Has anyone used CMMI Cybermaturity framework to benchmark or improve Cybersecurity maturity? I believe it is suitable to large organizations and not small or medium ones. It also needs a lot of time in order to show improvements, do you agree?

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VP of Operations2 days ago

We use the Essential 8.
I believe an overall framework is key to get the whole organization to align and take the necessary steps to reach the necessary maturity in this field even if this can be perceived as slow at times.

Chief Information Security Officer in Government23 days ago

We use NIST but that is principally because of how widely it is used. My advice would be to clear what you are doing the maturity and benchmarking assessment for. If it is to measure progress internally, self assessment is more engaging so use something familiar to the workforce. If you wish to benchmark, consider what others in your field most often use. If it is to provide independent assessment to stakeholders, consider who they would trust to do it and what is most familiar to them.

Director of Information Securitya month ago

It's too extensive for us, so we only use NIST

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