ISO Management Systems
March - April 2006

Information security

Special Report

Information Security

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Information security
SMS users welcome ISO/IEC 27001 – the new international benchmark

Experienced users of information security management systems (ISMS) are rolling out the red carpet for the recently published ISO/IEC 27001:2005, which is set to become the international benchmark.

View point

ISO 22000’s potential impact on world trade in agricultural products

According to Raymond Saner and Ricardo Guilherme, ISO 22000, Food safety management systems, has the potential to bridge some of the gaps between the rich importing and the poor would-be exporting countries.

The authors are respectively Director and associate trade researcher of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND).

ISO Insider

• Launching of ISO 14064 for greenhouse gas accounting and verification
• ISO studies people aspects in quality management
• ISO prevents misuse of its name on Internet to the benefit of consumers
• ISO/IEC 20000 benchmarks provision of IT service management
• Can you trust them? ISO standard for sizing up personal financial planners

International

• Early adopters underline benefits of new ISO standard for safe food supply chains

Companies among the first in the world to implement ISO 22000 are underlining the benefits of the new International Standard for ensuring safe food supply chains. At least 50 countries look set to have adopted it within only six months of its publication.

• ISO 9000 in China’s Great March to quality

The Chinese Government’s early and forward-looking support for ISO 9000 has paid dividends in integrating Chinese companies with global supply chains.

• ISO/TR 14062 gives Mercedes road map to designing environmentally friendly car

The Mercedes Car Group has introduced the S-Class, a more environmentally friendly vehicle produced via a “Design for Environment” (DfE) programme using ISO/TR 14062 and other standards in the ISO 14000 family.

• Breaking news – ISO 9001-based quality management for the media

Two media quality management standards based on ISO 9001:2000 are now being rolled out by their first users in Belgium, France, India, Kenya, and Mexico.

• POM or BOM? The best way to implement ISO 14001

What’s the best modus operandi for an ISO 14001:2004-based environmental management system? It depends on your organization’s life cycle.

Standards for services

Israeli innovations include standards for telephone billing and for mass events

Innovatory service standards developed by the Standards Institution of Israel (SII) include ones to make telephone billing transparent and to ensure the safety of mass public events such as concerts.