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Complete Guide to Security and Privacy Metrics: Measuring Regulatory Compliance, Operational Resilience, and ROI [Hardcover]

Debra S. Herrmann (Author)
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0849354021 978-0849354021 January 22, 2007 1
While it has become increasingly apparent that individuals and organizations need a security metrics program, it has been exceedingly difficult to define exactly what that means in a given situation. There are hundreds of metrics to choose from and an organization’s mission, industry, and size will affect the nature and scope of the task as well as the metrics and combinations of metrics appropriate to accomplish it. Finding the correct formula for a specific scenario calls for a clear concise guide with which to navigate this sea of information.

Complete Guide to Security and Privacy Metrics: Measuring Regulatory Compliance, Operational Resilience, and ROI defines more than 900 ready to use metrics that measure compliance, resiliency, and return on investment. The author explains what needs to be measured, why and how to measure it, and how to tie security and privacy metrics to business goals and objectives. The book addresses measuring compliance with current legislation, regulations, and standards in the US, EC, and Canada including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and the Data Protection Act-UK. The metrics covered are scaled by information sensitivity, asset criticality, and risk, and aligned to correspond with different lateral and hierarchical functions within an organization. They are flexible in terms of measurement boundaries and can be implemented individually or in combination to assess a single security control, system, network, region, or the entire enterprise at any point in the security engineering lifecycle. The text includes numerous examples and sample reports to illustrate these concepts and stresses a complete assessment by evaluating the interaction and interdependence between physical, personnel, IT, and operational security controls.

Bringing a wealth of complex information into comprehensible focus, this book is ideal for corporate officers, security managers, internal and independent auditors, and system developers and integrators.


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"Provides valuable directions on how measurement works and what goes into producing a useful metric. … when faced with the necessity of developing a metrics program to measure the effectiveness of some aspect of your security efforts, this rather imposing tome is one I would recommend as a way to jumpstart your efforts. The master table in the introduction provides a quick guide to the particular section most relevant to the reader’s need …”
— Richard Austin, in IEEE Cipher, June 2007

"... a useful reference for individuals who must meet the challenge of selecting good metrics."
—Cheryl Washington, Information Security Officer, California State University, in Educause Quarterly

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., USA

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 848 pages
  • Publisher: Auerbach Publications; 1 edition (January 22, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849354021
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849354021
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Oracle of Metrics (and I am not talking about the company), March 8, 2007
This review is from: Complete Guide to Security and Privacy Metrics: Measuring Regulatory Compliance, Operational Resilience, and ROI (Hardcover)
***This is a big book full of a lot of facts and figures.*** (Yes a very big book, not a cover to cover book.) 824 pages, 5 chapters and by no means a read it from cover to cover book. The first two chapters, the "Introduction" and "the What's and Whys of Metrics" are the authors interesting and quite knowledgeable overview of the world of operational, personal, physical and IT security metrics. After, the remaining chapters get in-depth. Chapter 3 "Measuring Compliance" goes into great detail about relating the different acts, bills, regulations and directives with various Metrics. Chapter 4 "Measuring Resilience" provides numerous worksheets and questionnaires as well as an abundance of information regarding threats, asset protection, mission protection, audit trails and others. Finally Chapter 5 "Measuring ROI" covers cost, benefits, some case studies and comparative analysis as well again some great worksheets.
A very useful and well organized guide. (Although a bit on the expensive side)
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
security impact analysis, operational security controls, privacy impact analysis, likely useful life span, electronic security perimeter, cyber security standards, privacy metrics, asset criticality, critical cyber assets, business partner confidence, data subject records, operational control flows, sustaining that goal, residual information protection, loss event profile, annual tangible benefits, personnel security controls, definite insiders, design structure complexity, likely payback period, physical access rights, risk mitigation allocation, security management roles, threat being instantiated, resilience metrics
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Patriot Act, Privacy Act, Data Protection Act, Privacy Guidelines, Security Guidelines, Data Integrity Board, Privacy Commissioner, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Data Protection Directive, Attorney General, Federal Register, Personal Health Information Act, Supervisory Authority, Public Law, Definition Value Value Interpretation, Metric Target Observed, Black's Law, United Kingdom, Common Criteria, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Presidential Directives, Use Limitation, Data Protection Commissioner, Federal Information Security Management Act
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