CAS-004 Governance, Risk, and Compliance Practice Question
An organization's security team is reviewing security metrics to present to the board. Which THREE of the following are commonly used Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a security program? (Select THREE.)
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Patch compliance percentage
Common security KPIs include mean time to detect (MTTD), mean time to respond (MTTR), and patch compliance percentage. Vulnerability by severity is typically a Key Risk Indicator (KRI). Number of firewalls is a configuration metric, not a KPI.
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Patch compliance percentage
Why this is correct
Indicates the proportion of systems with up-to-date patches.
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Mean time to respond (MTTR)
Why this is correct
Measures the average time to contain and remediate an incident.
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Number of firewalls deployed
Why it's wrong here
A technical metric, not a performance indicator of program effectiveness.
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Vulnerabilities by severity
Why it's wrong here
A risk indicator (KRI) rather than a performance indicator (KPI).
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Mean time to detect (MTTD)
Why this is correct
Measures the average time to identify a security incident.
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