2 OKR examples for Application Security
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for Application Security. Take a look at the templates below for inspiration and guidance.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read more about the OKR meaning online.
Best practices for OKR
Your objectives should be ambitious, but achievable. Your key results should be measurable and time-bound. It can also be helfpul to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Building your own OKRs with AI
While we have some examples below, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. There are 2 options available to you.
- Use our free OKRs generator
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives – including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
How to track OKRs
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs framework.
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.
We recommend Tability for an easy way to set and track OKRs with your team.
Check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
Application Security OKRs templates
The examples have Application Security Objectives and Key Results, but they may also include the tasks that can help you get there.
OKRs to enhance application security knowledge and awareness among teams
- Improve application security knowledge and awareness
- Increase the frequency of security checklist reviews by 50%
- Conduct at least one security training session per team
- Provide secure coding guidelines and best practices to each team
- Implement a mandatory security certification program for all teams
OKRs to successfully migrate all applications to a secure DevOps pipeline
- Successfully migrate all applications to a secure DevOps pipeline
- Achieve zero security incidents post-migration in the reviewed applications
- Regularly review and update security measures
- Implement solid security mechanisms post-migration
- Conduct thorough security checks and audits before migration
- Train 80% of development team on secure DevOps pipeline management
- Identify team members needing secure DevOps pipeline training
- Organize a training program with a competent instructor
- Schedule and implement training sessions for identified members
- Implement secure DevOps pipeline framework for 50% of existing applications
- Develop or acquire the necessary secure DevOps pipeline framework
- Identify applications suitable for secure DevOps pipeline implementation
- Roll out the framework across the identified applications
More OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
OKRs to enhance and Sustain High Performances in the EA Pool OKRs to successfully achieve pipeline target of $10,000,000 OKRs to drive tangible growth towards company's 2024 ambitions OKRs to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of incident management OKRs to achieve great performance and reliability OKRs to successfully manage strategic partnership
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: Complete 2024 OKR cheat sheet
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples