The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a set of guidelines for mitigating organizational cybersecurity risks, published by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology based on existing standards, guidelines and practices. The NIST Framework Core has 5 functions that apply to (Cybersecurity) Risk Management and address the Cybersecurity objectives of an organization:  1) IDENTIFY  2) PROTECT  3) DETECT  4) RESPOND   5) RECOVER