IT Security

27 KPIs

% of downtime due to security incidents
[total downtime due to security incidents] percentage of [total downtime]
% of email spam messages stopped/detected
[number of spam email stopped/detected] percentage of [number of spam emails]
% of email spam messages unstopped/undetected
[number of spam email unstopped] percentage of [number of spam email]
% of hours devoted to train tecnichal staff in IT security compared with the total ones
% of patches applied outside of maintenance window
% of spam false positives
% of systems covered by antivirus/antispyware software
[Systems covered by antivirus/spyware software] percentage of [total systems]
% of systems not to policy patch level
% of systems with latest antivirus/antispyware signatures
[Systems with latest signatures] percentage of [total systems]
% of virus incidents requiring manual cleanup
% of virusses & spyware detected in email
Cost of cleanup of virus/spyware incidents
Cost of patches
Distribution cycle of patches
average of ([time of being aware of patches] to [time of implementation of patches]
Frecuency of IT security audits
Latency of unapplied patches
average of ([age of missing patches])
Number of detected network attacks
Number of hours spent in IT Security training
Number of occurrences of loss of strategic data
Number of outgoing virusses/spyware caught
Percent of incidents classified as security related
Risk Level Matrix
[Risk Level = value X probability]
Security Implementation Duration
Security Incident Resolution Time by Severity
Security vulnerability density per 1,000 lines of code
Spam detection failure %
Weighted security vulnerability density per unit of code
sum of ( [number of security vulnerabilities by seriousness] * seriousness weight)