What are the Five Elements of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?

A cybersecurity framework is a group of documents outlining guidelines, security-related standards, and best practices to help organizations manage and protect their assets from cybersecurity threats. Any InfoSec framework aims to prepare organizations and minimize the potential risk of vulnerabilities by identifying and remediating them. 

Example cybersecurity frameworks include the NIST cybersecurity framework, the ISO 27001 framework, the Cybersecurity maturity model (CMMC) developed by the US Department of Defense (DoD), as well as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard …

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