DHC Trust Center

Trust you can verify.

Security and regulatory compliance are core components of DHC’s services and the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator. Our Trust Center provides transparency into the standards, certifications, and safeguards you can rely on.

Quality within a proven framework.

At DHC, quality is not an isolated certificate; it is an integral part of our consulting, implementation, development, and validation services.

ISO 9001:2015

DHC holds a valid ISO 9001 certificate for the defined scope.
The certificate provides the foundation; implementation is ensured through documented processes, clear responsibilities, and verifiable results.

ISO/IEC 27001

Establishment of the Information Security Management System and preparation for certification.

The certificate provides the foundation for systematic information security management. Implementation is ensured through documented processes, clearly defined responsibilities, effective security measures, and verifiable evidence.

DHC Smart Validation Accelerator: Transparency and Data Protection

Transparency is not merely a promise at DHC; it is integral to our software development, operations, supplier management, and data protection practices.

Data Processing Agreement

The Data Processing Agreement (DPA) establishes a contractual framework for processing personal data on behalf of our customers and is required to meet GDPR requirements.

It governs processing in accordance with documented instructions, as well as the confidentiality and protection of data and the involvement of additional processors. It also defines the support provided for data subject requests and the handling of personal data breaches.

Development, Operations & Supplier Management. Transparently documented.

The SVA White Paper describes how the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator is developed and operated. It explains how DHC SVA meets the regulatory requirements applicable to SaaS providers in the GxP environment.

It focuses on development and operational processes, the respective responsibilities, and the management of the suppliers involved. This includes Microsoft in particular, as the provider of the Azure cloud platform.

Ready for digital validation?

The DHC Smart Validation Accelerator helps life sciences companies maintain a validated state at all times—securely, efficiently, in an integrated and future-proof manner.

Evidence that builds trust

Here you will find selected evidence, agreements and information materials relating to our quality, security and compliance standards, as well as digital validation.

FAQs

Häufige Fragen zu Sicherheit, Qualität und Datenschutz bei DHC

The DHC Trust Center brings together information on DHC’s quality standards, information security and data protection. It provides transparency into DHC’s services and the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator. This includes information on ISO 9001 certification, the structure of the information security management system in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001, and the contractual basis for data processing on behalf of customers.
DHC holds a valid ISO 9001:2015 certificate for the scope specified therein. Quality management is implemented in practice through documented processes, clear responsibilities and verifiable results. The certificate is available upon request.

DHC holds a valid ISO 9001:2015 certificate for the scope specified therein. Quality management is implemented in practice through documented processes, clear responsibilities and verifiable results. The certificate is available upon request.

Note: The question refers to ISO/IEC 27001, while the answer refers to ISO 9001:2015.

DHC is currently establishing an information security management system and preparing for certification in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001. This does not indicate that certification has already been completed. The implementation includes documented processes, clearly defined responsibilities, effective security measures and verifiable evidence. DHC will provide information on the current status upon request.
For the processing of personal data on behalf of customers, the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) provides a contractual framework. Among other things, it governs processing in accordance with documented instructions, confidentiality, data protection and the engagement of additional processors. It also regulates support with data subject requests and the handling of personal data breaches.
DHC provides the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) upon request. This enables customers to review the contractual provisions governing the processing of personal data and incorporate them into their data protection assessment.
As the provider of the Azure cloud platform, Microsoft is part of the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator’s supplier structure. The SVA White Paper describes the development and operations processes, the respective responsibilities and the management of the suppliers involved—including Microsoft.
The SVA White Paper describes how the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator is developed and operated. It focuses on the development and operations processes, the respective responsibilities and the management of the suppliers involved. The White Paper is available upon request.
Upon request, DHC provides the ISO 9001 certification certificate for the specified scope, the Data Processing Agreement (DPA) and the SVA White Paper. DHC also provides information on the current status of its information security management system and its preparations for ISO/IEC 27001 certification.