Pragmatic security metrics : applying metametrics to information security / W. Krag Brotby and Gary Hinson ; preface by M.E. Kabay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brotby, W. Krag, author.

Hinson, Gary, author.

Contributor:

Kabay, Michel E., writer of preface.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises--Computer networks--Security measures.

Business enterprises.

Computer security.

Data protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 485 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Applying metametrics to information security

Predictive Relevant Actionable Genuine Meaningful Accurate Timely Independent Cheap security metrics

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Other books on information security metrics discuss number theory and statistics in academic terms. Light on mathematics and heavy on utility, PRAGMATIC Security Metrics: Applying Metametrics to Information Security breaks the mold. This is the ultimate how-to-do-it guide for security metrics. Packed with time-saving tips, the book offers easy-to-follow guidance for those struggling with security metrics. Step by step, it clearly explains how to specify, develop, use, and maintain an information security measurement system (a comprehensive suite of metrics) to help: Security professionals syst

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Office Memorandum; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Why Measure Information Security?; Chapter 3 - The Art and Science of Security Metrics; Chapter 4 - Audiences for Security Metrics; Chapter 5 - Finding Candidate Metrics; Chapter 6 - Metametrics and the PRAGMATIC Approach; Chapter 7 - 150+ Example Security Metrics; Chapter 8 - Designing PRAGMATIC Security Measurement System; Chapter 9 - Advanced Information Security Metrics; Chapter 10 - Downsides of Metrics; Chapter 11 - Using PRAGMATIC Metrics in Practice

Chapter 12 - Case StudyChapter 13 - Conclusions; Appendix A: PRAGMATIC Criteria; Appendix B: Business Model of Information Security (BMIS); Appendix C: Capability Maturity Model (CMM); Appendix D: Example Opinion Survey Form; Appendix E: SABSA Security Attributes Table; Appendix F: Prototype Metrics Catalog; Appendix G: Effect of Weighting the PRAGMATIC Criteria; Appendix H: ISO27k Maturity Scale Metrics; Appendix I: Sample Management Survey; Appendix J: Observer Bias; Appendix K: Observer Calibration; Appendix L: Bibliography; Back Cover

Notes:

"An Auerbach book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2013).

Other Format:

Print version: Brotby, W. Krag PRAGMATIC Security Metrics

ISBN:

9780429111563

0429111568

9781439881538

1439881537

OCLC:

831118565