Cybersecurity Assessment Frameworks

Reading Time: 7 minutesCybersecurity assessment frameworks are structured methodologies guiding organizations to establish and maintain robust cybersecurity postures. They provide a roadmap for identifying, assessing, and managing risks to digital assets, enhancing resilience, streamlining operations, and building trust. Cybersecurity is a core business enabler, requiring agile, adaptive security, strong governance, and leveraging a complementary ecosystem of frameworks to tailor security to unique needs.

OCTAVE Threat Modeling

Reading Time: 3 minutesn today’s complex digital landscape, securing your organization requires moving beyond simple checklists. You need a strategy that focuses on what truly matters: your most critical business assets. This is where the Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation (OCTAVE) framework comes in. Developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), OCTAVE provides a risk-based approach to threat modeling that aligns security efforts with business goals.

DREAD Threat Modeling

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe core of the blueprint is a modernized DREAD+ framework, which addresses the historical subjectivity of the original DREAD model. It provides a standardized, semi-quantitative method for prioritizing threats.