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Documents & Reference Materials

Download the assessment instruments, methodology documentation, and introductory materials that underpin our work.

The Resilience Readiness Assessment Suite

Three documents that form the complete assessment system โ€” from the free self-assessment to the facilitator's guide for the paid leadership workshop.

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Cyber Recovery Readiness Assessment

The free, 10-question self-assessment for board members and senior executives. Takes 8 minutes. Includes all five scoring dimensions, response options, score bands, and interpretation guide. Branded for Resilience by Design.

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Resilience Journey Assessment โ€” Facilitator Guide

The complete facilitation guide for the paid leadership workshop. Includes the opening move script, all 20 questions with detailed facilitator notes, scoring methodology, the Perception Gap reveal design, and the full workshop output template (Perception Gap Analysis, Critical Findings, Priority Roadmap, and Board Summary). Confidential โ€” for facilitator use only.

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Scoring Methodology & Framework Reference

The intellectual and methodological basis for the assessment framework โ€” for boards, regulators, compliance functions, and sophisticated stakeholders who need to understand how the scoring model is constructed and what it maps to.

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Scoring Methodology & Framework Reference

Explains the five scoring dimensions, their weights, and score level definitions. Provides full reference descriptions of all five incorporated frameworks (NIST CSF 2.0, DORA, CRI Profile v2.2, Sheltered Harbor/FS-ISAC, and CR-CMM) and a complete dimension-to-framework mapping table with specific article, category, and practice citations. Includes an About Resilience by Design section with authorship background.

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Introductory Brochure

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Resilience by Design โ€” One-Page Brochure

A one-page overview of Resilience by Design for distribution at conferences, board meetings, or in initial conversations. Covers the problem, our approach, all six services, and the self-assessment call to action with QR code.

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The assessment maps to five established frameworks

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 National Institute of Standards and Technology ยท February 2024
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) EU Regulation 2022/2554 ยท Applicable January 2025
CRI Profile v2.2 Cyber Risk Institute ยท cyberriskinstitute.org
Sheltered Harbor Maturity Model Owned and managed by FS-ISAC ยท fsisac.com
Cyber Resilience Capability Maturity Model (CR-CMM) High Value Target ยท cr-cmm.org

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