Walking Aids and Assistive Products
In May 2011 the US Census Bureau reported there are 19.4 million people in the US that have difficulty walking or climbing stairs. Many standards help manufacturers […]
IT Security Standards
IT security standards are guidelines and specifications for various practices within the IT security industry, arrived at through a process culminating in consensus. The use […]
Entity Authentication
Entity authentication in today’s IT security industry is used as one part of a security system to verify that an entity actually is who or […]
Cryptography and Key Management
Cryptography in today’s IT security industry is, at its core, the field of inquiry surrounding the encryption and decryption of information. Cryptographic algorithms are developed, […]
California’s Food Handler Card Law
In California’s food industry, the Food Handler Card certificate – introduced by SB 602 a year ago and refined by SB 303 (chaptered Sep. 6th, 2011) […]
Corrosion Prevention
Introduction to Corrosion Corrosion is a naturally occurring process, costing American industries approximately 6% of the entire United States GDP each year. The chemical interaction […]
Corrosion
Defined generally as the breakdown of matter due to (electro)chemical interactions with its environment, corrosion affects every metal that humanity uses. These chemical interactions can […]
ISO 50001 Energy Management
ISO 50001 provides organizations with a recognized framework for integrating energy performance into their management practices. It gives multinational organizations a single, harmonized standard for […]
New Global Initiative Codifies Benchmarks for Operations of Private Military and Security Companies
ASIS International has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop an ANSI standard that provides principles and requirements for a […]
ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility
ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility is now available online. Most standards come into the world after considerable debate. But ISO 26000 is so broad, and social responsibility […]