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Navigating the complexities of compliance, performance, and quality

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Today – in a highly regulated market – compliance alone does not distinguish you from your competitors. Organisations must go beyond compliance to achieve performance. Willy Vandenbrande has led a successful career in quality management for over 35 years – first as a quality manager and later as a consultant. He shares his thoughts and insights on the historically complex relationship between compliance and quality.

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Updated ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024 giving confidence in certification

Published: 22 May 2024

BS EN ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024, giving requirements for bodies that provide audit and certification of information security management systems, was published in March this year. Steve Watkins, Chair of the BSI technical committee IST/33 for information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection standards, and co-editor of the standard, talks through its key points.

Sustainability and climate change

Taking action on climate change

Published: 17 May 2024

In February, the International Standards Organization (ISO) added two new statements of text into 31 Type A management system standards, to ensure that climate change issues are considered. Geoff Vorley, Director of Quality Management and Training Limited, UK, takes a closer look at the impact of this on several of the key standards.

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Nonconformity – not the end of the world?

Published: 6 Feb 2024

When Lead Auditor Andy Lau issues a nonconformity in an audit finding, he resists the urge to change his report in response to client comments. Here, he tells us why

Regulating artificial intelligence

Working to regulate artificial intelligence

Published: 1 Feb 2024

An international BSI poll reveals that 62% of the public want tighter controls around AI, but governments around the world are working to differing standards and timescales. Can the quality sector step in to provide some much-needed confidence?

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The future of auditing: a blended approach

Published: 13 Nov 2023

Ian Rosam CQP MCQI, Chief Product Officer at DeepFathom, calls on auditors to embrace a blended approach to auditing, to meet new challenges in the business world.