ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

Overview

Independent, non-governmental international organization that develops and publishes international standards across industries. ISO 27001 is the leading information security standard.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 1947-02-23

  • Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

  • Status: Non-profit international organization

  • Founded in 1947; headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland

  • ISO 27001 is the international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)

  • ISO 27001 has 93 controls across 4 themes: organizational, people, physical, technological

  • Certifiable: organizations can be audited and certified to ISO 27001

  • ISO also publishes standards for quality (9001), IT service management (20000), and more

  • Members include national standards bodies from 160+ countries

Products Mentioned in Wiki

  • technologies/security-frameworks/iso-27001.md

Nist | ISO 27001 and PCI DSS both address data security technologies/security-frameworks/soc2.md | ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are competing security certification frameworks