More metrics for cyber crimes in the US

President Biden has signed a bill that will charge various departments of the US Government to create a taxonomy for cyber crimes and to analyse and publish these results. Other measurements for responses and effectiveness of cyber security responses will be collected, published and acted on.

If cyber crime, the consequences and the responses are recorded, measured and reported on, this will give those that have to face defending against these attacks another weapon in the war chest and prove another obstacle for the attackers.

Biden signs cybercrime tracking bill into law • The Register

This may be a US initiative but the whole world will benefit – as we do from the US governments Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Further Reading

Text – S.2629 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Better Cybercrime Metrics Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

New US law to force critical companies to reveal when they have been breached – Smart Thinking Solutions