Security Decision Support Challenges in Data Collection and Use

In 2005, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) surveyed 36,000 businesses about cybercrime. The authors contrast past cybersecurity data collection efforts with the BJS study. Then, based on a framework for evaluating the applicability of data to models and decision-making, they discuss data collection and reporting common to cybercrime studies. Finally, they assess the potential for any data collection effort to fulfill multiple security models' data needs.