Agenda By Day


March 10, 2010
08:30-09:00 Breakfast Reception
09:00-09:15 Welcome And Introductions
09:15-10:15 Marketing The Value Of Security
  • Best practices and case studies for marketing information security
  • Marketing to the executive management
  • Marketing to middle managers
  • Marketing to users
  • Security reporting tips and techniques
10:15-11:15 Group Exercise: Security Services Portfolio
  • Attendees’ security organization and services
  • Assessing business value of current services
  • Identifying service gaps
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Improving Security Performance
  • Current trends and challenges in security organizational structure
  • Aligning security responsibilities for success
  • Structuring the security organization and appropriate roles/responsibilities
  • Embedding security in the decision-making process
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 Turning Operational Metrics Into Business Metrics
  • Using metrics as a marketing tool
  • Justifying expenditures though metrics
  • Case study 1: automating value metrics
  • Case study 2: process-centric metrics program
  • Case study 3: delivering value through dashboards and reporting
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 Group Exercise: Metrics Definitions
  • Objectives of your metrics program: purpose, audience, and reporting intervals
  • Understanding your current metrics capabilities: staff, data sources, and tools
  • Brainstorm: identifying target metrics
  • Action planning: gaps, quick hits, and strategic initiatives
16:00-17:00 Group Exercise: Security Scorecards
  • Understanding the audience
  • Brainstorm: developing the Balanced Security Scorecard
  • Action planning: gaps, quick hits, and strategic initiatives
17:00-17:30 Wrap-Up And Q&A
  Measuring The Effectiveness Of Your Security Organization
Andrew Jaquith, Forrester, Speaker
Khalid Kark, Forrester, Speaker