Key Cybersecurity Standards You Should Know

The entire internet is held together by a few powerful rulebooks you probably haven't read.

If you ever swipe a credit card, you need to thank PCI DSS. The big players

like Visa and Amex created it so companies stop leaking your cash. Then there’s IEEE

802, which is basically the blueprint for securing networks so your connection

isn't wide open to threats. For the heavy lifting, pros look to ISO 27001 to manage

risk and build actual security systems. And you can't ignore NIST, the federal gold

standard for privacy. You don't need to memorize every page, but knowing these acronyms is what

separates the rookies from the real experts.