April – May 2011

News articles archived from April – May 2011.

Revised joint Standard on rural and urban addressing – now open for public comment

23 May 2011 A draft revised Australian/New Zealand Standard on rural and urban addressing is now ...more

Hackers – new ISO/IEC Standard proposes a solution

4 May 2011 Organisations are susceptible to cyber-attack and a new Standard on business continuit...more

ISO free online tutorial on ISO/IEC 17021 – the benchmark for management system certification

4 May 2011 A free online 'train the trainer' programme on the improved second edition of ISO/IEC 17...more

Adapting to climate change – new British guide

4 May 2011 In 2009, 58% of U.K. businesses reported some kind of disruption to their business as a ...more

Certifying the quality of instant coffee – new ISO Standard

4 May 2011 When you prepare yourself a cup of instant coffee, which the label claims is '100% pur...more

ISO Standard makes sure that PINs are secure

4 May 2011 How many times and in how many places have you entered your bank card's PIN (Personal...more

Reuse of used electronic equipment – new BSI specification

4 May 2011 Reusing used and waste electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE) can produce products at a ...more

2010 Standards Meritorious Service Awards announced

18 April 2011 2010 Meritorious Service Award Winners Committee of the Year Award Outstanding ...more

NZS 3604:2011 – new Qs and As

7 April 2011 Standards New Zealand has prepared a number of questions and answers (Qs and As) abo...more

New Standards for fair and transparent construction procurement

7 April 2011 A new series of ISO Standards offers the international construction industry practic...more

Credit assessment – new specification to increase transparency and reliability

7 April 2011 Credit bureaus and their customers who seek to operate in an international market no...more

Detecting melamine in milk – Codex endorses joint ISO/IDF guidelines

7 April 2011 Guidelines developed by ISO and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) to help pre...more

On high alert – solutions to managing security-related risk

7 April 2011 Security, or rather the lack of security, results in a variety of effects that lead ...more