Numbers are the language of business. Fortunately, security metrics are growing ever more sophisticated. Knowing what to measure, how to measure it and how to communicate those metrics can help ...

The boardroom conversation around cybersecurity has fundamentally changed. For years, security leaders presented success through prevention metrics, such as attacks blocked, vulnerabilities patched ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The metrics that quantify cybersecurity’s contributions to a business’ ...

Much is at stake when reporting security metrics. This data is critical for management to evaluate security programs and justify further investment in security tools. The value of metrics comes from ...

It's easy to assume the best sign of security success is an absence of malicious activity. However, it's unrealistic for security pros to adopt the "no news is good news" approach to defense, security ...

Aligning security results to business outcomes is critical to understand the effects of cyber investments on revenue and profit margins. Your data is at risk. That’s probably not news to you and if ...

RFG believes collecting and reporting security metrics is an integral part of an enterprise security strategy. IT executives should examine their metrics collection practices to ensure that the ...

Almost 4.2 billion records were exposed in 4,149 data breaches in 2016, according to a recent report from Risk Based Security. The worst-hit sectors were businesses at 51 percent of reported breaches, ...

In many organizations, the physical security function’s reporting is not done to the same level or standard as most other functional areas of the business. Getting there is not instant but to start ...

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (2017 NDAA) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop an annual report containing 43 specific metrics to measure the ...