### Question
What does cybersecurity posture mean?


### Answer
**Cybersecurity posture** has the following meaning in *6 U.S.C. § 1500*:

> the ability to identify, to protect against, to detect, to respond to, and to recover from an intrusion in an information system the compromise of which could constitute a cyber attack or cyber campaign of significant consequence

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 1500*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-CYBERSECURITY > SUBCHAPTER I-CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING**

