Recap: Navigating the NIST Cybersecurity Framework | Huntress

**Executive summary:** This blog-style guide summarizes the NIST Cybersecurity Framework's five core functions (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover), recommends CIS Controls v8 as a practical, prioritized complement, and offers pragmatic advice—such as asset inventory, access control, detection and incident response planning, testing backups, and tabletop exercises—along with links to further resources and a webinar to help organizations operationalize the framework.