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The Price of Security: The Challenge of Measuring Business Value Investments in Securing Information Systems

A journal article published by John M. Pfau Library, California State University San Bernardino on 2015-01-05 discussing measurement of business-value investments in securing information systems. The source record supplied is bibliographic and does not report an incident or operational event.

Illustrative image: Venn diagram representing the difference between information security and cybersecurity — Pcoronaf/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Categories: technology, economy-and-trade

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Global importance: 3/10The event's broader significance, from limited importance (1) to major global importance (10).
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Positivity: 5/10How harmful or beneficial the event is, from strongly harmful (1) to strongly positive (10).
Urgency: 2/10How time-sensitive the event is, from low urgency (1) to immediate attention needed (10).

Why it matters

The article addresses how organizations measure the business value of investments in information security.

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