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ISO 27001 vs SOC 2 vs NIST CSF: Which Compliance Framework Does Your Business Actually Need?
ISO 27001 is a certification, SOC 2 is an attestation report, and NIST CSF 2.0 is a voluntary framework — three different answers to "prove you are secure," each favoured by different customers and geographies. This guide compares them head to head on what they are, who asks for them, cost, timeline and effort, then gives a decision framework for choosing one (or sequencing several), and shows how to build a single control set that satisfies all three at once.
NIST CSF 2.0 Explained: The Six Functions, Tiers, and Profiles — A Practical Guide
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, released in February 2024, is a voluntary framework for organising, assessing and communicating cybersecurity risk. Version 2.0 added a sixth function — Govern — and widened the framework beyond critical infrastructure to organisations of every size. This guide explains the six Functions and their Categories, the Core / Tiers / Profiles structure, how to run a Current-to-Target gap assessment, the new Govern function and CSF Tiers, and how CSF maps to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 so it becomes the connective tissue of a single compliance programme.