Quality Insights Volume 4: Focusing on CMMC, COVID-19 and Risk-Based Thinking

Ensuring medical devices comply with the requirements for multiple markets can be disruptive, time consuming and expensive. In this article we look at the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP), which verifies compliance to ISO 13485 and the regulatory requirements of medical devices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the US.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on an increasing problem – cybersecurity threats to digital learning.

COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for all industries in terms of risk management and business continuity. In this article, we look at the cosmetics industry and consider how businesses can best prepare for adverse risk events.

Visit a mine today and you will find the pick and the chisel have been largely replaced by the laptop and smartphone. We look at how new technologies are transforming the mining sector.

COVID-19 has profoundly affected the way global supply chains operate. We look at its impact and consider how best to mitigate its affects.

As the US Department of Defense (DoD) rolls out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), a new cybersecurity certification program, we look at the different maturity levels and what you will need to consider for its implementation.

Prior to COVID-19 only around 21% of board members felt their organizations were ‘very prepared’ to respond to an adverse risk event. In this article we look at how the current crisis has impacted business continuity planning.

COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of implementing a preemptive approach to risk management. In this article, we look at why risk-based thinking is vital for forward-thinking businesses.

A full assessment of the impact of COVID-19 may take years, but it is already clear corporate buying behaviors have been severely impacted. We look at how these unprecedented times have affected training strategies.

A recent inspection of the Soko Islands found 100 discarded single-use face masks on the beaches of this uninhabited archipelago. Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a vital part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we consider what is happening to all the discarded PPE.