Several other options were considered by the IAF Board and IAF Executive Committee; including, disbanding IAF CertSearch, which could result in loss of reputation, pose a financial risk and cause strategic damage and/or changing IAF’s IT partner, which would create a financial risk for IAF and result in breaking a positive relationship with QualityTrade. Moreover, IAF does not have funds to develop a database with another provider. These options were not considered viable.
