December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
361 pages
6h 26m
English
book
The Cyber Security Handbook – Prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks
by Alan Calder
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CHAPTER 27: CORE
One way to approach standards and frameworks, especially if you are not sure whether they are right for your organisation, is to start small and work your way up. The more basic frameworks can also be a good way of generally getting started with cyber security, as they tend to be affordable and relatively straightforward to implement.
27.1 Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials is a UK government scheme supported by the NCSC, and is intended to help organisations of any size demonstrate their commitment to cyber security, while keeping the approach simple and the costs low.
The scheme focuses on five key cyber security controls, which are basic yet protect organisations from around 80% of common cyber attacks, and has two tiers of ...