Establishing robust security measures is essential for all kinds of organizations. Security metrics play a critical role in evaluating the effectiveness of these measures, enabling organizations to gauge their compliance with various security standards and identify areas for improvement. Moreover, metrics provide a standardized approach to security assessments, facilitating communication among stakeholders. They serve as a common language that helps technical teams, management, and auditors understand security performance and compliance levels. This shared understanding is crucial for fostering collaboration and ensuring that security initiatives align with organizational objectives.

Our metrics repository represents a joint effort of the projects under the umbrella of the European Cluster for Cybersecurity Certification to develop metrics that can be reused by any project. It includes a variety of well-defined security metrics that can be easily integrated into different projects (see the figure below).

Each metric is structured to provide clear metadata and configuration data. For example, each metric defines a unique ID, a structured description, as well as the concrete target values that are desired for the metric (like TLS version should be greater or equal than 1.2).

This structured approach ensures that users can quickly grasp the purpose and requirements of each metric, making it easier to implement assessments that align with industry standards and best practices. Furthermore, projects are encouraged to add project-specific metrics to the repository if they wish, allowing for greater customization and relevance to their unique security contexts. By utilizing these metrics, organizations can enhance their automated security certification processes and drive continuous improvement in their security strategies.

Explore the repository to discover valuable tools that can support your compliance efforts and contribute to the advancement of automated security certification methodologies!