ISO

Nongovernmental organization that enables consensus on solutions meeting the requirements of business

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of international standards. ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 162 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva that coordinates the system. ISO is a nongovernmental organization that forms a bridge between the public and private sectors. ISO enables a consensus to be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of society. View the ISO Standards list.

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ISO Standards Makers Work to Make ISO Simpler, Faster ISO conference highlights need for standards developers to respond more quickly to market
Mon, 06/20/2011 - 13:46
(ISO: Geneva) -- Leaders of the international groups of experts that develop ISO International Standards recently gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for a two-day, highly interactive conference to improve even further the efficiency and usefulness of…
Results of World Standards Day 2011 Poster Competition Challenge attracted 45 entries and 2,000 votes
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 15:19
(ISO: Geneva) -- The World Standards Cooperation (WSC) has announced the results of the poster competition for World Standards Day 2011, which attracted 45 entries and 2000 votes. Open to all, the competition was to design a poster for World…
ISO Expands Work in Five Areas From human resources to outsourcing
Tue, 05/31/2011 - 14:39
(ISO: Geneva) -- With already a wide-ranging portfolio of more than 18,600 international standards covering everything from screw sizes to social responsibility, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) continues to diversify its…
Are Hackers Putting Your Business in Danger? New ISO/IEC standard helps organizations develop and implement a readiness plan
Mon, 04/18/2011 - 12:16
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- With all organizations susceptible to cyber-attacks, a new international standard on business continuity management processes from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has a huge…
ISO Launches Free Online Tutorial on ISO/IEC 17021 Second edition of standard is benchmark for management system certification
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 10:16
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- A free tutorial on the improved second edition of ISO/IEC 17021:2011, the international standard that sets new requirements for auditing management systems and for auditor competence, is now available on the ISO website…
New ISO Standard Will Improve Protection of Workers Exposed to Radiation ISO 27048:2011 will improve consistency and reliability of assessment data
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 12:23
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva, Switzerland) -- A new standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will help optimize individual monitoring and protection of workers exposed to…
International Standards Could Reduce Danger of Driver Distraction Topic to be explored at Fully Networked Car workshop, March 2–3, in Geneva
Tue, 02/15/2011 - 14:26
(International Organization for Standardization: Geneva) -- International standards could help reduce the dangers of “driver distraction”—caused by using mobile phones and other communication equipment at the wheel—which can have…
ISO Standard on Phased Implementation of Environmental Management Systems Especially useful for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:20
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published a new standard to help organizations, and in particular, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), use a phased approach to implement an…
New ISO/IEC 17021 Raises Level of Management System Certification Certification bodies given a two-year period to bring operations in line with new edition
Wed, 02/02/2011 - 12:49
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) just-published second edition of ISO/IEC 17021 sets new requirements for auditing management systems and for auditor competence in order to increase the…
How to Ensure ISO Standards Keep on Delivering Top Benefits Free and downloadable
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 13:33
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just published two new brochures aimed at the continual process improvement employed by an organization and its partners to develop international standards that provide…