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Metrics and Analysis in Security Management

(Mar 2012) Executive Overview

The use of metrics and analysis (MA) is a sophisticated practice in security management that takes advantage of data to produce usable, objective information and insights that guide decisions. In addition, MA provides chief security officers (CSOs) with clear evidence of their operations’ value, expressed in the language of top management.

This paper synthesizes the current MA literature in the security management field, and the process of developing specific metrics, collecting and managing data and performing useful analyses with security risk-focused software.

Security Information Management—The Foundation of Enterprise Security

PPM 2000 White Paper - The 21st Century Age of "Insecurity" - Incident Management for Strengthening Homeland Security and Reducing Liability

(Jul 2009) Executive Overview

The management of ongoing incident activity is an inevitable reality for all organizations. Detailed information about what is going on within and across an organization's operations enables deployment of effective security safeguards that help reduce incidents and losses, and provide a built-in defense against accusations of negligence or inadequate security. However, gathering and extracting the right information from the mountains of data available is one of the most common challenges facing organizations today. This challenge can be easily overcome with the aid of powerful and sophisticated incident reporting and investigation management software solutions.

The 21st Century Age of “Insecurity”—Incident Management for Strengthening Homeland Security and Reducing Liability

(Jun 2007) Executive Overview

Inconsistent incident reporting, tracking and information sharing within and among private and public-sector organizations can weaken homeland security and open the door to catastrophic liability litigation. It turns out that one of the most powerful defenses against negligence liability lawsuits is also a powerful weapon in the fight against terrorism and, indeed, other forms of crime—introducing the value of incident reporting, tracking and information sharing and its role in strengthening security and reducing liability.