Despite the overwhelming praise the NIST cybersecurity framework has received, only 29% of Tenable Network Security survey respondents have adopted the framework. The security company cited the lack of a regulatory mandate as one reason for the low implementation rate.

Seventy percent of survey respondents approved of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity as an industry best practice, but more than 50% of current and future adopters said the level of investment needed in order to fully conform with the framework was high.

Created as a result of collaboration between the cybersecurity industry and government, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework consists of standards, guidelines and practices to promote the protection of critical infrastructure. More organizations plan to adopt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in the next 12 months than any other IT security framework.

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Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).