The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a set of standards, guidelines, and best practices developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the United States to help organizations manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

• Improve risk management: Help organizations understand, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risks.
• Promote resilience: Increase organizations’ ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.
• Facilitate communication: Provide a common language for communicating cybersecurity risks among various stakeholders.

The framework applies to any organization, regardless of size, sector, or maturity level. It is used by government entities, private companies, and other organizations to improve their cybersecurity risk management.

• Identification: Understand the organizational context to manage cybersecurity risks.
• Protection: Implement security measures to ensure the provision of critical services.
• Detection: Develop and implement activities to identify cybersecurity events in a timely manner.
• Response: Plan and implement actions to respond to cybersecurity incidents.
• Recovery: Maintain plans for resilience and restoring compromised capabilities after a cybersecurity incident.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was first published in 2014 and updated with version 1.1 in 2018. The latest version, CSF 2.0, was released in 2024.
Official Framework here: NIST Cybersecurity Framework