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Cybersecurity Program

What is Cybersecurity Program?

A comprehensive set of policies, procedures, technologies, and personnel dedicated to protecting an organization's digital assets and managing cyber risk.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cybersecurity program. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on cybersecurity program

Requirements naming cybersecurity program across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The organisation has a cybersecurity program strategy, in its simplest form a list of objectives with the actions to reach them, even if developed and managed ad hoc.

australian-energy-sector-cyber-security-framework-aescsf::PROGRAM-1a · PROGRAM-1a: A cybersecurity program strategy exists →

Maintain a written cybersecurity program based on the Risk Assessment that performs the core functions: identify, protect, detect, respond, recover, and fulfill reporting obligations.

§500.2 · Cybersecurity Program →
C2M21 control

PROGRAM domain. Establish and maintain an enterprise cybersecurity program with governance, sponsorship, resourcing and periodic management review, and an information-sharing capability.

PROGRAM-1 · Establish and Maintain the Cybersecurity Program →

Contracts with suppliers and third-party partners are used to implement appropriate measures designed to meet the objectives of an organization's cybersecurity program and Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Plan..

nist-cybersecurity-framework-1-1::ID.SC-3 · ID.SC-3: Contracts with suppliers and third-party partners are used to implement appropriate measures designed to meet the objectives of an organization's cybersecurity program and Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Plan. →

The board or its committee reviews and approves the cybersecurity program at least annually.

ffiec-cybersecurity-assessment-tool-cat::D1.G.Ov.E.1 · D1.G.Ov.E.1 Oversight (Evolving 1) →
API 11641 control

The IAC cybersecurity plan must provide governance processes through which the organisation's exposure on regulatory, legal, environmental and operational fronts feeds into how IAC cyber risk is managed;

api-1164::ID.GV-1 · ID.GV-1 IAC cybersecurity plan governance, performance measurement and review →

Questions people ask about cybersecurity program

What is Cybersecurity Program?
A comprehensive set of policies, procedures, technologies, and personnel dedicated to protecting an organization's digital assets and managing cyber risk.
Why is Cybersecurity Program important for compliance?
Cybersecurity Program is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding cybersecurity program helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Cybersecurity Program?
Cybersecurity Program appears in the requirement text of Australian Energy Sector Cyber Security Framework (AESCSF), NY DFS 23 NYCRR 500, C2M2, NIST Cybersecurity Framework 1.1, FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT). Across these standards we have identified 26 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Cybersecurity Program?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how cybersecurity program applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.