The Community Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CCSMM)

Abstract

Lessons learned from the community cyber security exercises showed common threads each community needed to focus on in order to improve the community's cyber security posture. These similarities were grouped into four areas of improvement called dimensions. The dimensions are awareness, information sharing, policies, and planning. The methods in which communities can implement improvement are called implementation mechanisms. These mechanisms are common approaches used every day such as establishing metrics, implementing technologies, creating processes and procedures, and conducting training and assessments.