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The Security Dashboard Visualizing IT and Business Risk Information Security Decisions October 6, 2004. Panelists. Pete Lindstrom, Spire Security Shon Harris, Logical Security Bill Boni, Motorola Moderator: Andy Briney, InfoSecurity. What’s a Security Dashboard?. Dashboard Wish List.
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The Security DashboardVisualizing IT and Business RiskInformation Security DecisionsOctober 6, 2004
Panelists • Pete Lindstrom, Spire Security • Shon Harris, Logical Security • Bill Boni, Motorola • Moderator: Andy Briney, InfoSecurity
Dashboard Wish List • Simplifies the management of operational and IT security activities. • Correlates data from multiple sources and turns it into actionable information. • Maximizes technology investments by integrating with existing products. • Measures compliance with accepted practices, internal standards and government regulations (ISO 17799, GLBA, HIPAA, Basel II). • Tracks vulnerabilities and remediation status. • Prioritizes remediation activities by business impact. • Maintains historical information for trend analysis. • Maintains prioritized remediation action plans. • Facilitates communication between the Business, Information Security, Operations, Audit/Compliance and Risk Management. • Produces a meaningful management console/dashboard. Source: Steve Katz
In a Nutshell… • Asset discovery and management • Vulnerability remediation • Threat correlation and assessment • Compliance/policy management • Reporting/audit • Prioritizes risks, remediation workflow • Treats operational risk as a lifecycle
How realistic is Andy’s wish list? • It’s real: I’m running a management system that does most of this • Likely to happen, but not for a few years • Unlikely to happen in the near future • What you’re asking for is impossible. • I dunno enough about this to have an opinion.
Now, for a dose of reality DASHBOARD OBSTACLES • Poorly conceived and executed risk analysis models and processes • Constantly changing risk environment • Evolving (immature?) technologies • Immature communications protocols and standards: No lingua franca • Poor understanding of relationship of technical risk to business risk