Considering recent cybersecurity threats, a company wants to improve the process for identifying, assessing, and...

For an organization seeking a "comprehensive and holistic approach" to risk management, theNIST SP 800-37 (Risk Management Framework - RMF)is the industry-standard recommendation. The RMF provides a structured, seven-step process for managing security and privacy risk: Prepare, Categorize, Select, Implement, Assess, Authorize, and Monitor.

According to the Cisco SDSI objectives, the NIST RMF allows organizations to align their security controls with their business goals and risk tolerance. It moves security beyond a simple "checklist" and into a continuous lifecycle of improvement.HIPAA(Option A) andGDPR(Option D) are regulatory mandates focused on specific data types (Health and Privacy, respectively) rather than a general framework for all organizational risks.MITRE CAPEC(Option B) is a dictionary of attack patterns used for technical threat modeling, not a holistic risk management process. By adopting NIST SP 800-37, a company ensures that its security infrastructure is designed and maintained based on a rigorous assessment of the current threat landscape and organizational requirements, fulfilling the core requirements of the "Risk, Events, and Requirements" domain.