Accreditation
Who examines the examiners
Certification is only as trustworthy as the entity performing it. Accreditation is IAASO’s formal recognition that an issuer, assessor or verifier is competent, independent and operationally sound enough to perform conformity assessment under IAASO standards (IAASO-1501).
1What accreditation means
An accredited entity has passed evaluation of its technical competence, process maturity, independence, auditability, security posture and key-management practices. Accreditation is scoped — an examiner is accredited for specific certification tracks, not in the abstract — and it is a live status: it can be renewed, suspended, revoked, or allowed to expire, with every transition published as a signed status object.
Accreditation decisions follow the workflow of the Standards Governance Manual, Part IX: application, completeness review, evidence submission, technical and governance evaluation, a deficiency response period, decision, publication of status, then ongoing monitoring and renewal. Denials and revocations are appealable before the Appeals and Review Board.
2Decision outcomes
3Public accreditation register
Every accreditation is a signed, ledger-anchored object. The public register lists the current status and scope of each accredited entity.
Public accreditation register — four active accreditations
The founding accreditation ceremony (2026-07-04, with the first assessor added 2026-07-07) established four active institutional accreditations: the IAASO governance authority, the credential issuer, the registry operator, and the first accredited assessor. Each is a signed record anchored to the public ledger. The live register at authority.iaaso.org/v1/accreditations is authoritative.