To help organizations better conduct risk assessments, the Cybersecurity Collaborative (CSC), a division of CyberRisk Alliance, has created a guide to cybersecurity-based risk-assessment best practices and introduced what it calls the CSC Risk Assessment Maturity Model. Origins of the risk-assessment guideThe genesis of the risk-assessment guide, formally titled "Risk Assessments: Best Practices Guidance Document 2023," begins with a task force created by the Cybersecurity Collaborative in February 2023. "Risk assessments are the foundation of every cybersecurity program," the CSC risk-assessment guide observes, adding that "entities are often obligated to perform risk assessments by customer contracts, government and business regulations, and security standards." Hence the different maturity characteristics, which the CSC guide lists as:Not in place: "No administrative human or budgetary resources." Once again, to read the entire Cybersecurity Collaborative risk-assessment best-practices guide, log into your CSC member account or apply to become a CSC member at https://www.cyberleadersunite.com/contact-us.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2023 13:39 UTC