NIST CSF Compliance Checklist for Real Estate

Identify the organization's role in the supply chain and critical infrastructure sector including dependencies and functions.

Establish the organization's priorities, constraints, risk tolerances, and assumptions for managing operational risk.

Maintain a current inventory of all physical devices, systems, software platforms, and applications within the organization.

Create policies, procedures, and processes to manage and monitor regulatory, legal, risk, and operational requirements.

Identify threats and vulnerabilities to organizational assets and determine the likelihood and impact of potential cybersecurity events.

Train all users including partners and third parties on cybersecurity awareness including role-based training.

Deploy technical security solutions including endpoint protection, email security, and web filtering.

Perform and log maintenance and repairs of organizational assets with approved and controlled tools.

Limit access to physical and logical assets to authorized users, processes, and devices based on approved authorizations.

Implement data security controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

Establish baselines of network operations and expected data flows and detect anomalous activity.

Define and test detection processes and procedures to ensure timely and adequate awareness of anomalous events.

Implement continuous monitoring capabilities to detect cybersecurity events and verify the effectiveness of protective measures.

Coordinate response activities with internal and external stakeholders including law enforcement when applicable.

Conduct analysis to ensure effective response and support recovery activities including forensic analysis.

Create and maintain an incident response plan that is executed during or after a cybersecurity incident.

Perform activities to prevent expansion of an event, mitigate its effects, and resolve the incident.

Incorporate lessons learned from current and previous detection and response activities into recovery plans.

Manage public relations and coordinate restoration activities with internal and external parties.

Execute the recovery plan during or after a cybersecurity incident to restore systems and assets affected.