March 31, 2006
Are We Secure Yet?
Defining Business-Centric Metrics For Information Security
This is the second document in the "Measuring Information Security" series.
by Khalid Kark
with Laurie M. Orlov, Paul Stamp, Samuel Bright
Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)
Information security managers around the globe are frustrated. They are struggling to make sense of the reams of data being churned out in today's enterprise environment. The real challenge for them is not only to identify what is important but also to be able to tie this information from disparate tools into business-centric metrics so that the senior executives can understand them, take action, and be confident that the enterprise is secure. Security managers must differentiate between sustainable operational metrics that help them manage and business-centric metrics that are meaningful to top management. To craft the right metrics, information security managers need to subdivide the initiative into three discrete phases.
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For this research, Forrester conducted telephone interviews with 52 chief information security officers (CISOs) and senior security executives at user and vendor companies. Related Research Documents
March 23, 2006, Best Practices
February 3, 2006, Data Overview
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