Security Metrics
Review additional metrics to report from the mass of security update data.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Jamie Strandboge
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Kees Cook
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Jamie Strandboge
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for oneiric
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- ubuntu-11.10
- Started by
- Kees Cook
- Completed by
- Jamie Strandboge
Whiteboard
Discussion of what should be given attention for generating statistics and metrics for security in Ubuntu.
NOTE: Adjusted to jdstrand as the assignee since Kees left and the reports are not correct.
Agenda:
* quick review of existing data and outputs
* https:/
* http://
* supported packages
* fixed CVEs, USNs
* outstanding CVEs
* exposure timeframes
* comparison to RedHat metrics
* https:/
* OVAL output format
* http://
Work items:
[jdstrand] define set of desired data visualizations: DONE
[jdstrand] delegate data visualization tasks: DONE
[jdstrand] create web page putting metrics into context: DONE
[kees] create initial metric web page with basic formatting: DONE
[kees] export raw data as well as graphs: DONE
[kees] CVEs * USNs * source packages per month (what work we did, where the 'USN' factors in the releases), all releases, all time: DONE
[kees] CVEs * USNs * source packages per month (what work we did in last year, where the 'USN' factors in the releases), all releases, rolling 12 months: DONE
[kees] CVEs * USNs * source packages per month (what work we did, where the 'USN' factors in the releases), per release, all time: DONE
[kees] CVEs * source packages per month (what are the pending work trends), all releases, rolling 12 months: DONE
[kees] CVEs * source packages per month (what are the pending work trends), per release, rolling 12 months: DONE
[kees] regressions published per month, all releases, all time (what are the regression trends): DONE
[kees] regressions published per month, per release, all time (what are the regression trends, for (esp older releases): DONE
[kees] CVEs fixed per month, all releases, all time: DONE
[kees] CVEs fixed per month, all releases, rolling 12 months: DONE
[kees] CVEs fixed per month, per release, all time: DONE
[kees] USNs published per month, all releases, all time: DONE
[kees] USNs published per month, all releases, rolling 12 months: DONE
[kees] USNs published per month, per release, all time: DONE
[kees] source packages fixed per month, all releases, all time: DONE
[kees] source packages fixed per month, per release, all time: DONE
[kees] CVEs to be fixed per month, all releases, rolling 12 months: POSTPONED
[kees] CVEs to be fixed per month, per release, rolling 12 months: POSTPONED
[kees] script to generate raw data for number of incoming CVEs: DONE
[kees] graph number of incoming CVEs: POSTPONED
These possible future work items have been moved to the Roadmap:
[kees] produce response time summaries, similar to existing RH metrics
[kees] produce "first 6 months" exposure graphs instead of existing "on-going exposure"
Natty work items:
[kees] define and implement a programmatic u-c-t tag for "proactivity helped us": DONE
[mdeslaur] select security whitepaper topic: DONE
[mdeslaur] write security whitepaper: POSTPONED