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Cybersecurity Frameworks

Explores major cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK. Articles explain how organizations select, implement, and measure the effectiveness of cybersecurity frameworks to manage risk and improve defenses.

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NIST Standards

NIST Standards: A Practical Guide for Real Security

In April 2021, the Colonial Pipeline hadn't yet made global headlines — but the SolarWinds breach was still fresh, and the Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities had just rattled tens of thousands of organizations. Every one of those incidents had something in common: the affected organizations either ignored or incompletely

Carl B. Johnson May 15, 2021 7 min read
NIST Standards

NIST Standards: A Practical Guide for Real-World Security

When Change Healthcare suffered its catastrophic ransomware attack in early 2024 — disrupting pharmacy operations across the United States for weeks — investigators found a familiar culprit: stolen credentials and no multi-factor authentication on a critical system. The company's parent, UnitedHealth Group, eventually disclosed the breach affected roughly 100 million

Carl B. Johnson Feb 02, 2019 7 min read