From the course: NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 Primer: From Fundamentals to Implementation by Pearson
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The Govern (GV) function
From the course: NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 Primer: From Fundamentals to Implementation by Pearson
The Govern (GV) function
We'll begin our tour of the CSF core functions with the govern function, the new kid on the block. And again, this has to do with governance or kind of how the business is run, specifically with an eye to cybersecurity risk management. So NIST defines the govern function as the organization's cybersecurity risk management strategy, expectations, and policy are established. So they are actually like created. They're communicated so people know about them. That's important. And then they're monitored. So we keep an eye on these things to ensure that they are having the intended effect, that they're managing risk properly, for instance. Okay. So that's at a high level, but then there are individual categories within the government function. Six to be precise. So we'll go through these and kind of summarize them. I've added NIST's definition on the right-hand side of the slides and then I'll kind of like verbally summarize them as quickly and like accurately as I can so that you aren't…
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