Its up to you to prove that your application security activities are valuable to the company and thats where metrics come in. A stepbystep guide on how to build your security metrics program. Lets hope hitech doesnt simply lead to a plethora of security breach notifications that the public eventually becomes numb to. Secure beginners guide security metrics, a beginners guide wong 4002 chapter 10 218 security metrics. Transforming your enterprise security culture and it security metrics. An approach for integrating the security engineering risk analysis. The collection and analysis of data makes any security metrics program effective, and that. Initially, this may sound like a bit of an odd statement, but i. Its still about the data 312 requirements for a sip 314 before you begin 314 documenting your security measurement projects 317. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Security metrics focus on the actions and results of those. Table 71 lists a number of operational it security metrics that can be used as a starting point for data collection and analysis.
Implement an effective security metrics project or program it security metrics provides a comprehensive approach to measuring risks, threats, operational activities, and the effectiveness of data protection in your organization. A customer has a box that detects malware in email attachments. Using security patterns to combine security metrics. Getting started with security metrics information security metrics. Network security solutions data security vulnerability. Payne june 19, 2006 sans security essentials gsec practical assignment version 1. Plus, the legislation doesnt do much to clarify hipaas security provisions, still leaving much room for interpretation.
To begin with, you must use metrics that drive the right kinds of decisions and behaviors. Interpret measurements during production or development conclusion and future work 12. Table 71 lists a number of operational it security metrics that can be used as a. Hayden goes into significant detail on the nature of data, statistics, and analysis.
A case for centralized security metrics reporting in state governments introduction. Future of security metrics consumers demand better security metrics government involvement is increased science evolves to provide better measures vendors volunteer forced to develop universal accurate metrics some vendors cheat, a watchdog is created security problems continue, no change in. Professionals also often refer to the set of documents about procedures and. A beginners guide you with the necessary business justification and project proposal framework to answer most of the questions that you may encounter as you begin your selling journey. Implement an effective security metrics project or program. Effective metrics can help bring visibility and awareness to cyber threats and quantify the need for companies to adopt security best practices. This paper provides an overview of the security metrics and its definition, needs, attributes, advantages, measures, types, issuesaspects and also classifies the security metrics and explains its. Like every business function, security should be measured. What metrics matter to both security operations and the boardroom.
Reference list for engineering trustworthy cyberphysical systems. The book explains how to choose and design effective measurement strategies and addresses the data requirements of those strategies. By andrew jaquith, forrester research 35 hipaa gets some teeth compliance the hitech act expands on hipaas security. It security metrics provides a comprehensive approach to measuring risks, threats, operational activities, and the effectiveness of data protection in your organization. The other day, i learned a great lesson about security metrics while getting a haircut. The term security metrics is used often today, but with a measurements are generated. Keep it short focus only on the topics that have the greatest roi people can only. A beginners guide well cover the concept of buyin and why its needed for the success of a security metrics project how to prepare for a buyin meeting with stakeholders. Analysis, visualization, and dashboards by jay jacobs and bob rudis. Pisa journal issue 16 by professional information security. For the data geeks in the crowd, we also really like another book entitled datadriven security. Articles by lance hayden cso online cso security news. Furrer reference list for engineering trustworthy cyberphysical systems version 0. This maxim holds true today as it applies to information security and the need to accurately measure an organizations security posture.
Lance hayden s it security metrics is one of those. The reality is that most have no idea how to measure it. Nov 17, 2015 if your security programs have mapped program metrics to business drivers, and they have a strong program management structure in place, the program leader and ciso will easily answer these questions. Implement an effective security metrics project or programit security metrics provides a comprehensive approach to measuring risks, threats, operational activities, and the effectiveness of data protection in your organization. In this informative video blog, marcus defines metric, relates security metrics to an organizations larger business goals, and discusses how data supports information security stories. He will offer advice on creating a security metrics program for your organization and selecting the most important metrics. Assessment follow these steps to create a successful security metrics program. Information technology security handbook v t he preparation of this book was fully funded by a grant from the infodev program of the world bank group. With expertise in pci dss assessments, hipaa assessments, forensic incident response, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, card data discovery, security appliances, padss security assessments, p2pe assessments, training, and consulting. Written by the developer of ebays security metrics program, security metrics. Using security metrics to drive action 6 experts share how to communicate security program effectiveness to business executives and the board security metrics that.
Request pdf on aug 1, 2010, lance hayden and others published it security metrics. Theres a sort of cantlivewithemcantlivewithoutem quality to a lot of the metrics that are used by security organizations to. Over the next two weeks, marcus will share some of his insights in a 5part video blog series, establishing relevant security metrics. Overview of security metrics science publishing group.
The purpose of this research is to understand how organizations respond to changes in the security risk landscape and how metrics can help drive more effective and informed decisions. Two different models were utilized to study a swedish agency. Security metrics focus on the actions and results of those actions that organizations take to reduce and manage the risks. Drive action with security metrics tenable network security. Analyzing the readability of security policy documents. We did our level best to make pragmatic security metrics both readable. Using security patterns to combine security metrics secse08 slide outline problem statement our solution i.
Marcus ranum, a senior strategist at tenable, is a soughtafter spokesperson on security metrics. May 15, 2015 its up to you to prove that your application security activities are valuable to the company and thats where metrics come in. Theres a real need for effective realtime cyber metrics that can help put enterprises in a proactive stance regarding cyber security. Lance hayden have expressed differing but valid perspectives and offered valuable advice. In the words of lord kelvin, if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. The topic of information technology it security has been growing in importance in the last few years, and well recognized by infodev technical advisory panel. Using security metrics to drive action 33 experts share how to communicate security program effectiveness to business executives and the board. For information security professionals, we are interested in measuring the. It is a musthave tool for any networking or security practitioner looking to optimize an existing security program and demonstrate measurable results. Security metrics are quantitative indicators for the security attributes of an information system or technology. Operators can use metrics to apply corrective actions and improve performance. Youll learn how to take a security metrics program and adapt it to a variety of organizational contexts to achieve continuous security improvement over time. The biggest problem in computer security carnal0wnage. Top human risks sans information security training.
Furthermore, good metrics provide information in a format that. Summary the purpose of this chapter has been to show some of the security metrics techniques discussed so far in the book in the context of practical examples of smps. My expectations were not terribly high as ive found most other metrics materials quickly devolve into near academic debate fodder. Metrics are tools that are designed to facilitate decisionmaking and improve performance and accountability through collection, analysis, and reporting of relevant performancerelated data. It security metrics guide books acm digital library. Measures are quantifiable, observable, and are objective data supporting metrics. This ebook illustrates the importance of actionable security metrics for businesses, both for operations and for strategy. The topic of information technology it security has been growing in importance in the last few years, and well.
Secure beginners guide security metrics, a beginners. Security metrics provide information about it security including costs and risks asset value, threat and vulnerability are elements of overall risk and must be based on a rigorous approach for security measurements and applied understanding seeking information security hayden, 2010. Level qualification criteria security requirements 1 any merchant processing ve r6, 0 visa o a ste rc d nc io per year. Metrics for information security vulnerabilities metrics for information security vulnerabilities andy ju an wang, min xia and fengwei zhang southern polytechnic state university, usa abstract it is widely recognized that metrics are important to information security because metrics can be an effective. Lance hayden people centric security angela sasse prof, university college of london release in two weeks webcast. If you are interested in learning more about information security metrics. Enterprises need more effective cyber security metrics. The security process management framework is introduced and analytical strategies for security metrics data are discussed. A practical framework for measuring security and protecting data. Incident response on organized crime hacking for the cis, nist, fbi, secret service, and commercial organizations. Metrics are the data points for you and any other security stakeholders that help facilitate the decision making process and improve accountability and performance of your application security practices.
Metrics are tools designed to facilitate decision making and improve performance and accountability through collection, analysis, and reporting of relevant performancerelated data. This is a challenge you can address with the right metrics. If your security programs have mapped program metrics to business drivers, and they have a strong program management structure in place. It security metrics a practical pages 251 300 text. We decided to check it out and at first glance it looked very bad. After lance elaborates with examples of the who, what, when, where, how and why aspects in relation to defining metrics for a security program, he introduces the goalquestionmetric gqm method. Secure beginners guide security metrics, a beginners guide wong 4002 chapter 10 216 security metrics.
Quarterly scan s lf a m n questionnaire 4 all other merchants annual scan. Demonstrate securitys value through clear alignment with business strategy and objectives. Security metrics in industrial control systems zachary a. But before plunging into a security metrics program, there are a number of issues to keep in mind. A beginners guide explains,step by step, how to develop and implement a successful security metrics program. But what are the metrics that resonate with board members and clevel executives. We hold a myriad of credentials and can help with network security. Ponemon institute is pleased to present the findings of security metrics to manage change.
Implement an effective security metrics project or program it security metrics provides a comprehensive. A quantitative measurement is the assignment of numbers to the attributes of objects or processes. Future of security metrics consumers demand better security metrics government involvement is increased science evolves to provide better measures vendors volunteer forced to develop universal accurate metrics some vendors cheat, a watchdog is created security problems continue, no change in level of risk. Beyond security metrics 11 the security improvement program 307 moving from projects to programs 308 managing security measurement with a security improvement program 309 governance of security measurement 311 the sip. Most organizations will already have security metrics that they collect and analyze, usually through descriptive methods, and these metrics can be included in developing a sample catalog. The book, it security metrics from lance hayden has an interesting chapter which covers. Read online and download ebook it security metrics.
A recent survey of approaches to security metrics revealed as wide a. If you are interested in learning more about information security metrics and auditing, we recommend taking the sans. It security metrics a practical pages 201 250 text. The term security metrics is used often today, but with a range of meanings and interpretations. Pdf overview of security metrics rana khudhair abbas ahmed.
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