Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study

Organizations that are using the CERT® Resilience Management Model and organizations that are considering using it want information about the business value of implementing resilience processes and practices, and how to determine which ones to implement. This report describes the SEI research study that begins to address this need. It includes a discussion of the completed phase 1 study and a proposed phase 2 project. Phase 1 included forming a hypothesis and set of research questions and using a variety of techniques to collect data and evaluate whether resilience practices have a discernible (measurable) effect on operational resilience-that is, an organization's ability to continue to carry out its mission (provide critical services) in the presence of operational stress and disruption. The outcomes of phase 1 provide the foundation for the proposed phase 2. The longer term goal includes developing a quantitative, validated business case for prioritizing and implementing specific resilience practices, including decision criteria for selecting and measuring investments in improved resilience.

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Authors

Julia H. Allen

Pamela D. Curtis

Nader Mehravari (Executive VP at IT Cadre and SEI Affiliate)

Andrew P. Moore

Kevin G. Partridge

Robert W. Stoddard

Randall F. Trzeciak

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Security and Survivability

Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025
December 2012

Cite This Report

SEI:

Allen, Julia; Curtis, Pamela; Mehravari, Nader; Moore, Andrew; Partridge, Kevin; Stoddard, Robert; & Trzeciak, Randall. Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study (CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025 ). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tn025.cfm

IEEE:

J. Allen, P. Curtis, N. Mehravari, A. Moore, K. Partridge, R. Stoddard, and R. Trzeciak, "Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025 , 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tn025.cfm

APA:

Allen, J., Curtis, P., Mehravari, N., Moore, A., Partridge, K., Stoddard, R., & Trzeciak, R. (2012). Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study (CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025 ). Retrieved May 23, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tn025.cfm

CHI:

Allen, Julia, Pamela Curtis, Nader Mehravari, Andrew Moore, Kevin Partridge, Robert Stoddard, and Randall Trzeciak. Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study (CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025 ). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tn025.cfm

MLA:

Allen, J., Curtis, P., Mehravari, N., Moore, A., Partridge, K., Stoddard, R., & Trzeciak, R. 2012. Analyzing Cases of Resilience Success and Failure—A Research Study (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2012-TN-025 ). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/12tn025.cfm

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