Latest News & Opinion on the ISO Certification Scheme
Russian-Owned US Steel Company Still Holds ISO 9001 After Falsifying Test Data
Evraz NA sent fraudulent parts to contractor Oshkosh Defense while holding ISO 9001 from ABS-QE.
Aero Design Firm Aspen Consulting Earns AS9100 Certification
Aspen joins its daughter organization Alpine Aviation in achieving AS9100 certification.
ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Training: March 24 & 25
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Qatar Scammer Removed Trump Seal, Replaced It with Fake BBB Accreditation
Green Quality Services WLL is claiming better business accreditation by the “IBA.”
Scammers Created Fake IAF CertSearch Website Clone
“IAFcrtsearch” — intentionally misspelled — seems ready to scam users who can’t read good.
Chris Paris’ Novel DR. CUBA Goes On Sale (Cheap!)
My novel DR. CUBA is now launched on Amazon, and you can grab the e-book version for only 99 cents (or free, if you have Kindle Unlimited). This is a soft-launch of what I am calling the "Secret Syndicate Edition" of the book, a pre-publication edition. If that sounds...
Fed Contractor? You Might Be Overpaying for ISO 9001 Audits
Treating people like Soylent Green can save you money; don’t eat them, though.
GOP Candidate Claims Training on Three ISO 9001 Standards That Don’t Exist
Theresa Fronczak had three chances to get her dates right, and whiffed all of them.
Oxebridge Adds New United Kingdom Office
UK clients can now hire Oxebridge without the need for international travel expenses.
CMMC Scheme Gets First Formal Complaint
CMMC C3PAO Lazarus Alliance is accused of conflicts of interest, improper marketing, ethical lapses, and exaggeration of services.
DoD Quietly Turned CMMC Into a Certificate Mill Scam
Final Rule diluted the requirement for C3PAOs to be accredited, leaving the Cyber AB nothing to do.
AS9100 Internal Auditor Training: March 2025
Still time to sign up for 12-hour class given over three days in March 2025.
Bureau Veritas Cert Has UKAS Logo, But May Have Been Accredited by INACAL
New questions arise about IQFarma, which was found selling medications with the “ISO 9001” mark on the packaging.
Refusing to Respond to Complaint, Amtivo Scrambles to Delete Evidence
Amtivo is deleting all references to “Activ Certify” software, while its US sales rep suggested Oxebridge’s complaint is unfair and biased.
Complaints Filed Against Amtivo, Intertek for Impartiality Threats
Both certification bodies appear to have violated ISO 17021-1 by mixing certification with consulting.
Amtivo Nabs ISO9001.com, Wants to Replicate Tekno Comix
Tekno Comix thought they could buy their way into an industry and closed two years later.
Intertek Consulting Company Shares Same President as Intertek Certification Body
Ali Knapp is both the President of People Assurance at Intertek and the new President of Intertek Alchemy.
Drug Maker Puts ISO 9001 Mark on Products, Bureau Veritas Earns Complaint
IQFarma has placed the mark on multiple products for many years, while Bureau Veritas fails to stop the practice.
Internal Auditor Training Dates Added for 2025
New dates added for ISO 9001 and AS9100 internal auditor training classes.
Oxebridge Releases THE AUDITOR: YEAR FIVE Comic Strip Collection
The fifth annual collection of comics featuring Ray Battlesbee is now available for free download.
Amtivo’s Bulk Acquisition of ISO Certification Bodies Is A Disaster
Amtivo’s “Buy an Entire Industry Overnight” strategy isn’t working out so well.
NECO Obtains AS9100 Certification
National Equipment Company was certified by KSQA.
ISO 9001:2026 CD2 Leaked Online By… ISO?
A source reports that ISO bungled the distribution of CD2 and accidentally made it public for a few hours.
Orgasm Clinic Claims ISO 9001 and the Jokes Write Themselves
Oh, come on, now!
Bookmark This: “Opportunity-Based Thinking” Does Not Exist Right Now
In about a year, the phrase will go viral and everyone will insist it has existed all along.
ISO 9001:2026 Final Draft (?) Gets Weirder Still
TC 176’s latest insane draft leans into “opportunity-based thinking” while giving a middle finger to ISO 31000 on risk.
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SKS Machining Achieves AS9100 Certification
SKS provides complex machined parts for Collins and other aerospace companies.
Scammer Issued Certificates Under Two Separate CBs at the Same Time
Sumit Kale issued duplicate ISO certs to Gauri Shankar Himalayan Construction from AQSR and BQSR all at once, because more fraud is better.
Elsmar Moderator, Ex-Felon Wes Bucey Dead at 81
Bucey was sentenced to seven years in prison and promised to destroy Oxebridge with a defamation campaign.
IAQG Member Dassault Doesn’t Know What the AS9100 Standard Is For
Dassault Systèmes’ website includes some of the most shockingly wrong information ever seen.
DoD IG: Cyber AB Failures and CMMC Program Office Lapses Risk National Security
DoDIG accuses the CMMC Program Management Office of failing to have proper oversight of the Cyber AB.
Understanding ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act
ISO 42001 might help a little, but won’t get you fully compliant with the AI Act, despite what consultants and CBs are saying.
Despite Being Sued for Copyright Infringement, Anthropic Obtains ISO 42001 Certification
The ISO 42001 certificate was awarded by the ANAB-accredited certification body Schellman.
URS Debacle Shows the IAF Hasn’t Done Its Job … Ever?
URS admitted it does not have legal expertise or control over its Russia office, thus proving ISO 17021-1 accreditation is a con
