Stories by By Mathias Thurman

The security function needs SMART metrics

I've become a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2554061/security0/measuring-the-value-of-metrics.html">big fan of metrics</a>. I wasn't always, but throughout my career in information security, I've had bosses who have challenged me on metrics, and I have honed my skills so that now I feel the metrics I collect meet the "SMART" test: specific, meaningful, actionable, repeatable and time-dependent.

By Mathias Thurman | 17 Sep | Read more

Tuning the security analysts

I have told you about the need to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2550209/security0/getting-the-most-out-of-siem.html">tune our security incident and event monitoring (SIEM) tool</a>. Now we need to tune the analysts who are monitoring the SIEM.

By Mathias Thurman | 28 Aug | Read more