2016 Press Releases and News

2016 news

March 23 2016

BSI’s Global Supply Chain Intelligence report reveals 2015 top supply chain risks >

In 2015, BSI noted a number of cross-border issues that threatened supply chains across the world. This included damages caused by cargo theft worth $22.6 billion; increased number of terrorism incidents contributed to billions of dollars in losses to global shipping companies.

December 15 2016

BSI Completes Third EHS Consulting Firm Acquisition of 2016 with Addition of Quantum Management Group, Inc. >

BSI, the business standards company, announced today it has acquired the EHS consulting firm, Quantum Management Group, Inc. (Quantum) of Clifton, New Jersey.

November 10 2016

Microsoft Azure First Major Public Cloud Service Provider to Achieve CSA STAR Gold Certification >

BSI, the business standards company, announces that Microsoft Azure has achieved Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Certification, making it the only major public cloud service provider to earn this distinction.

September 22 2016

BSI bolsters US East Coast EHS Consulting presence with acquisition of New York City firm, Creative Environment Solutions >

BSI, the business standards company, announced today it has acquired Creative Environment Solutions (CES) Corp., one of New York City’s most respected and renowned Environmental and Safety consulting firms.

September 14 2016

BSI Selected as a 3rd-Party Verifier for NACD Responsible Distribution® >

BSI announced today it has been selected to become a verifier for the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD).

September 06 2016

BSI’s John DiMaria named Cloud Security Alliance Research Fellow >

John DiMaria, BSI’s new Global Product Champion for Information Security and Business Continuity, was recognized last week as a Research Fellow by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) for his significant contribution to CSA research.

Acquisition of Atrium expands BSI EHS advisory services >

BSI, the business standards company, has acquired Reston, Virginia-based Atrium Environmental Health and Safety Services LLC to expand its environmental health and safety (EHS) Services and Solutions footprint to the US East Coast.

July 05 2016

Certification and training support available for cloud security standard >

BSI has introduced ISO/IEC 27017 certification and training to support the use of ISO/IEC 27017 Information technology - Security techniques - Code of practice for information security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002 for cloud services.

April 19 2016

BSI reports highest profits and revenue in 114-year history >

BSI, the business standards company, has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Growth of 15% maintains BSI’s consecutive 16-year track record of annual increases in underlying revenue.

February 12 2016

Comment on the draft international standard for occupational health and safety >

BSI has published the draft international standard (DIS) of ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements.

February 08 2016

Cyber-attack top business threat for second year running >

Cyber-attack is the top threat perceived by businesses, according to the fifth annual Horizon Scan report published today by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), in association with BSI. Similarly, the threat of a data breach rises to second in the list, up one place from 2015.

January 18 2016

CEO concerns over global economy deepen >

Three fifths of global CEOs believe continuing economic uncertainty will lead to compromises in the ability of their organization to maintain high standards, threatening trust in their business and the companies they supply.

January 11 2016

BSI launches certification scheme for the safety of personal data in the cloud >

BSI, the business standards company has launched a training and certification scheme for the protection of personal data in the cloud - ISO/IEC 27018.