Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, process, service, or system in question meets specific requirements. Certification is also known as third party conformity assessment. ISO doesn’t provide certification or conformity assessment.

Certification. ISO 9001 is also the only standard in the 9000 family that can be certified to. This certification is not a requirement, and organizations can still implement principles of ISO 9001 informally, without getting certified. Technically, only organizations can “get certified”.

19 September 2021 The ISO 9001 standard is periodically reviewed and revised in order to keep it relevant and useful. The typical update cycle of 6-8 years had us expect a new version by 2023. However, ISO recently announced its surprise decision to leave ISO 9001:2015 as is. ISO 9001:2015 Unchanged – No Revision