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One of the most common drawbacks of cybersecurity frameworks and standards is that they fail to make a sufficiently compelling case to business leaders. Many focus on the needs of IT teams and exhibit high technological complexity and technical challenges for implementation. Others are biased towards specific types of computing infrastructure or even specific vendors.

Control mapping is the process of bringing together two or more compliance domains or sets of business requirements to build a strategy that aligns to your unique needs. While the NIST CSF controls set the standards for information security, which controls you apply and how you apply them depends on your unique business environment. Important factors to consider are your appetite for risk, the ...

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a globally recognized set of best security practices and guidelines. Although compliance is voluntary, and the framework provides much flexibility over how organizations implement the various controls it encompasses, it is heavily tied to the NIST Special Publication 800 53.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a set of guidelines and best practices for organizations seeking to improve their information security posture. While originally intended for the critical infrastructure sector, it has been widely adopted around the world across all industries as one of the most recognized standards.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was first released in 2014 with the purpose of promoting better risk management and innovation across the critical infrastructure sector in the US. Since then, it has been widely adopted around the world across a multitude of industries, including defense, healthcare, and legal.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework serves as a baseline for organizations seeking to achieve the highest standards of information security and privacy. It spans the entire security incident management lifecycle across five phases: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework seeks to better align business risk management with the rising demands of information security. To that end, it serves as the foundation for any robust cybersecurity strategy, and it is the basis of many industry-specific compliance regimes, such as HIPAA and CMMC.

Facing a rapidly evolving threat landscape, more and more organizations are using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to guide them through the best practices for risk management. The overarching goal of the framework is to establish a common language across the cybersecurity sector, which has long suffered from being highly fragmented.

There is no denying the benefits of cloud computing in today’s hyper connected age. But at the same time, this relatively new computing model presents some unique security concerns. After all, the ability to access business-critical apps and data from anywhere and on any device can also mean it is easier for malicious actors to do the same.

Many organizations are adopting cybersecurity based on the NIST cybersecurity framework, now a globally recognized standard for helping counter new and emerging cyber threats. More recently, the NIST published a new draft on protecting against ransomware, which serves to complement the CSF. The addition to the framework features the ransomware profile, which is intended to help organizations ...