Certification Body
What is Certification Body?
An accredited organization authorized to conduct audits and issue certifications confirming that management systems meet international standards.
Terms that appear alongside certification body
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as certification body. The number is how many controls name both.
- certification 10 shared controls
- audit 4 shared controls
- accreditation 3 shared controls
- iso 27701 2 shared controls
- accountability 2 shared controls
- data protection officer 2 shared controls
- data protection 2 shared controls
- governance 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on certification body
Requirements naming certification body across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The certification body keeps its AIMS clients informed of changes to its requirements and gives them what ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.5 requires on the certification activity, the process and the use of certification, and binds each client to tell it without delay...
iso-iec-42006-2025::8.5 · Information exchange between a certification body and its clients →Publishing a certification on the STAR Registry is the provider's choice; where it is published, the certification body submits all required registration information through CSA's STAR Registry submission page.
csa-star-security-trust-assurance-and-risk::L2-REG · Publish Level 2 results to the STAR Registry through the certification body and keep the entry current →Certification bodies are advised (a recommendation, not a requirement) to run an ISMS of their own that conforms to ISO/IEC 27001. The advice already appeared in the 2015 edition, and Accredia's DC 39/2024 notes that the 2024 edition repeats it at 10.1.2, aski...
iso-iec-27006-1-2024::10.1.2 · ISMS implementation by the certification body →If a significant incident affecting food safety, authenticity or legality occurs (such as a recall, an enforcement notice from a regulator, or a withdrawal made for safety reasons), the company must inform the certification body that issued its current certifi...
brcgs-global-standard-for-food-safety-issue-9::3.11.4 · 3.11.4 Certification body notified within three working days of a significant incident, with full information within 21 days →Annex A disclosure item (Provider performance) that a public provider completes for each cloud service: Where delivery of the service depends critically on third parties.
mtcs-singapore::A.8 · Disclosure: Third-party dependency →Whichever of the two methods is used, its result is reviewed for being correct and complete. Sub-clause title from the held contents page; the clause's objectives quoted by a certification body; requirement text not held.
iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:9.4.4 · 9.4.4 Verification review →Questions people ask about certification body
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