Maturity Scores Close Up
By Function, Industry, and Country
Maturity has improved globally from 2.19 to 2.35 in the past year. Across the six CSF functions, the awareness-to-action pattern holds: organizations are strongest at Govern and Respond, weakest at Protect.
Maturity Holds Up Unevenly
Maturity climbed to 2.35 this year, but progress is uneven across the six CSF functions. Organizations are strongest at Govern and Respond, and weakest at Protect, which falls furthest below the global average alongside Detect.
ABOVE AND BELOW THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
NIST CSF function scores. Only Detect and Protect fall below the 2.35 average.
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