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Under Cybersecurity, there is a framework developed to help organisations to better understand and improve their management of cybersecurity risk.

The Cybersecurity framework consists of standards, guidance, and best practices.

It stages of the framework:

1. Identify

2. Protect

3. Detect

4. Respond

5. Recover

The cyber security framework help organisations prioritise, become flexible and cost-effective in promoting and dealing with protection and resilience of critical infrastructure and other parts critical to the national security and economy.

For further information and/or questions about the Cybersecurity Framework please contact:  cyberframework@nist.gov