Assess Cyber Maturity Levels With Kovrr’s Free NIST CSF Tool
Transform NIST Cybersecurity Framework maturity levels into quantified insights that foster data-driven strategies and enable organizations to prioritize the most impactful risk mitigation security updates.
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Download NIST ToolTranslate NIST Cybersecurity Maturity Into Actionable Data
Although the NIST CSF offers standardized guidelines for improving an organization's cyber posture and can demonstrate progress, it does not reveal the insights necessary for creating action plans. For example, while an upgrade in an implementation tier undoubtedly leads to a more secure environment, it's difficult to know which business pillar should be invested in next.
With Kovrr's free NIST CSF tool, CISOs can translate their cyber postures and maturity levels into objective figures that reveal their relative standings within the framework. Leveraging this information, cybersecurity leaders can then create customized strategies, allocating resources to the control groups that fall short of optimal maturity ratios.
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Streamline Communication With the Board and C-Suite
NIST's cybersecurity maturity model was, in large part, designed to help cybersecurity leaders communicate cyber risk to the board and other non-technical stakeholders. While more understandable than other frameworks, it still poses challenges for executives who want to comprehend the extent to which their organizations have implemented the framework.
By translating a company's NIST maturity levels quantified ratios, Kovrr's free tool facilitates meaningful communication. Key stakeholders will grasp how well the cybersecurity department is contributing to the business’s ability to operate safely within the risky digital landscape and will, therefore, be more likely to allocate the necessary resources to accelerate progress.
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Demonstrate Cybersecurity Effectiveness Over Time
Leverage Kovrr's free NIST quantification assessment tool every quarter to illuminate how much your organization's cybersecurity posture has matured over time. Track maturity ratios as they increase and utilize them in high-level meetings to demonstrate to the C-suite and board members that their investments are increasing and signify the business's preparedness and resilience in the wake of an attack.
CISOs can also harness these quantified benchmarks to justify additional spending requests. With the objective figures to provide continuous improvement, budget-makers are much more likely to allocate additional resources to the cybersecurity department, understanding the positive, long-term effects their financial decisions are producing.
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NIST Cybersecurity Framework FAQs
What is the NIST CSF maturity model assessment?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework is a set of guidelines created to help organizations assess and subsequently enhance cybersecurity risk management practices. The NIST framework is organized into six categories (identify, protect, detect, respond, recover, and govern), all of which can be evaluated according to different implementation levels. Organizations ultimately strive to elevate these implementation levels and demonstrate their continuous maturity in cybersecurity best practices.
Why should I augment my NIST assessment with CRQ?
Although NIST's cybersecurity maturity assessment provides a structured context for interpreting an organization's cyber posture, these evaluations often lack actionable insights that can be used to prioritize initiatives. By enhancing the results with an on-demand cyber risk quantification platform, the implementation levels are translated into objective data that can be used to drive decisions. Ultimately, it's much more useful to know that an organization has a 20% likelihood of experiencing a data breach as opposed to knowing a specific control has reached a Tier 4 maturity level.
What quantified data do I get with Kovrr’s free NIST tool?
Kovrr's free self-assessment for the NIST CSF framework provides maturity ratios that can demonstrate the relative maturity of control implementation according to the various pillars. By translating an organization's maturity levels into objectively quantified figures, CISOs and cyber risk managers can much more easily communicate with stakeholders regarding how well they've executed the framework. The numerical ratios likewise enable cybersecurity leaders to quickly demonstrate how their maturity has progressed over time, inspiring further investment and trust amongst key stakeholders.
What additional insights do I get with Kovrr’s full CRQ platform?
While Kovrr's free NIST assessment tool offers highly valuable insights, organizations can gain even more information with the full platform version. Our CRQ solution allows companies to input their NIST maturity levels, along with their unique organizational structure, subsequently generating an in-depth evaluation that reveals the likelihood of experiencing various cyber events in combination with their respective financial damages.
With the quantified financial information, CISOs and cybersecurity leaders can much more easily communicate with non-executive stakeholders, helping to guide risk appetite and tolerance thresholds and other budget allocation decisions. Kovrr's CRQ platform also breaks down these potential losses according to various scenarios, allowing for even more targeted, cost-effective risk mitigation strategies. Schedule a free demo today to learn more about the actionable data you can glean by quantifying NIST maturity levels with Kovrr.