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The Chicago School of Cybersecurity: A Pragmatic Look at the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

In the last two years, there have been increasingly public data breaches and cybersecurity costs. But, the recent news has also brought positive attention to the developments in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. The NIST Framework is an important advancement in improving cybersecurity for all organizations. The Framework is a unifying single document that combines the best practices of preceding standards. The document itself consists of three main sections: Profile, Implementation Tiers, and Core. It is designed as a reference guide for organizations to conduct iterative cybersecurity evaluations and prioritize the areas that matter most according to their risk profile.

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The Chicago School of Cybersecurity: A Pragmatic Look at the NIST Cybersecurity Framework