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What is ISO 17020 2013 and does my organisation need it?

Raising the standard of inspection bodies

The ISO 17020 certification will set you apart from your competitors if your organisation conducts inspections, surveys or risk assessments:

  • Crime scene inspections
  • Engineering inspections
  • Building and construction products, and nuclear new build inspections
  • Health and social care, and care home inspections
  • Food safety, animal welfare and Legionella inspections andrisk assessments
  • Environmental Technology Verification and plant health
  • Asbestos surveys
  • Fire protection
  • Railway competence

Mike Jennings

Mike is the Integrated Management System (IMS) Manager here at ISMS.online. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities of ensuring that the IMS security incident management, threat intelligence, corrective actions, risk assessments and audits are managed effectively and kept up to date, Mike is a certified lead auditor for ISO 27001 and continues to enhance his other skills in information security and privacy management standards and frameworks including Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 and many more.

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