Perform gap analysis

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title: Perform gap analysis
description: Perform a Gap analysis of cybersecurity activities.
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# Perform gap analysis

Perform a Gap analysis of cybersecurity activities.

## Before you begin

Policy and Compliance Management Role required: admin

NIST CSF sn\_irm\_nist\_csf.risk\_executive or sn\_irm\_nist\_csf.security\_officer

## About this task

**Note:** The Gap analysis process should not take more than a minute. A weekly job that runs the gap analysis for users so the metrics are up-to-date.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **NIST CSF** > **Framework Profiling** > **Gap Analysis**.

2.  Search for the target using the **Name** or **Profile** fields.

3.  Open the target record.

4.  Click the **Activities** related list and select the activity.

5.  Review the activity and click **Gap Analysis** to initiate the Gap analysis.

6.  To view control objectives for the cybersecurity policy that do not have any controls in-place for the target's profile, click the **Gaps** related list.

7.  To view issues with cybersecurity controls that are non-compliant because of implementation issues, click the **Non-compliant controls** related list.

8.  To view Failed indicators of controls and risks for the target's profile, click the **Failed Indicators** related list.

9.  To view risks associated with controls for the target's profile, click the **Risks** related list.

10. To view issues related to the controls and risks for the target's profile, click the **Issues** related list.

11. To view action plans for the target's profile, click the **Action Plans** related list.

12. Click **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Align and prioritize cybersecurity activities](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-common-functions/align-prioritize-activities.md)