Saturday, August 26, 2017

NIST: Why Try the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder?



By Jacqueline Calhoun

Which cybersecurity-related activities are most important to your business strategy and critical service delivery? How do you assess the effectiveness and efficiency of your use of cybersecurity standards, guidelines, and practices? To answer these questions and build excellence in your cybersecurity risk management system, consider a self-assessment with a new tool called the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder.

Organizations of all types are becoming more vulnerable to cyber threats due to their increasing dependence on computers, networks, programs and applications, social media, and data. Security breaches can negatively impact organizations and their workforce, customers, and other stakeholders, with both financial and reputational damage potentially lasting many years. Balancing the conflicting demands of connectivity and accessibility with security, reliability, and confidentiality means that risk management and measuring the effectiveness of cybersecurity practices is critical.

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