The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is an independent and non-governmental organization. It is an international standard-setting body having representatives from various national standards organizations. It has a current membership of 165 countries.

ISO develops and publishes a wide range of proprietary, industrial, and commercial standards for organizations. It has published more than 22,500 standards so far. ISO is founded on 23rd February 1947, having its headquarter is in Geneva, Switzerland.

ISO strives to standardize business processes and procedures around the world to make sure followers are on the same page. It publishes and updates standards from time to time.

One most popular standard for the Quality domain is ISO 9001. This standard contains guidelines for establishing and maintaining a quality management system (QMS) in any organization. The second most popular standard is the ISO 27001, used for Information Security Management in the Organization.