The National Institute of Standards and Technology released NIST Interagency Report (IR) 8286 to respond to the increasing frequency, creativity, and variety of cybersecurity attacks. NIST advises enterprises should ensure cybersecurity risk receives the appropriate attention along with other risk disciplines–legal, financial, and more – within their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs. NISTIR 8286 is intended to help cybersecurity risk management practitioners at all levels of the enterprise, in private and public sectors, to better understand and practice cybersecurity risk management within the context of ERM.
Through the use of an organizing construct of a risk register, enterprises and their component organizations can better identify, assess, communicate, and manage their cybersecurity risks in the context of their stated mission and business objectives using language and constructs already familiar to senior leaders.
NISTIR 8286, Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), promotes greater understanding of the relationship between cybersecurity risk management and ERM, and the benefits of integrating those approaches.
Publication details for NISTIR 8286:
https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8286/final
Related publication: NISTIR 8170, Approaches for Federal Agencies to Use the Cybersecurity Framework:
https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8170/final
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The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the Nation’s measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops tests, test methods, reference data, proof of concept implementations, and technical analyses to advance the development and productive use of information technology. ITL’s responsibilities include the development of management, administrative, technical, and physical standards and guidelines for the cost-effective security and privacy of other than national security-related information in federal information systems.