Discussion Post
Your CISO has asked you to lead a Brown Bag lunch discussion about the costs and benefits of investments in security technologies. The reading assignment for this discussion is: Introduction to Return on Security Investment: Helping CERTs assessing the cost of (lack of) security.
You have been asked to prepare a short discussion paper to be used to spark discussion amongst the attendees. Your paper must address the following:
a) What is the ROSI calculation?
b) How is it used to evaluate cybersecurity technologies?
c) What are the limitations of this metric?
d) How can this metric be used to evaluate one or more of the technologies selected for study? (refer back to Week 6)
Suggested technologies include:
a) Autonomous Vehicles (ground, sea, or air): Transportation Systems Sector
b) Deep Space Communication Networks: Communications Sector
c) Implantable Medical Devices: Healthcare and Public Health Sector
d) Precision Agriculture (integrated systems using satellite imagery, GPS, Sensors, Robots): Food & Agriculture Sector
e) Robot inspectors for physical infrastructures (buildings, roads, railways, pipelines, etc.): Multiple Sectors
f) Smart Grid (also called Advanced Metering Infrastructure): Energy Sector
• Wearable Sensors for Hazardous Materials Detection (e.g. CBRNE): Emergency Services Sector.
The response should include a reference list. Using one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.