The Secure Controls Framework (SCF) is a FREE, comprehensive cybersecurity and data privacy metaframework designed to help organizations build secure, compliant and resilient capabilities. Instead of managing multiple, overlapping laws, regulations and frameworks independently, the SCF normalizes requirements into a Common Controls Framework (CCF) that supports multiple statutory, regulatory and contractual compliance requirements.

The SCF utilizes Set Theory Relationship Mapping (STRM) from NIST IR 8477 to create defensible mappings, so there is transparency with the SCF that other frameworks lack. You can see for yourself why one or more SCF controls map to a requirement from a specific law, regulation or framework.

By normalizing controls across laws, regulations, and industry standards, the SCF enables organizations to reduce compliance complexity while improving security program effectiveness. The SCF helps organizations implement practical safeguards, generate defensible evidence of control effectiveness and demonstrate accountability to regulators, customers and other stakeholders.

With the SCF, cybersecurity becomes more than compliance, where it becomes a sustainable system for managing risk, protecting information and ensuring operational resilience in an increasingly complex threat and regulatory environment.