BEATO (Security)
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BEATO stands for "BEnchmark Assessment TOol". BEATO is both a tool and a methodology, originally dedicated to Security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...

 assessments. It determines the quality of controls as well as the degree of compliance using a Capability Maturity Model
Capability Maturity Model
The Capability Maturity Model is a development model that was created after study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense, who funded the research. This model became the foundation from which CMU created the Software Engineering Institute...

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BEATO's uses include compliance assessments relative to ISO Standards (specifically ISO 9000
ISO 9000
The ISO 9000 family of standards relates to quality management systems and is designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders . The standards are published by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, and available through National...

, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 27000).

Both methodology and tool have been developed by Unisys
Unisys
Unisys Corporation , headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a long established business whose core products now involves computing and networking.-History:...

for internal use in 1999 (Y2K compliance). Since 2002 BEATO has been marketed to Unisys clients.

The PLATO Risk Management sub-module (PLAnning TOol) was designed to answer the question if poor controls have consequences big enough to warrant investments.
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