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Scope

Standardization in:

  • Governance of IT
  • Governance of data
  • IT service management
  • IT enabled services - business process outsourcing

Serving as the focal point in these areas, SC 40 communicates, co-operates and collaborates with relevant committees (such as cybersecurity and privacy), external bodies and other stakeholders on topics of mutual interest.

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40
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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 44 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

6
Clean Water and Sanitation
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
32

Published ISO standards *

6

ISO standards under development *

35
Participating members
27
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/AG 2   Communication management Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/CAG 1   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/WG 1   Governance of InformationTechnology Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/WG 2   Service management – Information technology Working group
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40/WG 3   IT-enabled services / Business process outsourcing Working group

 

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference Title
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 1 Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 42 - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 40: Governance implications of AI
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 46 Information and documentation ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 4 Ergonomics of human-system interaction ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/TC 312 Excellence in service ISO
ISO/TC 324 Sharing economy ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineering ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations ISO
ISO/TC 312 Excellence in service ISO
ISO/PC 343 Sustainable development goals management ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
EC - European Commission European Commission A
ISACA Information Systems Audit and Control Association A
itSMFI The IT Service Management Forum International Limited (itSMFI) A
OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
IAF International Accreditation Forum, Inc. C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
  June 2025 () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 **
8-12 June 2026 (Japan) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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