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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0

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National Institute of Standards and Technology·2024
DOI 10.6028/nist.cswp.29
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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 provides guidance to industry, government agencies, and other organizations to manage cybersecurity risks. It offers a taxonomy of high-level cybersecurity outcomes that can be used by any organization — regardless of its size, sector, or maturity — to better understand, assess, prioritize, and communicate its cybersecurity efforts. The CSF does not prescribe how outcomes should be achieved. Rather, it links to resources that provide additional guidance on practices and controls that could be used to achieve those outcomes. This document explains CSF 2.0 and its components and describes some of the many ways that it can be used.

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  • The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 released in 2024 and the Cybersecurity Performance Goals provide actionable implementation guidance for organizations initiating trust transformation programs in OT environments.

    “Complementary to ZTA, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 released in 2024 [6] and the Cybersecurity Performance Goals [3] provide actionable implementation guidance for organizations initiating trust transformation programs in OT environments.”

    From Zero Trust Architecture for Smart Factories: Securing Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical OT Systems (2026) · cites this paper as [6]

    The paper is dated February 26, 2024, and section 4 describes action-oriented Implementation Examples and Quick-Start Guides with actionable first steps for using the CSF. It does not present this guidance specifically for trust transformation programs in operational technology environments. The Cybersecurity Performance Goals have a separate citation in the sentence and are not assessed here. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, released in 2024, further embeds Zero Trust principles within a broader enterprise risk governance structure applicable to critical infrastructure sectors including manufacturing.

    “The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, released in 2024, further embeds these principles within a broader enterprise risk governance structure applicable to critical infrastructure sectors including manufacturing.[6]”

    From Zero Trust Architecture for Smart Factories: Securing Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical OT Systems (2026) · cites this paper as [6]

    The Preface and §2, Introduction to the CSF Core (page numbers unavailable), describe a framework for organizations across sectors that incorporates cybersecurity into broader enterprise risk management; this includes manufacturing by scope. The framework also includes access control and least privilege, but the passages found do not identify these as Zero Trust principles or say CSF 2.0 further embeds Zero Trust. The February 26, 2024 date is stated in the document. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The proposed architecture is explicitly designed to align with and extend the IEC 62443 industrial security standard and NIST CSF 2.0, enabling organizations with existing compliance programs to adopt this framework as a coherent extension rather than a competing model.

    “The proposed architecture is explicitly designed to align with and extend the IEC 62443 industrial security standard and NIST CSF 2.0, enabling organizations with existing compliance programs to adopt this framework as a coherent extension rather than a competing model.[4], [6], [8]”

    From Zero Trust Architecture for Smart Factories: Securing Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical OT Systems (2026) · cites this paper as [6]

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  • The proposed architecture aligns structurally with NIST CSF 2.0.

    “The architecture proposed in this study aligns structurally with NIST CSF 2.0, and suggests potential validity and practical applicability as a strategic security model [2].”

    From Towards Secure Legacy Manufacturing: A Policy-Driven Zero Trust Architecture Aligned with NIST CSF 2.0 (2025) · cites this paper as [2]

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Authors
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Publisher
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Published
2024-02-26
DOI
10.6028/nist.cswp.29
OpenAlex
W4385562826
Cited by
266
References
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Citations by year
2026: 160 · 2025: 73 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 1
Type
report
Language
en
Open access
Funders
Information Technology Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Technology Governance and Strategy
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
Keywords
NIST Cybersecurity Framework, cyber risk management, cybersecurity maturity, risk assessment, risk prioritization, cybersecurity controls, cybersecurity practices

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