The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) was crafted to be applied by any organization of any size, regardless of industry. The NIST CSF allows organizations to create a CyberSecurity plan tailored to their individual needs, including regulatory and legal requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
This flexibility has led over 20% of organizations to begin using the NIST CSF, and Gartner predicts that by 2020 this number will increase to over 50%. In May 2017, the President issued an Executive Order which requires that all U.S. Executive Branch agencies and Critical Infrastructure providers use the NIST CSF to assess their CyberSecurity programs. The widespread adoption of the NIST CSF makes it the gold standard for creating robust CyberSecurity.
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