Certifications
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Minority Business Enterprises are United States citizens who are Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic and Native American. Ownership by minority individuals means the business is at least 51% owned by such individuals or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals (i.e. the management and daily operations are controlled by those minority group members.) Sparco is certified by an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council (NMSDC) as an MBE.
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 9001:2015 specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:
a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
ISO 20243:2018
ISO 20243:2018 is a set of guidelines, requirements, and recommendations that address specific threats to the integrity of hardware and software commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) information and communication (ICT) products throughout the product life cycle. This Standard addresses threats related to maliciously tainted and counterfeit products.
The provider’s product life cycle includes the work it does designing and developing products, as well as the supply chain aspects of that life cycle, collectively extending through the following phases: design, sourcing, build, fulfillment, distribution, sustainment, and disposal. While this Standard cannot fully address threats that originate wholly outside any span of control of the provider the practices detailed in this Standard will provide some level of mitigation.
