Assignment: Return On Security Investment
This discussion item is part of the Analysis of Alternatives exercise.
Your CISO has asked you to lead a Brown Bag lunch discussion about the costs and benefits of investments in security technologies. The reading assignment for this discussion is: Introduction to Return on Security Investment: Helping CERTs assessing the cost of (lack of) security.
You have been asked to prepare a short discussion paper to be used to spark discussion amongst the attendees. Your paper must address the following:
• What is the ROSI calculation?
• How is it used to evaluate cybersecurity technologies?
• What are the limitations of this metric?
• How can this metric be used to evaluate one or more of the technologies selected for study? (refer back to Week 6)
Post your three to five paragraph short paper as a response to this discussion topic. Include APA format citations and references as appropriate to the information used and the sources from which you obtained that information.
Reference
European Network and Information Security Agency. (2012). Introduction to Return on Security Investment: Helping CERTs assessing the cost of (lack of) security. Heraklion, Crete, Greece: Author.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.