SECURITYATLAS✳

✳ Outcome taxonomy and program communication tool / CSF 2.0

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

NIST CSF 2.0 organizes cybersecurity outcomes into six Functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. The Framework Core holds those outcomes, Organizational Profiles describe current and target states, and Tiers describe how rigorously an organization discusses and manages risk. It is written so organizations of many sizes can communicate priorities without prescribing a single architecture or product list.

What it helps you do

Give leaders and operators a shared language for scoping outcomes, comparing current versus target profiles, and assigning owners. Riverstone can say “Protect driver authentication” and “Recover YardOS” without pretending a purchase completed those outcomes.

A useful way to begin

  1. Write a one-page profile: which assets matter, which Functions are in scope, and who owns each sentence.
  2. Map one live risk, such as the internet VPN, across Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover, and Govern.
  3. Choose evidence you already produce (patch tickets, restore tests, MFA enrollment) before inventing new paperwork.
  4. Use Tiers only as a conversation about process rigor, not as a marketing score.

What evidence could look like

  • A current-profile note listing internet-facing appliances and their owners, dated and reviewed.
  • A recover-function record of the last YardOS restore test, including who ran it and what failed.

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