IT’s Security Metrics and Reporting Problem: A Communication Failure

What used to be a back room, invisible function of enterprise, IT security has been launched into the limelight with high profile data breaches with Sony as the most recently, and reoccurring, example. Enterprises are rightfully bringing IT security to the forefront of the business process, and IT teams are responsible for showing the improvement and success of security programs that are often a significant line item on the books.
Therein lies a new challenge for IT: to develop security metr