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Security Culture

What is Security Culture?

The collective attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors within an organization regarding the importance and practice of information security.

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What the standards actually require on security culture

Requirements naming security culture across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

The board of directors or executive committee champions a positive cyber security culture within their organisation, including through leading by example.

ISM-2001 · The board of directors or executive committee champions a positive cyber security culture

Institution fosters a security-aware culture through tone at the top, training, and accountability mechanisms.

IS-II.B.1 · Information Security Culture

Per Australian Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2024 Governance: security culture + governance. Requirements include (a) develop + maintain Security Culture across entity + (b) implement Security Risk Management including identification + tr...

PSPF24-1 · Security Culture, Governance, Risk Management

Defence and its partners must establish security governance (accountable authority, roles and responsibilities), manage security risk, foster a positive security culture, and provide assurance over the security of people, information and assets.

DSPF-GOV-PRIN · Security governance, risk management and culture

Annual information security training, cybersecurity awareness programs, and security culture development

CAT-D1-4 · Training and culture

Questions people ask about security culture

What is Security Culture?
The collective attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors within an organization regarding the importance and practice of information security.
Why is Security Culture important for compliance?
Security Culture is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding security culture helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Security Culture?
Security Culture appears in the requirement text of Australian Information Security Manual, FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2024, Defence Security Principles Framework (DSPF), FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT). Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Security Culture?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how security culture 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 686 frameworks.

See how Security Culture applies across compliance frameworks

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