Why Use the Cybersecurity Framework?
The Framework provides a common language and systematic methodology for managing cybersecurity risk. The Core includes activities to be incorporated into a cybersecurity program that can be tailored to meet any organization’s needs. The Framework is designed to complement, not replace, an organization's cybersecurity program and risk management processes.
The Framework helps guide key decision points about risk management activities through the various levels of an organization from senior executives, to business and process level, and implementation and operations as well.
As pictured in the Figure 2 of the Framework, the diagram and explanation demonstrate how the Framework enables end-to-end risk management communications across an organization.
The Framework provides a common language and systematic methodology for managing cybersecurity risk. The Core includes activities to be incorporated into a cybersecurity program that can be tailored to meet any organization’s needs. The Framework is designed to complement, not replace, an organization's cybersecurity program and risk management processes.
The Framework helps guide key decision points about risk management activities through the various levels of an organization from senior executives, to business and process level, and implementation and operations as well.
As pictured in the Figure 2 of the Framework, the diagram and explanation demonstrate how the Framework enables end-to-end risk management communications across an organization.
The NIST CSF provides:
- A common ground for cybersecurity risk management
- A list of cybersecurity activities that can be customized to meet the needs of any organization
- A complementary guideline for an organization’s existing cybersecurity program and risk management strategy
- A risk-based approach to identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- A systematic way to prioritize and communicate cost-effective improvement activities among stakeholders
- A frame of reference on how an organization views managing cybersecurity risk management
