Assignment:
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400 to 600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
• Identify at least 1 cybersecurity commonly applicable standard and 1 sector-specific standard.
• Explain their relevance.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
• What are the most well-known cybersecurity standards?
• What standards are applicable to a wide range of organizations and systems?
• Which sectors have specific security requirements?
• What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
• National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2010). Guide for applying the risk management framework to federal information systems:
A security life cycle approach.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2017). Risk management framework for information systems and organizations: A system life cycle approach for security and privacy (Discussion draft).
Assignment Objectives
• Analyze core standards that organizations must apply to effectively guard against cybersecurity intrusions