What is ISO Standard?

ISO standard give world-class specifications for products, services and systems, to ensure quality, safety and efficiency. They are instrumental in facilitating international trade.

ISO has published 22534 International Standards and related documents, covering almost every industry, from technology, to food safety, to agriculture and healthcare. ISO International Standards impact everyone, everywhere. Some of the ISO standard can be certified and some is just as a guidance for reference.

Among all the standard, the Most popular management System is ISO 9001 Quality Management System and ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System.

There are some standard are related to Information Technology:

ISO 27001 Information Security Management System

ISO 20000 IT Service Management System

Besides, there are some ISO standard which only applicable to the particular industry:

ISO 13485 Medical Devices Quality Management System, which is only application to Medical device industry.

For Automation industry, there is IATF 16949.

For telecommunication industry, there is TL 9000

For laboratory, there is ISO 17025 Testing and Calibration for laboratories.