Title :
Useful Cybersecurity Metrics
Author :
Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence
Author_Institution :
RAND
Abstract :
Measuring cybersecurity is difficult, but other disciplines can offer important lessons and techniques for building a system that can help test hypotheses about system security.
Keywords :
security of data; cybersecurity metric; test hypotheses; Business; Computer crime; Computer security; Diseases; Government; Health and safety; Software measurement; Software quality; Cybersecurity; IT professional; emergent behavior; management;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2009.63