Why must organizations consider metricizing cybersecurity?
Cyber veterans advise companies to measure the performance of the various cyber teams so that managers can manage their teams more effectively. Organizations have no idea how good or bad their cybersecurity posture is if they can’t track ongoing security efforts. Cybersecurity is not something that can be completed once and then forgotten later. Cyber hazards are dynamically evolving, as are the techniques and technologies required to combat them. Blue team managers are advised to have procedures in place to evaluate the efficacy of the precautions that are deployed regularly.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), and security postures give us a glimpse into how the blue team is doing over time. This assists the managers and the leadership in understanding what works and what does not, as well as making smarter decisions about future initiatives.
Metrics provide measurable and verifiable...