Gap Analysis Activity — TechKnowSurge

About this interactive

Gap analysis is how security professionals translate assessment findings into an actionable remediation roadmap. This activity presents five real-world-style findings from a fictional organization and asks you to categorize each one under the correct NIST CSF function — Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, or Recover. Getting the categorization right is the first step toward prioritizing remediation work and communicating risk to leadership.

What you'll learn

Identify the NIST Cybersecurity Framework function (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover) that corresponds to each security gap finding from an assessment report
Recognize how real-world security deficiencies map to a structured framework as the first step in producing a prioritized remediation roadmap

Key terms

Gap Analysis: A process of comparing an organization's current security or compliance posture against required standards to identify deficiencies that must be remediated.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A voluntary framework developed by NIST that provides organizations with a policy framework of computer security guidance for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding to, and recovering from cyberattacks. Originally created for critical infrastructure, CSF 2.0 expanded to address organizations of all sizes and sectors and added a Govern function.
Security Assessment and Authorization: Security Assessment and Authorization is a formal process for evaluating security controls and granting official approval for a system to operate, forming the basis of NIST Risk Management Framework authorization activities.
Risk Assessment: The process of identifying, analyzing, and evaluating risks to determine their potential impact.

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