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Measurements for Information Security

NIST’s Measurements for Information Security Program develops guidelines, tools, and resources to help organizations improve the quality and utility of information to support their technical and high-level decision making. The Measurement for Information Security Program aims to better equip organizations to purposefully and effectively manage their information security risk through the development of flexible approaches to the selection, assessment, and management of measures and metrics.

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