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NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

CSF 2.0 provides a common language for understanding, prioritizing, and communicating cybersecurity risk. It is intended for organizations of any size, sector, or maturity level.

Scope

The framework organizes cybersecurity outcomes without prescribing a single technology stack. Organizational Profiles describe current and target outcomes; Tiers help characterize how cybersecurity risk is governed and managed.

Core structure

01

Govern

Set strategy, policy, roles, oversight, supply-chain expectations, and risk appetite.

02

Identify

Understand assets, data, dependencies, threats, vulnerabilities, and risk.

03

Protect

Apply safeguards such as identity controls, training, data security, and platform resilience.

04

Detect

Monitor systems and analyze events so anomalous activity is discovered promptly.

05

Respond

Manage incidents through communication, analysis, mitigation, and improvement.

06

Recover

Restore capabilities, communicate recovery, and incorporate lessons learned.

Operational evidence examples

Cybersecurity strategy, governance charter, and assigned owners
Asset, software, service, and data-flow inventories
Risk register, treatment decisions, and supplier reviews
Access reviews, configuration baselines, logs, alerts, and incident records
Response exercises, recovery tests, and corrective-action tracking

How ShadowCore uses this reference

Map policies and technical controls to explicit CSF outcomes
Preserve approval, change, and operational evidence for review
Use observability and incident workflows across Detect, Respond, and Recover
Keep human authority visible within the Govern function

Boundaries and claims

NIST CSF is voluntary guidance, not a certification or audit opinion.

An organization must define its own scope, Profile, priorities, and acceptable risk.

Official source: NIST Cybersecurity Framework
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Public reference material for product design and readiness planning. It is not legal advice, certification, or an independent assessment.