Cybersecurity Standards & Frameworks

The purpose of Cyber Standards section is to provide a general overview regarding cyber standards, including cyber frameworks, and to show some pragmatic ways that they can be applied to improve cybersecurity.

The selected Cyber Standards listed below are organized by the international and national organizations that maintain them: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Society of Automation (ISA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a United States federal government policy and standards to help secure information system computers and computer networks.

The two main publications that cover the details of RMF are:

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