Some of the national and international agreements, frameworks, laws, and information about cybersecurity.
 

United States

• National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America (September 2018)
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Cooperation Portal on Cybercrime  (choose "National Legislation" (on the right)
• "Sarbanes-Oxley Act" -- This 2002 law passed during the 107th Congress; its real name is "U.S. Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act." Some sections affect IT security policies, especially 301, 302, 404, and 409. 

International

• Council of Europe -- Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)  -- In the box on the top right, enter a word; choose "Thematic Search," and see that one of the "hot topics" is Cybersecurity

Examples of corporate reports about threats to cybersecurity -- all current as of August 2019.

These reports contain categories of incident, what countries were involved, timelines, statistics about costs, trends, and more.
(They are all free, but require registration.)

• Cisco -- Annual Cybersecurity Report (scroll down and fill out the information)
• Mandiant -- M-Trends 2019
• NopSec -- 2018 State of Vulnerability Risk Management Report
• proofpoint -- Annual Healthcare Cybersecurity Threat Report (free registration)
• Symantec -- Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR)
• verizon -- Data Breach Investigations Report
• wipro -- State of Cybersecurity Report 2019 (free registration)

• Energy Department (DOE) -- Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- Cybersecurity for Small Business (includes more U.S. gov resources)
• Health and Human Services Department (DHHS) -- HHS Cybersecurity Program
• Homeland Security -- CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -- National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE); here is the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
• National Security Agency (NSA) -- Cybersecurity
• Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (HealthIT.gov)

Begin by looking at the Standards page on this guide.

More information:
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