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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 2 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 →
RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks1 control

CSOC governance includes briefing the Board or ITSC and senior management on threat intelligence, dashboards for oversight, policy with defined metrics and reporting structures, and timely communication with stakeholders.

rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::213 · Para 213: CSOC governance: Board and management briefing, dashboards, metrics and reporting →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Metrics and Reporting?
Metrics and Reporting appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-161, RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks. Across these standards we have identified 2 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 1,016 frameworks.

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