Cybersecurity Framework Overview Executive Order 13636 “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”

1. Cybersecurity Framework OverviewExecutive Order 13636“Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” Brian Hubbard Account Manager brian.hubbard@g2-inc.com (301) 575-5106 January 22, 2014

2. Executive Order 13636—Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity “It is the policy of the United States to enhance the security and resilience of the Nation’s critical infrastructure and to maintain a cyber environment that encourages efficiency, innovation, and economic prosperity while promoting safety, security, business confidentiality, privacy, and civil liberties” • NIST is directed to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework for reducing cyber risks to critical infrastructure

3. The Cybersecurity Framework For the Cybersecurity Framework to meet the requirements of the Executive Order, it must: • include a set of standards, methodologies, procedures, and processesthat align policy, business, and technological approaches to address cyber risks. • provide a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective approachto help owners and operators of critical infrastructure identify, assess, and manage cyber risk. • identify areas for improvement

4. Development of the Preliminary Framework EO 13636 Issued – February 12, 2013 NIST Issues RFI – February 26, 2013 1st Framework Workshop – April 03, 2013 Completed – April 08, 2013 Identify Common Practices/Themes – May 15, 2013 2nd Framework Workshop at CMU – May 29-31, 2013 Ongoing Engagement: Open public comment and review encouraged and promoted throughout the process Draft Outline of Preliminary Framework – June 2013 3rd Framework Workshop at UCSD – July 10-12, 2013 4th Framework Workshop at UT Dallas – September 11-13, 2013 Publish Preliminary Framework – October 29, 2013

5. Getting from the Preliminary Framework to the Final Framework and Beyond Publish Preliminary Framework – October 29, 2013 Begin 45 day Public Comment Period Stakeholder outreach discussion continue 5th Framework Workshop at NCSU – Nov 14-15, 2013 Public comment period closed – December 13, 2013 Ongoing Engagement: Open public comment and review encouraged and promoted throughout the process Complete comment resolution and disposition Publish Cybersecurity Framework – February 2014 Framework maintenance and updates

6. Framework Components Framework Core • Cybersecurity activities and references that are common across critical infrastructure sectors organized around particular outcomes. Framework Profile • Alignment of standards, guidelines and practices to the Framework Core in a particular implementation scenario • “Current” Profile vs. “Target” Profile Framework Implementation Tiers • Capture how an organization views cybersecurity risk and the processes in place to manage that risk

7. Framework Core

8. Framework Functions The five Framework Core Functions provide the highest level of structure: • Identify – Develop the institutional understanding to manage cybersecurity risk to systems, assets, data, and capabilities • Protect– Develop and implement the appropriate safeguards, prioritized through the organization’s risk management process, to ensure delivery of critical infrastructure services • Detect – Develop and implement the appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event. • Respond– Develop and implement the appropriate activities, prioritized through the organization’s risk management process (including effective planning), to take action regarding a detected cybersecurity event. • Recover- Develop and implement the appropriate activities, prioritized through the organization’s risk management process, to restore the appropriate capabilities that were impaired due to a cybersecurity event.   

9. Framework Categories • Categories are the subdivisions of a Function into groups of cybersecurity activities, more closely tied to programmatic needs

10. Subcategories and Informative References • Informative References are specific sections of standards, guidelines and practices common among critical infrastructure sectors that illustrate a method to achieve the outcomes associated with each Subcategory. • The Informative References presented in the Framework Core are not exhaustive, and organizations are free to implement other standards, guidelines, and practices. • Subcategories- subdivide a Category into specific outcomes of technical and/or management activiites

11. Framework Core - Sample

12. Framework Profiles • Enables organizations to establish a roadmap to reducing cybersecurity risk • Used to describe current state and desired target state • Comparison of profiles reveals gaps that may be addressed to meet cybersecurity risk management objectives

13. Framework Implementation Tiers • The Framework Implementation Tiers (“Tiers”) are a lens through which to view the characteristics of the organization’s approach to risk • Tiers range from Partial (Tier 1) to Adaptive (Tier 4) • Tier selection process considers • an organization’s current risk management practices • threat environment • legal and regulatory requirements • business/mission objectives • organizational constraints

14. How to Use the Framework An organization’s risks, policies, and procedures will ultimately drive its Framework adoption Framework Use Cases: • Basic Review of Cybersecurity Practices • Establish or Improve a Cybersecurity Program • Communicating Cybersecurity Requirements with Stakeholders • Identifying Opportunities for New or Revised Informative References Framework Provides a Methodology to Protect Privacy and Civil Liberties

15. Thank You The Cybersecurity Framework is available at http://www.nist.gov/itl/cyberframework.cfm Brian Hubbard G2 Inc. Brian.hubbard@g2-inc.com (301) 575-5106