The Certification Process. (NIST SP 800-18 – System Security Plans, Security Assessment and Authorization Controls (CA), and Planning (PL) Families, NIST SP 800-53 rev. 4) Once the EIEP has successfully satisfied Phase 1, SSA will conduct an onsite certification review. The objective of the onsite review is to ensure the EIEP’s management, operational, and technical controls safeguarding SSA-provided information from misuse and improper disclosure and that those safeguards function and work as intended. At its discretion, SSA may request the EIEP to participate in an onsite review and compliance certification of their security infrastructure. The onsite review may address any or all of SSA’s security requirements and include, when appropriate:
The Certification Process. The details of the services to be provided will be agreed between the company and the local office of Bureau Veritas Certification. In case the term manday (MD) is used for calculation of audit time, it is to be considered that one manday equals 8 hours. To provide a general guide, outlined below are the key stages of the certification process.
The Certification Process. Once the EIEP has successfully satisfied Phase 1, SSA will conduct an onsite certification review. The objective of the onsite review is to ensure the EIEP’s non-technical and technical controls safeguard SSA-provided information from misuse and improper disclosure and that those safeguards function and work as intended. At its discretion, SSA may request that the EIEP participate in an onsite review and compliance certification of their security infrastructure. The onsite review may address any or all of SSA’s security requirements and include, when appropriate: a demonstration of the EIEP’s implementation of each requirement random sampling of audit records and transactions submitted to SSA a walkthrough of the EIEP’s data center to observe and document physical security safeguards a demonstration of the EIEP’s implementation of electronic exchange of data with SSA discussions with managers/supervisors examination of management control procedures and reports (e.g., anomaly detection reports, etc.) demonstration of technical tools pertaining to user access control and if appropriate, browsing prevention, specifically: o If the design is based on a permission module or similar design, or it is transaction driven, the EIEP will demonstrate how the system triggers requests for information from SSA. o If the design is based on a permission module, the EIEP will demonstrate how the process for requests for SSA-provided information prevent SSNs not present in the EIEP’s system from sending requests to SSA. We will attempt to obtain information from SSA using at least one, randomly created, fictitious number not known to the EIEPs system. During a certification or compliance review, SSA or a certifier acting on its behalf, may request a demonstration of the EIEP’s audit trail system (ATS) and its record retrieval capability. The certifier may request a demonstration of the ATS’ capability to track the activity of employees who have the potential to access SSA-provided information within the EIEP’s system. The certifier may request more information from those EIEPs who use an STC to handle and audit transactions. We will conduct a demonstration to see how the EIEP obtains audit information from the STC regarding the EIEP’s SSA transactions. If an STC handles and audits an EIEP’s transactions, SSA requires the EIEP to demonstrate both their own in-house audit capabilities and the process used to obtain audit information from the STC. If the EIEP em...
The Certification Process. To provide a general guide, outlined below are the main steps of the certification process; however, the details of the services to be provided will be agreed between the client and OneCert International.
The Certification Process. The Provider agrees to submit the Provider Contracts for review and evaluation which shall substantially follow this process:
The Certification Process. BQAS assesses the Client’s management system, or parts thereof, with the goal of determining its conformity with agreed and acknowledged requirements, standards or international, national or sector-specific standards or specifications. The respective assessment process may involve one or more steps, usually ending with an assessment report, which documents the assessment results. In the case of certification services, BQAS will issue a customer- specific certificate, confirming conformity to the respective requirements, when the fulfillment of all applicable requirements has been evidenced. If nonconformities with requirements of the respective standard or specification have been identified during an assessment, corrective action shall be planned and carried out by Client within a specified time frame. Certificates will only be issued after the effective deployment of suitable corrective action has been demonstrated. The scope and duration of validity shall be stated on the Certificate. Most audit finding are based on a sampling process, targeted reliable evidence for effective implementation and compliance of the management system. Further business aspects may exist, positive or negative, which have not been reviewed by the audit team. It is sole organization’s responsibility to investigate and evaluate the potential impact and scope of findings, thus continuously full compliance to the applied standard(s). in cases of non- compliance, BQAS is not liable. Client and BQAS agree that the evaluation and/or certification of the Client’s management system(s) shall be performed in accordance with the applicable standards the industry related requirements (if applicable) and the Assessment and Certification Agreement, including this document attached thereto or referred to therein. BQAS is independent, neutral and objective in its assessments and certifications. Assessment are performed at Client’s place of operations. The type, extent and time schedule of the procedure are subject to separate agreement by the parties. BQAS strives to minimize any disturbances of the business process while conducting the assessment on Client’s premises. The certification process will generally include the following steps:
The Certification Process. A. APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicant completes a Request for Quotation Form and receives an Estimated Cost Quotation from FSQP for a specific scope of coverage. The Applicant returns the Authorization to Proceed along with Application Fee.
The Certification Process. DQS assesses the client’s management system, or parts thereof, with the goal of determining its conformity with agreed and acknowledged requirements, such as international, national or sector-specific standards or specifications. The respective assessment process may involve one or more steps, usually ending with an assessment report, which documents the assessment results. In the case of certification services DQS will issue a customer-specific certificate, confirming conformity to the respective requirements, when the fulfillment of all applicable requirements has been evident. If nonconformities with requirements of the respective standard or specification have been identified during an assessment, corrective action shall be planned and carried out by the client within a specified time frame. Certificates will only be issued after the effective deployment of suitable corrective action has been demonstrated. The scope and duration of validity shall be stated on the certificate. DQS and the client agree that the evaluation and/or certification of the client’s management system(s) shall be performed in accordance with the applicable standards, the industry related requirements (if applicable) and the Assessment and Certification Agreement, including this document and any documents attached thereto or referred to therein. DQS is independent, neutral and objective in its assessments and certifications. Assessments are performed at the client’s place of operations. The type, extent and time schedule of the procedure are subject to separate agreement by the parties. DQS strives to minimize any disturbances of the business process while conducting the assessment on the client’s premises.
The Certification Process. The key requirements of the certification process are described below, some schemes, or where the applicant is transferring from one certification body to another may vary the process.
The Certification Process
