WEF introduces cyber resilience framework; index to increase organisational security
The World Economic Forum released a cyber security framework and suggestions for enhancing cyber resilience
By Shashank Bhardwaj
The World Economic Forum (WEF) introduced its Cyber Resilience Framework (CRF) and Cyber Resilience Index (CRI) in a whitepaper on cyber resilience released on Thursday. The report was written in partnership with the professional services firm Accenture. It comes after the Global Cybersecurity Outlook, which WEF released in January.
According to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook, only 55 percent of cyber leaders believed that company risk-management plans should incorporate cyber resilience. After considering current frameworks, the industry-neutral CRF developed six principles with corresponding best practices and sub-practices. Sixty-four performance measures were then offered under the CRI.
Algirde Pipikaite, lead at WEF Centre for Cybersecurity, has stated, “The working group to develop the CRI brought [together] more than 50 executives from [the] public and private sector and worked for a year.” She also highlighted, “We hosted eight…
