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Voluntary, Risk-based Standards Help Facility Owners and Operators Better Manage Cybersecurity Risks

Dec 15, 2020
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Submitted by: Daryl Haegley Director, Mission Assurance & Cyber Deterrence at the DOD and (CS)²AI Fellow



Facility Cybersecurity Framework (FCF) provides a set of voluntary, risk-based standards and best practices to help facility owners and operators better manage cybersecurity risks.

For facility stakeholders, FCF provides a common taxonomy and mechanism to enable you to:

  • Describe your current posture

  • Describe your current target state

  • Identify and prioritize improvement opportunities

  • Assess your progress

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Reading https://nopeakotiutuskasino.com about how online casinos tier their risk controls made the FCF’s gap between current posture and target state feel especially practical—that’s where you actually decide what to fix first. In my facility, having a common taxonomy would have saved us from endless arguments over what “good enough” means. Voluntary standards work better for us because they let us adapt to real threats instead of checking boxes.

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