ISO 14298:2013
is an international standard that specifies requirements for an organization’s
security management system, published by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO). Due to the nature of the subject the public ISO 14298
Standard is not very detailed on the specific measures companies need to take
in order to secure their production processes. Besides the official and
publicly available standard document, Intergraf provides confidential
Implementation Guidelines and Intergraf Certification Requirements (ICR),
exclusively developed for the security printing industry and the specific needs
of this market. Those requirements are confidential and are not publicly
available as access to these documents needs to be limited to security
printers.
Intergraf Certification Requirements
(ICR)
The Intergraf
Certification Requirements (ICR) are a confidential document owned by
Intergraf. Companies wishing to be certified according to Intergraf’s scheme
for ISO 14298:2013 use this document to fulfill the requirements for the
certification. Only if these requirements are fulfilled a company can ensure a
high level of security and can become a certified “Security Printer†according
to ISO 14298:2013. Version number 01:2017 of these Certification requirements
contains 13 chapters, 100 items and 69 pages. The Intergraf Certification
Requirements (ICR) foresee 3 levels of certification based on the level of security
and the products produced. These requirements are exclusively available after a
successful screening by Intergraf and they are strictly confidential.
Certification levels
ISO 14298:2013
certificates can be issued on three levels:
1.
NG (Security Printing /
Non-Governmental): A minimum set of requirements need to be fulfilled in order
to be awarded a certificate with the level NG. This level applies to printers
supplying commercial security printing products and security products for
governmental organisations.
2.
G (Security Printing /
Governmental): An additional set of requirements need to be fulfilled by all
printers certified with the level G. This level applies to printers supplying
commercial security printing products ,security products for governmental
organisations and ID-documents or passports.
3.
CB (Security Printing / Central
Bank): Further requirements for printers supplying central banks or credit card
issuing authorities and ID or passport personalization centers.
Any and all requirements for the corresponding level (NG, G or CB) need to be fulfilled by the organization in order to be granted a certificate of the relevant level. All products produced in the same building must fulfill the relevant criteria and operate under the same level. The Intergraf Certification Requirements (ICR) are meant to be used as an audit instrument for auditing the system set up by the organization, based on ISO 14298:2013. The system and the requirements aim at eliminating risks for customers and their product.
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