Security Metrics - A Critical Analysis of Current Methods

Authors

Manwinder Kaur, British Telecom plc
Andy Jones, British Telecom plc

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

Comments

9th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia, 1st December, 2008

Abstract

This paper documents and analyses a number of security metrics currently in popular use. These will include government standards and commercial methods of measuring security on networks. It will conclude with a critical look at some of the problems and challenges faced when using the metrics available today, and also with the development of new metrics.