Security Benchmarking: Making Metrics Matter
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET / 11:00am - 12:00pm PT
Duration: 60 minutes
What if you could make security performance decisions based on solid, fact-based data that compared the performance of your entire security infrastructure to other organizations that face similar threats? What if, instead of relying on gut instincts, politics or prayer for difficult security decisions you had comparative data that clarified where you need to invest and where you are already ahead of the game?
If you think this isn’t possible, think again.
Join Mike Rothman, president of Securosis and author of The Pragmatic CSO, as he discusses how benchmarking can make a difference in the way your security program is viewed and decisions are made.
Attendees will learn:
- How to identify key security and performance metrics
- What it takes to effectively benchmark security performance
- How to analyze and use benchmarks to improve security and communicate performance effectively
- Why benchmark programs are critical to security performance management
Unfortunately, most organizations don’t choose at all. They just do whatever is next on the list, without thinking too much about prioritization. This is the path of least resistance for tactically oriented environments. Oil the squeakiest wheel. Keep your job. It’s all very understandable, but it’s not very effective.
Optimally, security resource allocation should be prioritized to the activities that will achieve the greatest risk reduction for the organization.
Join Mike Rothman, Mike Yaffe and John Alexander as they address the sticky problem of how to calculate risk effectively so you can prioritize your endless security to-do list.
Attendees will learn:
· Why vulnerability scanning isn’t enough anymore
· How attack path analysis to improve security risk posture
· Five things to do today to more effectively prioritize riskSpeakers:
Rodney Brown, CISSP, GIAC GISP, ITILv3
Mike Rothman
Analyst and President
Securosis
Jim Acquaviva
VP, Product Management
nCircle
