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  • by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
  • Tuesday, March 08, 2011
  • Certification

Counterfeit Certificate!

I am told that plagiarism is a compliment. Since exida is the leading company for IEC 61508 certifications I suppose it was bound to happen. Well it did. exida got an email from our sales representative in China. He asked why this certificate was not listed on the…

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IEC 61508 Functional Safety Certificates - To Accept or not to Accept?
  • by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
  • Thursday, August 10, 2017
  • Certification

IEC 61508 Functional Safety Certificates - To Accept or not to Accept?

I get an email that includes a “certificate” of some sort most every week.  The sender asks “Can I accept this certificate?”  Or the sender might ask “Are these failure rates valid for the process industries?” 

At exida we have some specific criteria we use when performing third party…

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