Benchmarking

June 30, 2006

Benchmarking generally refers to the process of ranking or scoring security against an established standard measure. Benchmarks can be absolute or cross-sectional. Comparative Application Security # The Security of Applications: Not All Are Created Equal (February 2002), Andrew Jaquith. This study examples the security practices of 45 web applications, and finds that the most secure e-business applications have one-quarter as many security defects as the worst – and eighty percent less risk. ...