Standards Implementation and compliance (ISO 22301, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, NIST, SOC2 HIPAA etc.) Information security standards are applicable to all the organizations irrespective of their size, sector or area of operation. Organizations operating in the critical infrastructure segment must meet certain security standards to be able to operate. There are many information security and cyber security standards that are collections of best practices created by experts to protect organizations from various security and privacy threats. Key benefits of complying with information security standards are reduced risk exposure, compliance with relevant regulations, increased consumer confidence leading to improved sales, meeting qualification criteria for certain businesses such as payment processing, medical information management, outsourcing and IT services etc.