Analysis: Could NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 be the beginning of international best practice?

By John E. Dunn It’s been nearly seven years since the 1.1 revision of NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework. What might be coming in version 2.0? Since its release in 2014, NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) has grown into the one of the world’s most influential cybersecurity references for best practice and planning. In January, the world finally caught sight of the draft CSF Concept Paper that will form the basis of the next version 2.0 overhaul due for release around mid-2023. From this draft, it is clear that the CSF is developing fast, taking on new and much wider ambitions since the…