A·C·C·U·R·A·T·E Understanding

• Ac:

  an Actual requirement in the standard related to documented information.

• Co:

  Concept — the management principles on which the management system standard is based. This includes the sequence of activities as required in the standard.

• C:

  the unique Clause reference of a specific requirement in the ISO management system standard.

• U:

  an Unspecified requirement in the standard (a requirement that does not exist).

• R:

  a certain Requirement in the standard (i.e. the text of the requirement).

• A:

  the Applicability of the standard. This includes the intent of a requirement, and the scope of the standard.

• T:

  Terms and definitions used in the standard. Generally these are defined in Clause 3 of each ISO management system standard. In the case of ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS, terms and definitions are defined in the ISO/IEC 27000 standard.

• E:

  an Erroneous requirement in the standard related to documented information.