Glossary

Security Metrics

Security metrics are numbers that show how your security is doing - like a health score for your organization security.

What is Security Metrics?

Quantitative measures used to track security program effectiveness, risk levels, and compliance status over time.

Why Should You Care?

What gets measured gets managed. Metrics enable data-driven decisions and demonstrate program effectiveness to leadership.

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Real-World Example

Monthly metrics report shows phishing click rates dropped from 15% to 3% after security awareness training.

How to Protect Against Security Metrics

  1. 1.

    Define key security metrics and KPIs

  2. 2.

    Implement automated metrics collection

Related Terms

Kpi, Dashboard, Reporting

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