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Security & Assurance · NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

A voluntary, outcome-based framework organized around six functions, Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover, used to measure and mature a cybersecurity program.
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Issued by

NIST

Typical timeline

4-8 weeks assessment

Assessed by

Self or third-party assessment

Validity

Re-assess annually

Overview

  • 01Critical infrastructure and regulated industries
  • 02Boards wanting a maturity baseline
  • 03Organizations aligning to US federal expectations

Requirements

  1. 01Current profileWhere you are today across the framework's categories and subcategories.
  2. 02Target profileWhere you need to be, based on risk and business objectives.
  3. 03Implementation tiersRigour of risk management practices, from Partial to Adaptive.
  4. 04RoadmapPrioritized actions to close the gap between profiles.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

PHParallax HealthBoston, US
Sample

3

Frameworks in one program

Three frameworks, one fieldwork window, zero engineering fire drills.

SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAA

FAQ

Typical timeline: 4-8 weeks assessment, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. NIST CSF shares substantial control overlap with NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

ITGC

Security & AssurancePCAOB / external auditors

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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