An executive order was signed on May 11, 2017 mandating federal agencies to abide by the recommendations of the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) This action is meant to most responsibly secure the IT and data of the American people. The Equifax breach that put over 143 million Americans most sensitive information in malicious hands is all too timely of a reminder of this. The current system of patching legacy networks with inferior firewalls and reactive (rather than proactive) security policies just isnt good enough anymore.”]