Cybersecurity Maturity
What is Cybersecurity Maturity?
The level of sophistication and effectiveness of an organization's cybersecurity practices, measured against a defined scale of capability levels.
Terms that appear alongside cybersecurity maturity
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cybersecurity maturity. The number is how many controls name both.
- cybersecurity 10 shared controls
- nist 6 shared controls
- maturity model 5 shared controls
- incident response 4 shared controls
- certification 4 shared controls
- risk assessment 3 shared controls
- policy 3 shared controls
- security incident 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern cybersecurity maturity
What the standards actually require on cybersecurity maturity
Requirements naming cybersecurity maturity across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The FSA Cybersecurity Maturity Self-Assessment Tool (Saiba Sekyuritii Jiko Hyouka Tool サイバーセキュリティ自己評価ツール) is the centrepiece annual assessment requirement for Japanese financial institutions + first introduced 2017 + significantly enhanced 2022 + sector-specif...
JP-FSA-CYB-Cybersecurity-Maturity-Self-Assessment-Tool-Annual-Submission-Risk-Tier-Based-Tier1-Tier2-Tier3 · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Maturity Self-Assessment Tool + Annual Submission + Risk-Tier-Based + Tier 1 Foundational + Tier 2 Enhanced + Tier 3 Advanced + FSA Inspection + Plan-Do-Check-Act + Continuous Improvement + Industry Benchmarking →Per PSPF Information Security: protect official information. Requirements include (a) implement Essential Eight Maturity Model aligned to data sensitivity + (b) implement Information Security Manual (ISM) controls + (c) protect classified information per Austr...
PSPF24-2 · Information Security, Cybersecurity Maturity, Essential Eight →FISMA + FedRAMP coordination for cloud services. FEDRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) operationalizes FISMA for CLOUD SERVICES used by federal agencies (established by OMB Memorandum M-11-30 + modernized by M-24-15 of July 2024).
FISMA-FedRAMP-Cloud-Coordination · FedRAMP for Cloud Services + 800-37 ATO Integration →Institution periodically assesses inherent cyber risk and cybersecurity maturity across domains with board-reported results.
IS-X.B.2 · Cybersecurity Assessment and Maturity →STATERAMP + GovRAMP are FedRAMP-aligned authorization programs for state + local + tribal governments. STATERAMP (https://stateramp.org/) - non-profit organization + administers state-government cloud authorization mirroring FedRAMP processes + uses FedRAMP-co...
FedRAMP-StateRAMP-GovRAMP · Coordination with StateRAMP, GovRAMP and state + local + tribal government cloud authorization →HKMA CYBERSECURITY FORTIFICATION INITIATIVE (CFI) - announced May 2016 + ongoing evolution + C-RAF v2.0 issued 6 May 2020 (Circular 20200506e1a1).
HKMA-CRAF-CFI-3Pillars-Scope-Mandatory · HKMA CFI 3 Pillars (C-RAF + PDP + CISP), Mandatory Scope and Supervisory Framework →Questions people ask about cybersecurity maturity
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