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Metrics and Reporting

What is Metrics and Reporting?

The systematic collection, analysis, and presentation of data that measures the performance and effectiveness of security controls, compliance programmes, and risk management activities. Metrics enable data-driven decision-making.

Governance

Frameworks that govern metrics and reporting

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →COBIT 2019View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on metrics and reporting

Requirements naming metrics and reporting across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

NIST SP 800-1611 control

Measure C-SCRM programme effectiveness using defined metrics and report results to governance bodies and executive sponsors at defined cadence.

SCRM-MEAS-1 · C-SCRM Metrics and Reporting →
SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology1 control

Report incident metrics including dwell time, mean time to detect, mean time to contain, mean time to recover, financial impact, and lessons trend analysis to executive risk committees.

PICERL-L-03 · Lessons Learned: Metrics and Reporting to Executives →
Privacy by Design (PbD) - Seven Foundational Principles2 controls

Per Cavoukian PbD Principle 6: Visibility and Transparency. Requirements include (a) ensure component parts + operations remain visible + transparent to users + stakeholders + (b) maintain accessible privacy notices + (c) maintain accountability through docume...

PBDFND-6 · Visibility and Transparency - Keep It Open →

Questions people ask about metrics and reporting

What is Metrics and Reporting?
The systematic collection, analysis, and presentation of data that measures the performance and effectiveness of security controls, compliance programmes, and risk management activities. Metrics enable data-driven decision-making.
Why is Metrics and Reporting important for compliance?
Metrics and Reporting is a key concept in Governance. Understanding metrics and reporting helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Metrics and Reporting?
Metrics and Reporting appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-161, SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology, Privacy by Design (PbD) - Seven Foundational Principles. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Metrics and Reporting?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how metrics and reporting applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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