NIST CSF
NIST CSF and it’s Benefits
NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a voluntary framework that consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity-related risk.
The main purpose of NIST CSF is “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,”
The Cybersecurity Framework’s prioritized, flexible and cost-effective approach helps promote the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure.
The salient features of NIST cybersecurity Framework are:
- It helps you better understand, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risks, data loss, and the subsequent costs of restoration
- It enables you to determine your most important activities to deliver critical operations and service delivery
- It demonstrates that you're a trusted organization who secures your critical assets
- It helps to prioritize investments and maximize the impact of each dollar spent on cybersecurity
- It addresses contractual and regulatory obligations
- It supports your wider information security program
Who needs to comply to NIST CSF?
Entities like SaaS, Financial services, Educational & Research institutions, Healthcare, Consulting companies, and Service providers will have an elevated security posture if they comply with the requirements of NIST CSF
SaaS
Financial Services
Educational & Research Institutions
Healthcare
Consulting Companies
NIST CSF Overview
The NIST CSF consists of three parts: The Framework Core, the Framework Profile, and the Framework Implementation Tiers
NIST Framework
NIST CSF Implementation - Methodology
How will Accorian help?
- We have the experts that have delivered NIST CSF projects across industries and geographies for about 5 years.
- The clients have ranged from SaaS, Financial services, Healthcare, to Service Providers.
- Our team has enabled organizations to meet NIST requirements through their readiness & implementation services and worked on assisting them through the assessment or assurance process
- Our experts have delivered 30+ NIST CSF implementations and assisted the client companies in the assessment or assurance process in the last 5 years.
Accorian Deliverables:
Accorian will provide you with a detailed analysis of how an organization’s information security program compares to the NIST Cyber Security Framework:
Executive Summary Report
A high-level report summarizing scope, methodology, and approach
Detailed Assessment Report
Summarizing the observations/findings. Assigning maturity level scores to the functions (Identify, protect, detect, respond, recover). Deriving the overall maturity posture of the organization.
Corrective Action Plan
A roadmap facilitating immediate remedial actions (including short-term recommendations) to improve the effectiveness for each gap, finding, or observation
Detailed Work Papers
Detailed work papers for each phase including supporting documentation for the work performed and conclusions reached, as well as any reports or documentation generated during the assessment
The Accorian Advantage
