Security executives require evidence to justify their risk management investments. Two companies have unveiled efforts to make it easier for CSOs and other security execs to measure how they stack up to others in their industries. Lumeta, a six-year-old spinoff from Bell Labs’ research work on an Internet Mapping Project, introduced a “network index” The Network, a provider of confidential hotlines, has launched a benchmark study with research support from the CSO Executive Council and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Both efforts have just begun, and proponents acknowledge that while they like the data so far, their projects will grow in value over time.”]