Comparative analysis of cybersecurity metrics to develop new hypotheses
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[Fisher et al.] 2011 Comparative Analysis of Cybersecurity Metrics to Develop New Hypotheses.pdf
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Poster
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Author(s)
Fisher, D.
Madnick, Stuart E.
Choucri, Nazli
Li, X.
Ferwerda, J.
Date Issued
December 7, 2011
Publisher
Explorations in Cyber International Relations
Citation
Fisher, D., Madnick, S., Choucri, N., Li, X., & Ferwerda, J. (2011, December 7–8). Comparative analysis of cybersecurity metrics to develop new hypotheses [Poster session]. ECIR Workshop on "People, Power, and CyberPolitics," MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Abstract
Few Internet security organizations provide
comprehensive, detailed, and reliable quantitative metrics,
especially in the international perspective
across multiple countries, multiple years, and multiple categories. Organizations ask why they should spend valuable time and resources
collecting and standardizing data. This report aims to provide an encouraging answer to this question by demonstrating the value that even limited metrics can provide in a comparative perspective.
We present some findings generated through the use of the Explorations in Cyber Internet Relations (ECIR) Data Dashboard. In essence, this dashboard
consists of a simple graphing and analysis tool, coupled with a database consisting of data from disparate national-level cyber data sources provided by governments, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), and international organizations. Users of the dashboard can select relevant security variables, compare various countries, and scale information as needed.
In this paper, we present an example of observations concerning the fight against cybercrime, along with several hypotheses attempting to explain the findings.
We believe that these preliminary results suggest valuable ways in which such data could be used and we hope this research will help provide the incentives for organizations to increase the quality and quantity of standardized quantitative data available.
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Poster presented in the workshop on “People, Power, and CyberPolitics,” MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States, December 7–8, 2011.
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