How to Plan a Cybersecurity Roadmap in 4 Steps

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has created this guide to help actors get started with their cybersecurity journey. Its purpose is to help prepare and raise awareness of common obstacles that can be avoided and how cybersecurity maturity can- be evolved. Over the course of the guide, a four-step process for planning out a cybersecurity journey is presented with tips on how cybersecurity journey’s can be mapped within existing security best practices and resources.

A cybersecurity roadmap is an assessment of current capabilities and gap analysis with a short to long-term vision for integrating security practices. The need to address future implementation, control enablement, and a road to follow is critical for organizational and prioritization purposes. It aims to help align  short-term destinations for control implementation and long-term strategies to assist in prioritization.