Enterprise Cybersecurity Study Guide: How to Build a Successful Cyberdefense Program Against Advanced Threats

© Scott E. Donaldson, Stanley G. Siegel, Chris K. Williams, Abdul Aslam 2018

Scott E. Donaldson, Stanley G. Siegel, Chris K. Williams and Abdul AslamEnterprise Cybersecurity Study Guidehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3258-3_12

12. Measuring a Cybersecurity Program

Scott E. Donaldson¹ , Stanley G. Siegel², Chris K. Williams³ and Abdul Aslam³

(1)

Falls Church, Virginia, USA

(2)

Potomac, Maryland, USA

(3)

San Diego, California, USA

 

Overview

• People often measure things because somebody—some edict or some policy—stipulates that things should be measured.

• Unless measurement’s role is thought through, it can degenerate into a meaningless exercise.

  • Measuring lengths down to the nearest sixteenth of an inch with a ruler that contains only quarter-inch marks. ...