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Cyber Assessment Framework
The Cyber Assessment Framework is a mechanism designed by NCSC for assuring the security of organisations. The CAF is tailored towards the needs of Critical National Infrastructure, to meet the NIS regulations, but the objectives can be used by other organisations. In addition to national public-sector and infrastructure bodies, the CAF is also being used by local government. Principles The CAF has fourteen objectives, grouped into four categories: These set high-level objectives which fit the needs of organisations handling high-impact data or performing essential functions. These have some similarities, but are not identical, to the categories of controls used by ISO 27001:2013. Objective A: Managing security risk * A.1 Governance * A.2 Risk management * A.3 Asset management * A.4 Supply chain Objective B: Protecting against cyber attack * B.1 Service protection policies and procedures * B.2 Identity and access control * B.3 Data security * B.4 System security * B.5 Resilient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is an organisation of the United Kingdom Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. Based in London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ. History The NCSC absorbed and replaced CESG (the information security arm of GCHQ), the Centre for Cyber Assessment (CCA), Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT UK) and the cyber-related responsibilities of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). It built on earlier efforts of these organisations and the Cabinet Office to provide guidance on Information Assurance to the UK's wider private sector, such as the "10 Steps" guidance released in January 2015. In pre-launch announcements, the UK government stated that the NCSC would first work with the Bank of England to advise financial institutions on how to bolster online defences. The centre was first announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NIS Regulations
Nis, Niš, NiS or NIS may refer to: Places * Niš, a city in Serbia * Nis, Iran, a village * Ness, Lewis ( gd, Nis, links=no), a village in the Outer Hebrides islands Businesses and organizations * Naftna Industrija Srbije, Petroleum Industry of Serbia * Nagoya International School * Nanjing International School * National Institute of Sports, India * , railway company in the Dutch East Indies * Nippon Ichi Software, a video game developer * Norwegian International Ship Register, ( no, Norsk Internasjonalt Skipsregister, links=no) * Nuclear Information Service, independent UK organisation Military, intelligence and security * National Intelligence Service (other), abbreviated NIS in some countries ** National Intelligence Service (Greece) ** National Intelligence Service (South Africa), former agency ** National Intelligence Service (South Korea) * Norwegian Intelligence Service * Naval Investigative Service, later Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. * Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Critical National Infrastructure
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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