{"product_id":"9780321349989-security-metrics-replacing-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt","title":"Jaquith Andrew - Security Metrics Replacing Fear Uncertainty And Doubt - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: The Definitive Guide to Quantifying Classifying and Measuring Enterprise IT Security Operations Security Metrics is the first comprehensive best - practice guide to defining creating and utilizing security metrics in the enterprise. Using sample charts graphics case studies and war stories Yankee Group Security Expert Andrew Jaquith demonstrates exactly how to establish effective metrics based on your organization's unique requirements. You ll discover how to quantify hard - to - measure security activities compile and analyze all relevant data identify strengths and weaknesses set cost - effective priorities for improvement and craft compelling messages for senior management. Security Metrics successfully bridges management's quantitative viewpoint with the nuts - and - bolts approach typically taken by security professionals. It brings together expert solutions drawn from Jaquith's extensive consulting work in the software aerospace and financial services industries including new metrics presented nowhere else. You ll learn how to: Replace nonstop crisis response with a systematic approach to security improvement Understand the differences between good and bad metrics Measure coverage and control vulnerability management password quality patch latency benchmark scoring and business - adjusted risk Quantify the effectiveness of security acquisition implementation and other program activities Organize aggregate and analyze your data to bring out key insights Use visualization to understand and communicate security issues more clearly Capture valuable data from firewalls and antivirus logs third - party auditor reports and other resources Implement balanced scorecards that present compact holistic views of organizational security effectiveness Whether you re an engineer or consultant responsible for security and reporting to management or an executive who needs better information for decision - making Security Metrics is the resource you have been searching for. Andrew Jaquith program manager for Yankee Group's Security Solutions and Services Decision Service advises enterprise clients on prioritizing and managing security resources. He also helps security vendors develop product service and go - to - market strategies for reaching enterprise customers. He co - founded stake Inc. a security consulting pioneer acquired by Symantec Corporation in 2004. His application security and metrics research has been featured in CIO CSO Information Week IEEE Security and Privacy and The Economist. Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1 Introduction: Escaping the Hamster Wheel of Pain Chapter 2 Defining Security Metrics Chapter 3 Diagnosing Problems and Measuring Technical Security Chapter 4 Measuring Program Effectiveness Chapter 5 Analysis Techniques Chapter 6 Visualization Chapter 7 Automating Metrics Calculations Chapter 8 Designing Security Scorecards Index\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Security Metrics Replacing Fear Uncertainty And Doubt\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Jaquith Andrew\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Pearson Education (Us)\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780321349989\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 3\/1\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Network Security","brand":"Jaquith Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333021696305,"sku":"IN-G-9780321349989","price":48.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780321349989.jpg?v=1746879283","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780321349989-security-metrics-replacing-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}