Summit7’s Jacob Horne Posted He Could “Doxx” a US Veteran for Criticizing CMMC
On Reddit, Horne suggested others might want to dox the victim, despite it being a potential crime.
ISO 13485 To Remain As-Is, Debunks Claim that Annex SL is “Mandatory”
ISO 13485:2016 will remain intact, with no updates expected for another ten years.
Aerospace Design & Analysis Firm Ingenium Technologies Corp. Certified to AS9100
Ingenium Technologies has been certified by KSQA, a fully-accredited certification body.
Knights of Safety Stole Oxebridge Materials for its “Free” ISO 9001 Course
Course materials were lifted wholesale from prior Oxebridge publications and content.
Chinese Certification Body Offering CMMC Certification for US Dept. of Defense
Beijing Zhongshiu Brilliant Certification has begun selling CMMC certificates.
Explosives Company That Killed At Least 16 People Holds ISO 9001 for Explosives Handling
Accurate Energetic Systems was accused or prior safety and regulatory violations.
Not Waiting for Formal Announcement, ANSI Declares Three-Year Transition for ISO 9001:2026
The period is typically announced via a formal ISO/IAF joint communique.
More ISO 9001 and AS9100 Internal Auditor Training Dates Added!
Oxebridge’s popular internal auditor courses! Super cheap, too!
Massive Theft of Salesloft Tokens Occurred Under ISO 27001 Certs Accredited by UKAS, ANAB
The breach affects users of Salesforce and various other global platforms.
ISO Releases DIS Version of ISO 9001:2026
The Draft International Standard version of ISO 9001 fixes none of the problems in the prior edition, and instead adds more.
IAF/ILAC Merger Rebrands AGAIN, Still Bungles It
No longer GLOBAC, nor GACI, now it’s Global-ACI. Because “Global Idiots” was already taken?
Guest Post: The Growing Bureaucracy of Management System Requirements
Deb Piatt reveals the underlying maze of mandatory requirements that exist alongside those published in standards like ISO 9001.
IAS Founder Chuck Ramani Dead
Ramani had tried to hold onto a vision of ethics and legality in the ISO scheme, only to see it wither after his retirement in 2018.
Guest Post: Who Killed Japanese Manufacturing?
Japan’s manufacturing empire didn’t die from competition, it died from complacency and corruption.
IAS Ignores Violations, Re-Issues Accreditation to KSQA after Audit Falsification Scandal
IAQ ignored direct client testimony and evidence in order to clear KSQA.
Brazilian ASQ Member Thought It Would be Cool to do Racist Livestream
Rogério Campos Meira posed as a Black guy to promote workplace mental health. Really.
Irony? Users Forced to Add Risks Related to ISO 9001 and AS9100 Updates
ISO and IAQG are causing chaos in the world, and end users are left holding the bag of risks.
New GACI Couldn’t Wait to Let Russia Back In the Band
Global Accreditation Cooperation Inc, the new IAF/ILAC merger org, has re-admitted Russia, despite sanctions.
Latest Indian CB Scam: Sell QMS Consulting, But Call it Something Else
NOICE / Quality Hub India has come up with a creative way to ignore accreditation rules.
VIDEO: The Psychological Reasons for the Shift in Quality Management
I look at the major shift in the Quality Management profession, and the possible psychological reasons for it.
Germany Won’t Join GLOBAC Because It’s An Illegal Cartel
Meanwhile, Turkish Spiderman already trademarked the GLOBAC name and set up shop as a certificate mill.
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.
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 Releases THE AUDITOR: YEAR FIVE Comic Strip Collection
The fifth annual collection of comics featuring Ray Battlesbee is now available for free download.
Orgasm Clinic Claims ISO 9001 and the Jokes Write Themselves
Oh, come on, now!
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.
Accreditation Body Auditor Denies Conflicts of Interest by Admitting to Conflicts of Interest
Fred Flintstone’s nephew thought he’d smugsplain me; it didn’t end well for him.
Another Indian Police Force Bought Another Dubious ISO 9001
Bad cops, bad cops, whatcha gonna do…
CB That Certified Cybercrime Division Gets Reported to Cybercrime Division
SIS has hired the most beta alpha-male ever.
Fed Contractor? You Might Be Overpaying for ISO 9001 Audits
Treating people like Soylent Green can save you money; don’t eat them, though.
Here Are All the Supporting Standards Referenced in ISO 42001:2023
ISO 42001 references as many as thirty supporting standards you may need to buy to ensure full compliance.
Oxebridge FOD Posters Now Available for Free!
We just made all our FOD posters available for FREE because why not?
Video: How to Make Your Audit Nonconformities Bulletproof
Three requirements for indisputable nonconformity writeups.
No, AS9100 Didn’t Issue a “Climate Change” Addendum
But you have to do it anyway, because they issued a hidden “resolution.”
COTO Log Users: How to Address the New ISO 9001 Climate Change Addendum
ISO 9001 and AS9100 users will have to implement the climate change considerations immediately, but there’s an easy way to do this.
Assessing Conflict of Interest Risks in the ISO 17000 Series Standards
How to identify and manage conflicts of interest to ensure impartiality and objectivity for conformity with the ISO 17xxx standards.
Using Indented Lists to Present Audit Evidence
A simple formatting trick helps ensure bulletproof audit evidence and robust reporting.
VIDEO: ISO 9001:2015’s Biggest Error (and How to Fix It)
How the authors of ISO 9001 confused measuring a QMS vs. measuring its processes, and how users can work around the problem.
If You Outsource Special Processes, Should You Exclude AS9100 Clause 8.5.1.2?
There is a correct answer in this long-standing debate, and one that will avoid a major AS9100 nonconformity.