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Metrics for Description of Specific and General Characteristics of Security System

Information security as a component of information system can be described with a set of security indicators. Using these indicators it is possible to observe response and changes in the security system which appeared as a reaction on unsecured occurrences from the environment. With their comparison in the period of time it is possible to measure security performance and manage security. It is necessary to choose a metric for designing such a set of indicators for monitoring security performance. There are a few types of security metrics which have different ability to describe security state in some specific areas of information system. A purpose of this paper is to point out the classes of general and specific security metrics and to determine taxonomy and form of metrics description suitable for effective security monitoring considering the area of its use.

security; metrics; clasification

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