Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement

September 2017 • Technical Note

Gregory Crabb (United States Postal Service), Nader Mehravari (Axio Global), David Tobar

Describes the Cybersecurity Program Progress Metric and how its implementation in a large, diverse U.S. national organization can serve to indicate progress toward improving cybersecurity and resilience capabilities.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):

10.1184/R1/12367094.v1

Subjects

Cyber Risk and Resilience ManagementCyber Risk and Resilience Management

Abstract

This report describes how the authors defined a Cybersecurity Program Progress Metric (CPPM) in support of a large, diverse U.S. national organization. The CPPM, based on the CERT-Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) v1.1, provides an indicator of progress towards achievement of CERT-RMM practices. The CPPM is an implementation metric that can be used to measure incremental progress in implementation of CERT-RMM practices and, through an aggregate score, show overall progress in achieving the goals of a cybersecurity program. The underlying concept of a CERT-RMM-based index is applicable to any organization using the CERT-RMM for model-based process improvement for such operational risk management activities as cybersecurity, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, and incident response. Moreover, the underlying concept is applicable to other models such as the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2).

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Crabb, Gregory; Mehravari, Nader; & Tobar, David. Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement. CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2017. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765

IEEE

Crabb. Gregory, Mehravari. Nader, and Tobar. David, "Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003, 2017. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765

APA

Crabb, Gregory., Mehravari, Nader., & Tobar, David. (2017). Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement (CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003). Retrieved June 10, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765

CHI

Gregory Crabb, Nader Mehravari, & David Tobar. Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement (CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765

MLA

Crabb, Gregory., Mehravari, Nader., & Tobar, David. 2017. Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765

BibTex

@techreport{CrabbDefininga2017,
title={Defining a Progress Metric for CERT-RMM Improvement},
author={Gregory Crabb and Nader Mehravari and David Tobar},
year={2017},
number={CMU/SEI-2017-TN-003},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=504765} }

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