Tag: Security Assessment

  • Security Estimation – Budget for your security assessment

    Security Estimation – Budget for your security assessment

    Continuing from our security estimation series, consider the following guidelines to budget for a security risk assessment: Start with the scope: Determine the scope of the security assessment, including the systems, applications, and infrastructure to be tested. Assess resources: Identify the personnel, equipment, and tools required for the assessment. Determine the frequency: Decide how often…

  • Security Estimation – How to estimate for a security assessment.

    Security Estimation – How to estimate for a security assessment.

    During my early years in the information security domain, one of the first problems I faced was estimating any activity’s effort. Sometimes, this estimation is more complex as the work involves all the other departments. For example, the server team, network team, etc. Here is a basic framework that I use, and I also have…