Security Metrics Management
eBook - ePub

Security Metrics Management

Measuring the Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Security Program

  1. 306 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Security Metrics Management

Measuring the Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Security Program

About this book

Security Metrics Management, Measuring the Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Security Program, Second Edition details the application of quantitative, statistical, and/or mathematical analyses to measure security functional trends and workload, tracking what each function is doing in terms of level of effort (LOE), costs, and productivity. This fully updated guide is the go-to reference for managing an asset protection program and related security functions through the use of metrics. It supports the security professional's position on budget matters, helping to justify the cost-effectiveness of security-related decisions to senior management and other key decision-makers. The book is designed to provide easy-to-follow guidance, allowing security professionals to confidently measure the costs of their assets protection program - their security program - as well as its successes and failures. It includes a discussion of how to use the metrics to brief management, build budgets, and provide trend analyses to develop a more efficient and effective asset protection program. - Examines the latest techniques in both generating and evaluating security metrics, with guidance for creating a new metrics program or improving an existing one - Features an easy-to-read, comprehensive implementation plan for establishing an asset protection program - Outlines detailed strategies for creating metrics that measure the effectiveness and efficiency of an asset protection program - Offers increased emphasis through metrics to justify security professionals as integral assets to the corporation - Provides a detailed example of a corporation briefing for security directors to provide to executive management

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9780128045008
Edition
2
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Information Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Authors
  7. Other Books by Authors
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Who Should Read This Book?
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Introduction
  13. Chapter 1. Security Metrics Management Program—An Overview
  14. Chapter 2. Corporate Assets Protection Program
  15. Chapter 3. Personnel Security
  16. Chapter 4. Information Security
  17. Chapter 5. Security Compliance Audits
  18. Chapter 6. Security Education and Awareness
  19. Chapter 7. Surveys and Risk Management
  20. Chapter 8. Contingency Planning
  21. Chapter 9. The Guard Force
  22. Chapter 10. Technical Security Systems
  23. Chapter 11. Locks and Keys
  24. Chapter 12. Fire Protection
  25. Chapter 13. Event Security
  26. Chapter 14. Executive Protection
  27. Chapter 15. Investigations and Noncompliance Inquiries
  28. Chapter 16. Government Security
  29. Chapter 17. Information Systems Security
  30. Chapter 18. Mergers, Acquisitions, or Divestitures Security
  31. Chapter 19. Outsourcing
  32. Chapter 20. A Look into the Future
  33. Appendix. Figures, Charts, Graphs, and Surveys
  34. Index