The development of data analytics maturity assessment framework: DAMAF

As organisations are vulnerable to cyberattacks, their protection becomes a significant issue. Capability Maturity Models can enable organisations to benchmark current maturity levels against best practices. Although many maturity models have been already proposed in the literature, a need for models that integrate several regulations exists. This article presents a light, web-based model that can be used as a cybersecurity assessment tool for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of the United Kingdom. The novel Holistic Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Framework incorporates all security regulations, privacy regulations, and best practices that HEIs must be compliant to, and can be used as a self assessment or a cybersecurity audit tool.

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A Capability Maturity Assessment Framework for Creating High Value Digital Engineering Opportunities

10.1109/smc52423.2021.9659037 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph M. Campagna ◽

Shamsnaz V. Bhada

Keyword(s):

Assessment Framework ◽

Capability Maturity ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Digital Engineering

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Implementation of Smart Manufacturing Maturity Assessment Framework：A Socio-Technical Perspective

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202017902023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 179 ◽

pp. 02023

Author(s):

Lei Yue ◽

Zhou Wang ◽

Yifang Fang ◽

Zhonghua Han

Keyword(s):

Smart Manufacturing ◽

Future Research ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

Maturity Models ◽

Capability Maturity ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Specific Assessment ◽

Activity Models ◽

Dimensional Assessment

Smart manufacturing capability maturity assessment has been widely carried out in order to help enterprises to identify the direction and route of smart transformation by stationing in enterprises. However, many maturity models for industrial enterprises can not reflect their industrial realities more accurately. Therefore, the aim of this paper attempts to make the smart manufacturing maturity assessment operational, and implement a specific assessment framework based on an existing general conceptual framework. This implementation involved two top-down approaches that one is socio-technical system as a top-level design of factors, and the other is refining assessment domains based on lifecycle and activity models. Results of this implementation showed a two-dimensional assessment framework instance and collections of definitions for capability maturity levels. To conclude, this implementation may be a reference for work specification of smart manufacturing maturity assessment. Three possible future research in the area was suggested at last.

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Cyber Hygiene Maturity Assessment Framework for Smart Grid Scenarios

Frontiers in Computer Science ◽

10.3389/fcomp.2021.614337 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Inna Skarga-Bandurova ◽

Igor Kotsiuba ◽

Erkuden Rios Velasco

Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Smart Grids ◽

Maturity Model ◽

Assessment Framework ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Sensitive Data ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Maturity Assessment ◽

Security Standards

Cyber hygiene is a relatively new paradigm premised on the idea that organizations and stakeholders are able to achieve additional robustness and overall cybersecurity strength by implementing and following sound security practices. It is a preventive approach entailing high organizational culture and education for information cybersecurity to enhance resilience and protect sensitive data. In an attempt to achieve high resilience of Smart Grids against negative impacts caused by different types of common, predictable but also uncommon, unexpected, and uncertain threats and keep entities safe, the Secure and PrivatE smArt gRid (SPEAR) Horizon 2020 project has created an organization-wide cyber hygiene policy and developed a Cyber Hygiene Maturity assessment Framework (CHMF). This article presents the assessment framework for evaluating Cyber Hygiene Level (CHL) in relation to the Smart Grids. Complementary to the SPEAR Cyber Hygiene Maturity Model (CHMM), we propose a self-assessment methodology based on a questionnaire for Smart Grid cyber hygiene practices evaluation. The result of the assessment can be used as a cyber-health check to define countermeasures and to reapprove cyber hygiene rules and security standards and specifications adopted by the Smart Grid operator organization. The proposed methodology is one example of a resilient approach to cybersecurity. It can be applied for the assessment of the CHL of Smart Grids operating organizations with respect to a number of recommended good practices in cyber hygiene.

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