Cybersecurity Strategy
What is Cybersecurity Strategy?
A high-level plan that defines an organization's approach to managing cybersecurity risk and protecting its digital assets over a defined period.
Terms that appear alongside cybersecurity strategy
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cybersecurity strategy. The number is how many controls name both.
- cybersecurity 29 shared controls
- governance 11 shared controls
- nist 8 shared controls
- policy 8 shared controls
- information security 7 shared controls
- compliance 7 shared controls
- incident response 6 shared controls
- iso 27001 6 shared controls
Frameworks that govern cybersecurity strategy
What the standards actually require on cybersecurity strategy
Requirements naming cybersecurity strategy across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The entity identifies, documents and approves a cybersecurity strategy, which is supported by the head of the entity or his or her delegate (the Authorized Official); the strategy's goals must align with the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements.
saudi-nca-ecc::1-1-1 · 1-1-1 Cybersecurity strategy defined and approved →Develop organizational cybersecurity strategy aligned with Kuwait's national cybersecurity strategy. Establish comprehensive security policies.
KUWAIT-GOV-01 · Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy →Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is established based on organizational context, cybersecurity strategy, and priorities and is communicated and enforced
NIST-CSF-GV.PO-01 · Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is established based on organizational context, cybersecurity strategy, and priorities and is communicated and enforced →The cybersecurity strategy is part of, or conceptually fits inside, the enterprise-wide risk management strategy.
ffiec-cybersecurity-assessment-tool-cat::D1.G.SP.Int.3 · D1.G.SP.Int.3 Strategy/Policies (Intermediate 3) →Intermediate control principles for strategy and policies (required, with baseline, of an AI whose inherent risk is medium). The cybersecurity strategy is aimed at strengthening cyber resilience;
hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::1.2.I · 1.2 Strategy and policies: intermediate level →Information system Security Management and Assessment Program (ISMAP) Japan - the Japanese government cloud security assessment program launched June 2020 (formal operations began 1 January 2021) + replaces older Common Cloud Procurement Guidelines + similar i...
ISMAP-Scope-2020Launch-MIC-METI-NISC-ISMAP-LIU-Standard-Critical-Tiers-CloudServiceList-Registration · ISMAP Scope + 2020 Launch + MIC/METI/NISC Tri-Ministry Governance + Cloud Service List + 3 Tiers (LIU + Standard + Critical) + ISMAP-LIU Simplified Assurance + Government Procurement Eligibility →Questions people ask about cybersecurity strategy
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