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Security metrics : a beginner’s guide / Caroline Wong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.Description: xxxii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780071744003
  • 0071744002
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.8   23
Contents:
Part I: Why Security Metrics -- Chapter 1 Why Measure Security' -- Chapter 2 Why Now Security Metrics Are Needed Now -- Part II: Essential Components of an Effective Security Metrics Practitioner -- Chapter 3 Analytics -- Chapter 4 Commitment to Project Management -- Part III: Decide What to Measure -- Chapter 5 Identify Core Competencies, Information Security Work, and Resourcing Options -- Chapter 6 Identify Targets -- Part IV: Get Started -- Chapter 7 Defining Project Objectives -- Chapter 8 Define Your Priorities -- Chapter 9 Identify Key Messages and Key Audiences -- Chapter 10 Obtain Buy-In from Stakeholders -- Part V: Toolkit -- Chapter 11 Automation -- Chapter 12 Analysis Technology and a Case Study -- Part VI: Creating the Best Environment for Healthy Metrics -- Chapter 13 Define a Communications Strategy -- Chapter 14 Create and Drive an Action Plan: The Importance of Project Management -- Part VII: Secret Sauce: Lessons Learned from an Enterprise Practitioner -- Chapter 15 Improving Data Quality and Presentation -- Chapter 16 Resourcing Security Metrics Projects -- Part VIII: Looking Forward -- Chapter 17 Security Metrics for Cloud Computing.
Summary: This practical resource covers project management, communication, analytics tools, identifying targets, defining objectives, obtaining stakeholder buy-in, metrics automation, data quality, and resourcing. You'll also get details on cloud-based security metrics and process improvement. Templates, checklists, and examples give you the hands-on help you need to get started right away.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Why Security Metrics -- Chapter 1 Why Measure Security' -- Chapter 2 Why Now Security Metrics Are Needed Now -- Part II: Essential Components of an Effective Security Metrics Practitioner -- Chapter 3 Analytics -- Chapter 4 Commitment to Project Management -- Part III: Decide What to Measure -- Chapter 5 Identify Core Competencies, Information Security Work, and Resourcing Options -- Chapter 6 Identify Targets -- Part IV: Get Started -- Chapter 7 Defining Project Objectives -- Chapter 8 Define Your Priorities -- Chapter 9 Identify Key Messages and Key Audiences -- Chapter 10 Obtain Buy-In from Stakeholders -- Part V: Toolkit -- Chapter 11 Automation -- Chapter 12 Analysis Technology and a Case Study -- Part VI: Creating the Best Environment for Healthy Metrics -- Chapter 13 Define a Communications Strategy -- Chapter 14 Create and Drive an Action Plan: The Importance of Project Management -- Part VII: Secret Sauce: Lessons Learned from an Enterprise Practitioner -- Chapter 15 Improving Data Quality and Presentation -- Chapter 16 Resourcing Security Metrics Projects -- Part VIII: Looking Forward -- Chapter 17 Security Metrics for Cloud Computing.

This practical resource covers project management, communication, analytics tools, identifying targets, defining objectives, obtaining stakeholder buy-in, metrics automation, data quality, and resourcing. You'll also get details on cloud-based security metrics and process improvement. Templates, checklists, and examples give you the hands-on help you need to get started right away.

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