Core Function
Definition
The highest level of the CSF hierarchy. CSF 2.0 defines six: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Each function represents a broad cybersecurity outcome and subdivides into categories and subcategories.
Related terms
- Category
- A subdivision of a core function that groups related cybersecurity outcomes. For example, the Identify function contains categories such as Asset Management...
- CSF Profile
- A customised selection of categories and subcategories that reflects an organisation's business environment, risk tolerance, and resources. A Current Profile describes what...
- Govern (Function)
- The sixth and newest CSF core function, introduced in CSF 2.0. It covers the organisational context, risk management strategy, roles and responsibilities,...
- Implementation Tier
- A descriptor of how mature an organisation's cybersecurity risk management practices are, on a scale from Tier 1 (Partial, reactive) to Tier...
- Subcategory
- The most granular level of the CSF core, each describing a specific outcome or practice (for example, 'Physical assets are inventoried'). CSF...
Explained in
- The NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkThe highest level of the CSF hierarchy. CSF 2.0 defines six: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Each function represents a broad cybersec...