Certification Scope
What is Certification Scope?
The defined boundaries of what a certification covers, including the organizational units, processes, locations, and standards included.
Frameworks that govern certification scope
What the standards actually require on certification scope
Requirements naming certification scope across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
A certified organization may use the FSSC 22000 logo solely in marketing, for example printed matter, its website and promotional material, requesting the latest logo from their certification body and complying with the colour specifications (green PMS 348 U,...
fssc-22000::2.5.5 · Logo use →Those who review audit reports and decide on certification shall know enough to check that the certification scope, and any change to it, is appropriate and to judge how that affects how effective the audit is, above all whether the interfaces, dependencies an...
iso-iec-27006-1-2024::7.1.3.3.1 · Report review and decision: general →Category A must hold independent certification against iRAP (the ISM) or ISO/IEC 27001 (the questionnaire names the 2022 edition); categories B and C may choose independent certification, and it is optional but recommended for category D.
ato-digital-service-provider-dsp-operational-security-framework::CERT.IND · Independent certification (iRAP or ISO/IEC 27001) where the category requires it →The certification scope must include the whole organisation or a clearly defined sub set with documented network and trust boundaries, and the scope must be reaffirmed at each annual cycle.
CEP-SCP-01 · Scope Definition and Whole Organisation Boundary →The governing body should call for one or more ISMSs to be designed in support of what the entity is trying to achieve. Each ISMS's objectives either match the entity's or differ in size, scale and structure while staying aligned, and each ISMS is designed to...
iso-iec-27014-2020::8.1 · Organization and ISMS →Questions people ask about certification scope
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