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Title: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk

Book number: ISBN 978 – 1 – 119 – 89230 – 4
Author Name:
Richard Seiersen
Douglas W. Hubbard
Preface Book:

When we wrote the first edition of this book, we were cautiously optimistic about how well it
would do. Some constructive criticisms of popular methods were long past due. We knew a lot of
published research showed that although the ubiquitous risk matrix provided a kind of placebo
effect and increased confidence in decision making, it actually harmed the quality of decision
making.

The book quickly exceeded our expectations in terms of demand and the influence it has had on
the content of training and standards in cyber- security. Consequently, the publisher, Wiley,
wanted to capitalize on this demand with a second edition.

A lot has happened in cybersecurity in the six years since the first edition was published. There
have been new major cyberattacks and new threats have appeared. Ransomware was not
perceived to be nearly as much a threat in 2016 as it is now. But there will always be a new
threat, and there will always be new technologies developed in an attempt to reduce these risks.
Any book about cyber risk that only addresses current problems and technical solutions will need
to be rewritten much more frequently than once every few years.

So, if the only changes were technical details of threats and solutions, then a new edition would
not be required. We felt it was time to write a new edition because we realize that some
organizations need quicker, simpler solutions to quantify cybersecurity risks. At the same time,
others are ready for a little more depth in the methods. In this edition we have attempted to
provide more for both audiences.

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