Introducing the FAIR Controls Analytics Model™ | FAIR-CAM™

The New Standard for Measuring Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Controls

Jack Jones builds on the FAIR model for risk quantification with FAIR-CAM for modeling and quantifying the value of controls and controls systems for risk reduction.

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FAIRTM (Factor Analysis of Information Risk)  has emerged as the premier Value at Risk (VaR) model for cybersecurity and operational risk. The FAIRTM Institute is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of measuring and managing cyber and operational risk.

It provides information risk, cybersecurity and business executives with the standards and best practices to help organizations measure, manage and report on information risk from the business perspective. The FAIRTM Institute and its community focus on innovation, education and sharing of best practices to advance the FAIRTM model and the cyber and operational risk management professions.
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The FAIR Institute is an expert, non-profit organization led by information risk officers, CISOs and business executives to develop standard information risk management practices based on FAIRTM.

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SEC Chair Gensler Signals Tighter Cybersecurity Reporting Coming, Opening the Way for Risk Quantification

Jan 27, 2022 6:45:00 AM

In a speech this week, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said he has asked SEC staff for recommendations to update requirements for cybersecurity practices and cyber risk disclosure by public companies, as well as financial sector companies and their third-party vendors.

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Leading Advocate for Cybersecurity Rep. Jim Langevin to Leave Congress

Jan 24, 2022 1:38:29 PM

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), a pioneer of cybersecurity legislation and oversight in Congress and an advocate for FAIR™, announced that he won’t seek re-election this year after 11 terms. 

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Low-Cost Ways to Start a Quantitative Cyber Risk Management Program

Jan 19, 2022 4:05:22 PM

Good news for organizations interested in adopting quantitative risk analysis  but can’t commit much budget or resources: You can begin the FAIR™ cyber risk quantification journey without significant capital investment or a dedicated team. Here’s how:  

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Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk Explained in 90 Seconds

Sep 7, 2017 3:18:43 PM

I recently had a conversation with clients around a risk analysis they conducted and noticed as they walked me through it that they seemed to get hung up on the terms “inherent risk” and “residual...

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'Risk Appetite' vs. 'Risk Tolerance'. What’s the Difference?

May 1, 2017 8:51:54 AM

The terms “risk appetite” and its close cousin “risk tolerance” are often poorly understood, very rarely used to good effect, and commonly used interchangeably.

Similar to the word “risk,” you will...

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Security Exception vs. Risk Acceptance: What's the Difference?

Feb 6, 2019 2:00:00 PM

FAIR model creator Jack Jones recently answered a FAIR Institute member's question about terminology that's one of those easily confused yet critical distinctions in cyber risk management: What's the...

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