NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Greenville Businesses
The gold standard for cybersecurity. We use the NIST CSF to assess, design, and improve security programs for Greenville and Upstate businesses.
5
Core Functions
23
Categories Covered
108
Subcategories
20+
Years in Greenville
Five Core Functions of the NIST Framework
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework organizes cybersecurity activities into five concurrent and continuous functions. Together, they provide a strategic view of your organization's risk management lifecycle.
Identify
What processes and assets need protection? Review all resources, define current and desired states.
Protect
Implement appropriate safeguards. Access control and awareness training. Limit and contain impact.
Detect
Implement mechanisms to identify cybersecurity incidents. Timely discovery, collect and analyze data.
Respond
Develop techniques to contain impacts. Response planning, analysis, mitigation. Incident response plan.
Recover
Timely recovery to normal operations. Recovery procedures tested, executed, and maintained. Improvement identified.
Identify: Understand Your Environment
The Identify function focuses on understanding your business context to manage cybersecurity risk. We review all resources, understand your assets and environments, define your current and desired security states, and create a clear plan to close any gaps.
- Review all organizational resources and data flows
- Understand assets, systems, and environments
- Define current and desired security states
- Create a prioritized action plan
Identify
The Identify function focuses on understanding your business context to manage cybersecurity risk. We review all resources, understand your assets and environments, define your current and desired security states, and create a clear plan to close any gaps.
Protect: Implement Appropriate Safeguards
The Protect function is the proactive step in your cybersecurity posture. We implement access control measures, establish awareness and training programs for your workforce, and deploy safeguards designed to limit or contain the impact of a potential cybersecurity event.
- Deploy access control and identity management
- Establish security awareness training programs
- Implement data security and protective technology
- Limit and contain the impact of incidents
Protect
The Protect function is the proactive step in your cybersecurity posture. We implement access control measures, establish awareness and training programs for your workforce, and deploy safeguards designed to limit or contain the impact of a potential cybersecurity event.
Detect: Identify Cybersecurity Events
The Detect function ensures timely discovery of cybersecurity events. We implement continuous monitoring across your network, collecting and analyzing data from multiple points to identify anomalies, suspicious activity, and potential threats before they escalate.
- Continuous monitoring of network activity
- Collect and analyze data from multiple points
- Identify anomalies and suspicious behavior
- Timely discovery of cybersecurity events
Detect
The Detect function ensures timely discovery of cybersecurity events. We implement continuous monitoring across your network, collecting and analyzing data from multiple points to identify anomalies, suspicious activity, and potential threats before they escalate.
Respond: Take Action on Detected Events
The Respond function develops and implements techniques to contain the impact of detected cybersecurity incidents. This includes response planning, analysis, mitigation, and a documented incident response plan with compliance reporting and remediation of identified risks.
- Documented incident response planning
- Analysis, mitigation, and containment procedures
- Compliance with reporting requirements
- Remediation of identified risks
Respond
The Respond function develops and implements techniques to contain the impact of detected cybersecurity incidents. This includes response planning, analysis, mitigation, and a documented incident response plan with compliance reporting and remediation of identified risks.
Recover: Restore Normal Operations
The Recover function ensures your organization can return to normal operations as quickly as possible. Recovery procedures are tested, executed, and maintained on an ongoing basis. After each event, recovery planning is improved to mitigate effects sooner in the future.
- Recovery procedures tested and maintained
- Mitigate effects and restore operations sooner
- Recovery planning improved after events
- Lessons learned incorporated into processes
Recover
The Recover function ensures your organization can return to normal operations as quickly as possible. Recovery procedures are tested, executed, and maintained on an ongoing basis. After each event, recovery planning is improved to mitigate effects sooner in the future.
How We Use the NIST Framework
Our six-step process follows the NIST CSF implementation methodology to assess, plan, and continuously improve your cybersecurity posture.
Prioritize, Scope, and Orient
Define business objectives, identify critical systems and assets, and understand the organizational context that will shape the rest of the assessment.
Create a Current Profile
Indicate which Category and Subcategory outcomes from the Framework are currently being achieved by your organization.
Conduct a Risk Assessment
Analyze your operational environment to determine the likelihood and impact of cybersecurity events on your organization.
Create a Target Profile
Assess your desired cybersecurity outcomes and define the target state your organization is working to achieve.
Compare Profiles
Create a prioritized action plan by comparing your current profile against your target profile to identify gaps and opportunities.
Implement Action Plan
Take action on identified gaps, monitor progress, and repeat the process continuously to improve your cybersecurity posture over time.
Continuous improvement is built into the process. The NIST Framework is not a one-time audit. After implementing your action plan, you cycle back through the steps to refine your profile, re-assess risk, and raise your security posture over time. PremierePC manages this cycle for you as part of our ongoing cybersecurity services.
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