A report arguing that the first year of Vista has been more secure--or at least has had fewer vulnerabilities--than XP and other operating systems has raised a ruckus. The issue raises a question ...

We have so many ways to measure journalism. Melody Kramer wrote about 50 of them here Tuesday. She could have listed another 50 and still had plenty to include. However, most journalism begins not ...

Question: What questions should I keep in mind to improve my security metrics? Joshua Goldfarb, independent consultant: Security metrics is an area most organizations understand the importance of, but ...

The metrics L&D tracks the most are the metrics that predict the least. Completion rates, satisfaction scores and knowledge ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. What is a metric? As implied in the language cited above, a metric is an ...

Infections spread in hospitals and other healthcare settings cause over 680,000 infections and 72,000 patient deaths in the U.S. every year. Surveillance and reporting of these infections to ...