ISO/IEC 17025 with other accreditation standards of the ISO 17000 series (and unlike most ISO standards for management systems), third party auditing ("assessment") of the laboratory is normally carried out by the national organization responsible for accreditation. Laboratories are therefore "accredited" under ISO/IEC 17025, rather than "certified" or "registered" (c.f. ISO 9000 series). In short, "accreditation" differs from "certification" by adding the concept of a third party (Accreditation Body (AB)) attesting to technical competence within a laboratory in addition to its adherence and operation under a documented quality system, specific to a Scope of Accreditation. In order for accreditation bodies to recognize
ISO 28000 operational benefits that are realized throughout supply chains and business practices. Benefits include, but are not limited to: ISO 28000:2007 is a certifiable standard. ISO 28000 ISO 28000:2007 (Specification for security management systems for the supply chain) is an International Organization for Standardization standard specifying requirements of a security management system particularly dealing with security assurance in the supply chain. Parts of the standard are considered "publicly available", while the entire specification can be purchased from the International Standards Organization. ISO 28000:2007 was developed to codify operations of security within the broader supply chain management system. The PDCA management systems