certification bodies
Credential-granting organizations
Certification bodies are organizations authorized to verify that products, services, systems, or personnel meet established standards.
They conduct audits, inspections, and assessments, then issue formal certificates of compliance: The certification body approved the factory's quality management system.
Industries from organic food to cybersecurity rely on certification bodies to provide independent verification that requirements have been met.
- auditingExamining records for accuracy
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- site visitsIn-person location assessments
- management systemsTools for organizational control
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
accreditation · validation · testing · pass or fail · credentialing · verification · regulators · standardization · checklists · due diligence · audit trail · consultants · registrars · third-party · quality assurance · quality · ISO · compliance
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- regulatory boardslicensing board, licensing boards, regulatory board, state boards, medical board
- architect organizationsAIA, local chapters, regional chapters, professional networks
- business groupstrade associations, trade association, chamber of commerce, industry groups, business alliance
- self-regulationthermostat, homeostasis, feedback, autopilot, cruise control
- Testing Labsclinical labs, water testing, soil testing, emissions testing, safety testing