Establishing Relevant Security Metrics, Part 1: What is a Metric?
Marcus Ranum, a Senior Strategist at Tenable, is a sought-after spokesperson on security metrics. Over the next two weeks, Marcus will share some of his insights in a 5-part video blog series, Establishing Relevant Security Metrics. He will offer advice on creating a security metrics program for your organization and selecting the most important metrics.
The language of security is metrics
In this first episode, Marcus defines “metric,” relates security metrics to an organization’s larger business goals, and discusses how data supports information security stories.
In the next installment, Marcus will discuss “Why keep security metrics?”
Visit our Security Metrics page to learn more about creating meaningful metrics with Tenable products.
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