The concept behind the paper has been quietly brewing for a couple of months or more, taking the past few weeks to crystallise into words in a form that I'm happy to share publicly.
In a nutshell, 'attributes' are characteristics or features that can be used to categorise, sort or rank information security controls by various criteria. That simplistic concept turns out to unlock some powerful possibilities, described pragmatically in the paper.
It's a more innovative and valuable technique than it may appear.
Along the way, I regret inadvertently upsetting the team of JTC 1/SC 27 editors working on about the paper and released it to an unknown number of LinkeDinners.
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