From the ICS WebSite: The International Standardization Council (ISC) within the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been designated to coordinate all aspects of standardization efforts within CSA. Efforts are jointly executed by CSA Global, standard developing organizations (SDOs), and relevant working groups. Specifically, working groups refers to those working groups whose work is instrumental in global standardization efforts or whose work has been identified as an offering that will be instrumental in bridging the gap existing in current global standardization efforts. Thus, the council is formed with the purpose to coordinate execution of this work. Additionally, ISC provides an avenue for corporate members to participate and influence standardization efforts worldwide represented under the CSA banner.