NIST Offers Free Self-Assessment Tool for Cybersecurity

Do you have a cybersecurity framework in place? Or are you looking to build a better plan for securing your organization’s data for 2017? Well, consider utilizing the NIST (National Institute of Standards of Technology) Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder. NIST created the Baldridge Cybersecurity Excellence Builder to help enterprises evaluate the impact and effectiveness of their cybersecurity risk management initiatives.

NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework and the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program served as the model for the self-assessment tool. The NIST program provides a framework to improve organizations performance and get sustainable results. Organizations of all sizes can use the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder to:

• determine cybersecurity-related activities that are important to business strategy and the delivery of critical services;
• prioritize investments in managing cyber security risk;
• assess the effectiveness and efficiency in using cybersecurity standards, guidelines, and practices;
• assess their cybersecurity results; and
• identify priorities for improvement.

NIST’s Baldrige Cybersecurity Builder helps organizations determine their cybersecurity maturity level- classified as “reactive,” “early,” “mature,” or “role model”. Once you complete the self-assessment tool you can create an action plan. NIST suggest organizations periodically use the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder to maintain and improve cybersecurity.

To download a draft of Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder click here.