Alex Hutton

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    » The Effectiveness of the Most Underappreciated Controls

    Post Summary:  Measuring Control Effectiveness is a tricky thing, as effectiveness is relative to external factors.  Because we don’t have precise measurements for those factors, Control Effectiveness is (you guessed it) a probability issue.  One angle that is usually under-appreciated is the ability of our controls to reduce the probability of action by a threat agent.  More research should be done into the ability of controls to reduce the attackers perceived level of effort for success,…



    February 12, 2008, 12:43pm  Comments