The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018, superseding the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (1995). With less than two weeks to go, are you ready for it? Certification to ISO 27001 information security management systems can get you around 95% of the way there. The new law, comprising 99 articles, applies to all companies that collect the data of EU citizens, regardless of where the compan...

 International standard ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Systems (QMS) was published in September 2015. While generally viewed as a positive revision bringing many benefits to QMS in response to technological advancements and global supply chains, it’s major changes and additions have caused some confusion among organisations transferring from the 2008 version of the standard. As a result, only a small number have made the transi...

There are well-known cases in the health, education and financial sectors where the electronic storage of private information has come under attack. However, this threat should also concern the electronics design industry.

Global certification body, IMS International, has been granted a certificate of acceptance to participate in the IEC Quality System for Electronic Components (IECQ) Hazardous Substance Process Management (HSPM) certification scheme. As an IECQ certification body, IMS can now provide organisations with certification to IECQ specification QC 080000. Michael Venner, Chief Executive Officer at IMS International speaks to Electronic Specifier.