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New ISO14001 Environmental Standard on its way
The new ISO14001 Environmental Standard is on its way ISO14001:2026 Environmental Standard Qudos Management Pty Ltd. November 2025 If your organization has ISO 14001 environmental management system certification (or planning to achieve it soon) please be aware that a new version of the standard is on its way. The new version of the ISO14001…
Read MoreWhat makes a good management system internal auditor?
What makes a good management system internal auditor? What makes a good ISO Management system internal auditor? August 2025 What Makes a Good Management System Internal Auditor? Internal audits are a vital health check for any ISO-based management system. Whether your organisation is certified to ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment), ISO 45001 (Health &…
Read MoreThe 5 Top reasons for nonconformance at a certification audit
The 5 top reasons for nonconformance at certification audits By Alan M. Jones Qudos Management Pty Ltd. March 2025 A major NC (nonconformance) at a certification audit can present a serious problem for a business. If you know the most likely causes of them, you can better prepare to ensure that your organization doesn’t fall…
Read MoreWhat can we learn from the Optus outage?
What can we learn from the Optus outage? 9 November 2023. The Optus outage and what lessons we can learn from it Yesterday, over 10 million private and business customers were affected across the country when one of Australia’s largest telecommunication providers crashed. This left many of them without telephone service or internet access for…
Read MoreISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30: ICT readiness for business continuity
ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity 26 October 2023. ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity Qudos has published an extensive massive series of articles over the past year on the latest version of ISO 27001. Those are all still available from links here. Now, we are take…
Read MoreISO 27001 Annex A control 5.23: Information security in the use of cloud services
ISO 27001 Annex A control 5.23: Information security in the use of cloud services Information Security in the use of Cloud Services 25 August 2023. ISO 27001: Annex A control 5.23 Information Security in the use of cloud services Over the past year, Qudos has published a massive series of blog articles on the new…
Read MoreWebinar: Information security in the use of cloud services
Webinar: Information security in the use of cloud services Webinar: Information security in the use of cloud services 10 October 2023. Information Security in the use of cloud services As any regular visitor to this site will know, Qudos has long been presenting webinars on information security on behalf of the Queensland Government. The 2023…
Read MoreWhat can you do to manage cyber security?
What can you do to manage your Cyber Security? Manage Your Cyber Security 26 July 2023. What can you do to manage your Cyber Security? Cyber Security is a subset of the wider topic of information technology. It applies to the protection of data stored online or when using online services. Cyber Security is clearly…
Read MoreISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 8 Technological Controls
ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 8 Technological Controls ISO 27001 Annex A8 – Technological controls 31st May 2023 – ISO 27001 Information Security in plain English – Post #21 in the series. ISO 27001 – Annex A 8 Technological Controls Something that sets ISO 27001 apart from all the other ISO management system…
Read MoreISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 7 Physical Controls
ISO 27001 Information Security – Annex A 7 Physical Controls Annex A 7 Physical controls 26th April 2023 – ISO 27001 Information Security in plain English – Post #20 in the series. ISO 27001 – Annex A 7 Physical Controls Something that sets ISO 27001 apart from all the other ISO management system standards is…
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