Security Culture
What is Security Culture?
The collective attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors within an organization regarding the importance and practice of information security.
Frameworks that govern security culture
What the standards actually require on security culture
Requirements naming security culture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Requirement 0023 (Part One: Governance, section 3.4 Security Planning, Incidents and Training; applies to All entities; dated 31 October 2024;
protective-security-policy-framework-pspf-release-2026::0023 · 0023 Positive security culture program →The board of directors or executive committee champions a positive cyber security culture within their organisation, including through leading by example.
ISM-2001 · Championing a positive cyber security culture →The board and management understand and support information security and resource its program, so that security processes are embedded in the culture, integrated into lines of business, support functions and third-party management and built into new initiative...
ffiec-it-examination-handbook::IS-I.A · I.A Security Culture (Information Security) →Recommendation: the State requires entities implementing the NCASP to promote, develop and implement measures and mechanisms that help establish a strong and effective security culture (added by Amendment 18).
icao-annex-17-aviation-security-avsec::3.4.7 · 3.4.7 Security culture →A positive cyber security culture and shared responsibility are developed. Partially achieved: executives understand and communicate its importance, expected behaviours are described, people know their contribution and how to raise issues, and barriers to secu...
uk-ncsc-caf::B6.a · B6.a Cyber security culture →Cyber security protects IT, OT, information and data against unauthorised access, manipulation and disruption, and incidents may come from targeted attacks, attacks on others that spill over, or plain error (for example chart data corrupted by a poisoned downl...
bimco-cyber-security::1.1 · Cyber security characteristics of the maritime industry →Questions people ask about security culture
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