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