As a gold standard for cybersecurity in the United States and the foundation for many new standards and regulations starting to emerge today, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST CSF) Cybersecurity Framework is more crucial than ever. Developed as a public and private sector collaboration led by NIST under a presidential executive order to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework core functions soon scaled beyond high-level energy and critical infrastructure – its outcomes-based approach allowed it to apply to almost any sector and any business size. This framework profile comprises three main pillars: the Framework Core, Profiles, and NIST Implementation Tiers. Here, we’ll dive into the Framework Core and the five core functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from CyberSaint Blog authored by Ethan Bresnahan. Read the original post at: https://www.cybersaint.io/blog/nist-csf-adoption-and-automation