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Category: Management systems

A management system is the documented set of policies, processes and records an organisation uses to run one aspect of its business and prove it is under control. ISO publishes them for quality, information security, environment, occupational health and safety, business continuity, IT service management and more.
Since ISO adopted the Annex SL high-level structure, they share a common skeleton: clauses 4 to 10, covering context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement. Clause 4 has the same shape whether you are reading ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001.
That shared structure is what makes an integrated management system practical. Rather than three sets of policies, three internal audit programmes and three management reviews, you run one system that satisfies several standards at once. Organisations that integrate typically cut audit time and eliminate the contradictions that appear when parallel systems drift apart.
The guides below cover integrated and unified management systems, and the individual standards for environment (ISO 14001), occupational health and safety (ISO 45001), business continuity (ISO 22301), IT service management (ISO 20000) and sector-specific quality standards for medical devices, automotive and food safety.

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What MDR Article 27 requires for unique device identification

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What DORA Article 12 and NIS2 require of a backup policy

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Scope, frequency derived from classification, segregation from the source system, RTOs that hold in extreme scenarios, and reconciliation…
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What DORA Article 29 requires when assessing ICT concentration risk

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Article 29 calls it a preliminary assessment, so it belongs in procurement. Substitutability, closely connected providers, insolvency law…
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Who owes a fundamental rights impact assessment under EU AI Act Article 27 and what it must contain

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Article 27 falls on deployers, not providers. Who owes a FRIA, the six required elements, the duty to…
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