This document supports the development, selection, and implementation of measures to be used at the information system and program levels. These measures indicate the effectiveness of security controls applied to information systems and supporting inf ...

ISO 27001 builds on BS 7799 with much more guidance on information security measurement and metrics. This paper complements the ISO/IEC standard for information security management systems by exploring: 1) security measurement objectives, 2) what security ...

This project supports the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Software Assurance Tools and R&D Requirements Identification Program. The objective of part 3, Technology (Tools and Requirements) is the identification, enhancement and development of sof ...

This document describes the foundations of metrics, discusses application of these metrics to control system environments, introduces a metrics taxonomy, and suggests usage of metrics to achieve operational excellence. The security metrics work package ...

This paper proposes a novel approach to help computing system administrators in monitoring the security of their systems. This approach is based on modeling the system as a privilege graph exhibiting operational security vulnerabilities and on transf ...

ISO/IEC 27004:2009 provides guidance on the development and use of measures and measurement in order to assess the effectiveness of an implemented information security management system (ISMS) and controls or groups of controls, as specified in ISO/IEC 27 ...

A substantive presentation describing definition, souring, application, interpretation, testing, cost effectiveness, calibration, and use of security measurement in a risk context. The presentation also provides insights on related concepts, such as st ...

This book provides guidance on the implementation of ISMS control requirements for auditing existing control implementations to help organizations preparing for certification in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information security management systems. R ...

Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) provides a framework for understanding, analyzing, and measuring information risk. The outcomes are more cost-effective information risk management, greater credibility for the information security profession, an ...

Information security professionals traditionally had difficulty trying to justify their existence. IT security staff agree there should be some security controls in place, but trying to validate a defense in depth approach is difficult. Organizations ha ...

VerIS is a set of metric definitions designed to provide a common language for describing security incidents in a structured and repeatable manner. The framework's goal is to lay a foundation on which security practitioners can constructively and coop ...