Return On Security Investment (ROSI) A Practical Quantitative Model

Wes Sonnenreich, Jason Albanese, Bruce Stout

2005

Abstract

Organizations need practical security benchmarking tools in order to plan effective security strategies. This paper explores a number of techniques that can be used to measure security within an organization. It proposes a new benchmarking methodology that produces results that are of strategic importance to both decision makers and technology implementers. The approach taken reflects a work-in-progress that is a combination of practical experience and direct research.

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in Harvard Style

Sonnenreich W., Albanese J. and Stout B. (2005). Return On Security Investment (ROSI) A Practical Quantitative Model . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2005) ISBN 972-8865-25-2, pages 239-252. DOI: 10.5220/0002580202390252


in Bibtex Style

@conference{wosis05,
author={Wes Sonnenreich and Jason Albanese and Bruce Stout},
title={Return On Security Investment (ROSI) A Practical Quantitative Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={239-252},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002580202390252},
isbn={972-8865-25-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2005)
TI - Return On Security Investment (ROSI) A Practical Quantitative Model
SN - 972-8865-25-2
AU - Sonnenreich W.
AU - Albanese J.
AU - Stout B.
PY - 2005
SP - 239
EP - 252
DO - 10.5220/0002580202390252