk and operate traceability, based on risk and using valid certification to a BRCGS or GFSI-benchmarked standard covering the mate...
brcgs-global-standard-for-food-safety-issue-9::3.5.1.2 · 3.5.1.2 A risk-based supplier approval procedure: certification, audit or, for low-risk suppliers only, questionnaires →ISO 19011:2018, 5.4.3 is followed, and the extent of an ISMS audit programme can include the size of the ISMS (how many people work under the organization's control, its relationships with contractors and interested parties relevant to the ISMS, how many infor...
iso-iec-27007-2020::5.4.3 · Establishing extent of the audit programme →Senior site management sets a policy statement committing all site managers to supplying safe food, building and keeping a food safety culture, establishing and continually improving the food safety management system, and meeting customer and regulatory requir...
sqf-code-edition-9-safe-quality-food::2.1.1 · 2.1.1 Management Responsibility (Mandatory) →Questions people ask about certification audit
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