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Looking Back at the Mistakes That Led ISO 900x to ‘Audit Theater’
August 12, 2026
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Source: Ian Hendra
The ISO 900x series is widely viewed as a way to improve how organizations operate, yet it can instead encourage what critics call “audit theater”, where passing an audit becomes more important than actual capability.
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