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What are the 5 NIST CSF categories?
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What are the 5 NIST CSF categories?
1. Identify: Establish the foundation for an effective cybersecurity program by understanding the cybersecurity risk associated with the organization??s activities, assets, and technologies.
2. Protect: Develop and implement the appropriate safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization??s assets.
3. Detect: Develop and implement the appropriate monitoring, detection, and alerting capabilities to detect cybersecurity events.
4. Respond: Develop and implement the appropriate response procedures to address detected cybersecurity events.
5. Recover: Develop and implement the appropriate recovery procedures to restore the organization??s operations and assets following a cybersecurity event.
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Official Guides
- What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?
- The Objectives of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Who needs to comply with NIST CSF?
- What is the NIST CSF core?
- What are the different tiers in NIST CSF implementation?
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