Assessing Corporate Cybersecurityintermediate
According to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), an organization using the CSF Core to assess its cybersecurity risk management is required to adopt a detailed control catalog.
Answer
False
Explanation
### Why this is right
The case says an organization may analyze its risk-management portfolio using the Functions and Core. It also says the analysis may or may not rely on more detailed company guidance, such as control catalogs.
### The concept
Framework use is left to the implementing organization. Detailed control material may help, but the case does not make it mandatory in every application.
### The other options
- **The statement is false**: the first clause is consistent with the case, but the claim that detailed guidance is always required is not.
### Watch out
A statement can combine a true clause with an incorrect absolute such as “must always.”
### Remember
The case presents control catalogs as optional support, not a universal requirement.
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