Why Cyber Security Still Lacks a Readiness Metric
Cyber security programmes generate enormous volumes of data. Organisations track vulnerability scans, compliance frameworks, security awareness completion rates, and incident reports. Yet these artefacts rarely answer a fundamental governance question: How resilient is the organisation to a real cyber attack? Most cyber security reporting demonstrates activity rather than defensive effectiveness. An organisation may be compliant with multiple standards and still remain structurally vulnerable to ransomware propagation. This gap exists because cyber resilience is usually discussed in qualitative terms — policies,…
