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The charts on the following pages reflect first results from the Security Capability Model, a survey tool codeveloped by CSO and Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Coordination Center (CERT\/CC) to help respondents compare their security processes—particularly pertaining to information security—with those of other organizations.<\/p>\n
The Security Capability Model obviously draws some inspiration from the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), a rigorous tool for process management in software application development created by CMU’s well-known Software Engineering Institute (SEI).<\/p>\n
They don’t yet feel there’s a long enough history” to clearly state what constitutes “mature” information security practices.<\/p>\n
Methodology The Security Capability Model survey was posted online at CSO’s website and at the CERT website.<\/p>\n
The industries most heavily represented in the response base were finance\/banking\/accounting (14%), health care\/pharmaceutical (12%), manufacturing (11%) and government (10%).<\/p>\n
In lieu of attempting an absolute standard for correct or mature practices (though a variety of those already exist elsewhere, ranging from ISO standards to SEI’s own Octave risk management methodology), the model provides the opportunity to benchmark against others in 22 specific practices.<\/p>\n
One chart presents the full survey results, grouping the practices under four headings: managing risks, setting policies, securing systems and networks, and handling corporate security.<\/p>\n
Looking at the first practice area on the chart, 60 percent of the total response base said they have a process in place for conducting regular vulnerability assessments.<\/p>\n
For comparison, the model also measures corporate security capability in a few areas outside of infosec: facility access, business continuity plans, employee awareness training and background checks.<\/p>\n
Allen says more capable—and successful—organizations are those treating security as a business objective; these companies achieve regulatory compliance by documenting existing processes, rather than by scrambling to jury-rig new processes to meet the letter of the law.<\/p>\n
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