Understanding the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

- [Speaker] The inclusion of cyberspace into national … critical infrastructures was formally recognized … by all nations at the Third Global Conference … on Cyberspace, held in Seoul in 2013. … With the publication of the Seoul framework … for a commitment to open and secure cyberspace, … it states: The global and open nature of the Internet … is a driving force in accelerating progress … towards development. … Governments, business, organizations and individual owners … and users of cyberspace must assume responsibility for, … and take steps to enhance, the security … of their information technologies." … In response to this, in 2014, the U.S. National Institute … of Standards and Technology issued the framework … for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity. … The NIST cybersecurity framework has now become … the de facto standard for cybersecurity. … Let's take a look at it. … The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is an action-oriented … approach to security and consists of three elements. …