Quality assurance independence meaning that it reports to highest management only, has its own budget, and does not expend labor to help build a product. Product assurance stands on an equal footing with project management but embraces the customer's point of view. Software quality assurance consists of a means of monitoring the software engineering processes and methods used to ensure quality. The methods by which this is accomplished are many and varied, and may include ensuring conformance to one or more standards, such as ISO 9000 or a model such as CMMI. In addition, enterprise quality management software is used to correct
ISO/IEC 27006 ISO/IEC 27006 ISO/IEC 27006, part of a growing family of ISO/IEC Information Security Management System (ISMS) standards, the 'ISO/IEC 27000 series', is an information security standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It is titled "Information technology - Security techniques - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems". ISO/IEC 27006 lays out formal requirements for accredited organizations which certify other organizations compliant with ISO/IEC 27001. It effectively replaces EA 7/03 (Guidelines for the Accreditation of bodies operating certification/ registration of. Information Security Management Systems). The standard helps