NIST stands for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST Framework provides a policy of network protection security for organizations. The NIST is a layout on how a organization should asses current and future threats, risks, resources and help an organization to align and prioritize its cybersecurity activities. The functions within the NIST are to Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. This framework can help improve an organizations infrastructure. For how would I use it  I believe this should be used if not already as this is a efficient and cost effective way to protect the company. It is very important for a  company to know about all risks and should stay up to date on these factors at all times