Security Metrics Management: Measuring the Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Security Program (2)

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Synopsis
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
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
306 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780128045008
Related ISBNs:
9781493303151, 9780080492261, 9780750678995, 9780128044537
Publisher:
Butterworth-Heinemann
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Elsevier Science & Technology
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Mathematics and Statistics
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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