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Vinçotte Agro & Food is relocating. Starting from 3 April 2023, the visiting address will no longer be in Zwolle but in Apeldoorn. This is how we further shape the collaboration of Vinçotte and Kiwa, which started last year. From Apeldoorn, Vinçotte's agro and food experts can serve you even better together with their Kiwa colleagues.

Dutch start-up Nedscaper provides Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) services from the cloud. With this, the young company fully relieves customers when it comes to detecting and limiting cyber risks. Nedscaper also supports organizations that want to organize their own cyber security and provides compliance services. Lead compliance consultant Steijn Scheutjens explains how Nedscaper deals with digital information and recently saw its efforts in this area awarded with an ISO 27001 certification.

ISO 27001, the globally recognized standard for information security, underwent an update. The revised standard ISO 27001:2022 was published on 25 October 2022 and contains several technical corrections and a completely revised Annex A. A transition period of three years applies to the renewed standard, which means that certified organizations must have transferred by November 1st 2025, at the latest. Below are the seven necessary steps before executing the transition audit.

The growing number of requirements for information and IT security instigates more and more organizations to demonstrate that they have done everything within reach to comply with applicable laws and regulations and that they work according to recognized quality and information security standards. In addition to certification in accordance with the ISO 27001 standard for information security, an increasing number of organizations is opting for IT assurance reports such as ISAE 3402 and SOC 2.

Every year, several newborn babies are abandoned in the Netherlands. Stichting Beschermde Wieg (Protected Cradle Foundation) is a volunteer organization which helps pregnant women who avoid regular care by providing accessible preventive help and guidance to prevent babies from being abandoned or killed. The foundation wants to expand and decided to use the ISO 9001 quality standard as a blueprint for this. Policy officer Ingrid Meulenbelt tells more about it.

Since 1991 Dutch company H&R Business IT Solutions has been supporting organizations in developing and managing their complete IT environment. The Utrecht family business offers an extensive service portfolio to this end, varying from consultancy, project management, implementation and migration to workplace design and data and cloud solutions.

Autumn 2022 Kiwa has started two new projects in Portugal for two Portuguese gas district system operators: H2REN for REN Portgás and Retrofit for Floene. In commission of these two operators, Kiwa will assess the suitability of their gas distribution networks for hydrogen.

Recently Kiwa has been announced as a finalist for the Hydrogen Awards of 2023, where businesses are highlighted for their contribution to the hydrogen industry. The commissioning of our new hydrogen production plant has played a major role in the nomination.

The IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) recently appointed Kiwa to carry out assessments and certifications in the context of the series of standards IEC 62443. Kiwa was already partially accredited, but this accreditation has now been expanded to include even more parts of the standard. To qualify for this allocation, Kiwa successfully completed the IECEE Certification Body Testing Laboratory (CBTL) and National Certification Body (NCB) audits.

The new version of ISO 27001 was published on 25 October 2022. A transition period of three years applies and certified organizations must therefore have switched to ISO 27001:2022 on  November 1st 2025. Below we have listed the most important information about the transition process.