The team at Assent Risk Management regularly manage internal audit programmes and ISO Implementation projects across many territories and time zones. With the support of our central admin team and our expert consultants we have the flexibility to facilitate online…
When preparing for your external ISO assessment audit, from your chosen certification body, it’s important to ensure that you can evidence you have met all the requirements of the particular standard. Any gaps or weakness may result in a non-conformance…
Risk Management Consultancy, Assent, commits to open data with the release of its first database and related reports for public access and reuse. The Assent Open Data Project makes anonymous datasets publicly available under an Open Database License (ODBL), while…
During this period of disruption caused by the Coronavirus COVID-19 many organisations are relying on remote working using conferencing facilities like Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Hangouts. There are many business activities which can be completed remotely allowing people to…
Guest blog written by Liz O’Brien at Terra Firma 360. When you have tons to do, lots of paperwork, people, meetings and just general everyday work things, it can be so easy to put things on the back burner. Everything…
ISO certification enables your business to adopt a globally recognised standard which not only largely improves efficiency and profits – but functions as excellent business tender too. One of the great benefits of implementing ISO Standards within your organisation is…
Although many computing activities are now handled in the cloud by a service provider, the Physical Security of information is still an important part of ISO 27001, the international standard for information security. The Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of data…
Even the best management systems can pick-up findings during an internal audit and it shouldn’t be seen as a negative. Our auditors are committed to supporting the resilience and improvement of your organisation through our audit programmes. This article describes…
Assent Risk Management is committed to providing internal audits to the highest standard and level of impartiality. To achieve this aspiration we undertake a detailed Report Review Process for every audit report we issue to a client. Impartial Review…
