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What is the FAIR Institute?

Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) has emerged as the standard Value at Risk (VaR) framework for cybersecurity and operational risk.

The FAIR Institute is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of measuring and managing information 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 FAIR Institute and its community focus on innovation, education and sharing of best practices to advance FAIR and the information risk management profession.
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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 FAIR.

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FAIR Analysis Fundamentals Training Course before the 2019 RSA Conference

The Native Sons Building - Harry M. Smith Conference Room at Union Square

March 3 & 4, 2019

 Register today for the FAIR Analysis Fundamentals Training Course. 
Before the RSA Conference, in San Francisco, on Sunday, March 3 and Monday, March 4.
The FAIR Analysis Fundamentals Course is the top training course in the world
for learning how to both define and measure risk quantitatively.
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4 Tips to Reality-Check a FAIR Quantitative Risk Analysis

Feb 14, 2019 2:46:23 PM

While I could easily write a novella focused solely on the many benefits of FAIR over other risk analysis methods, there is an important caveat to keep in mind when conducting FAIR analyses: The analysis is only as reliable as the analyst who conducted it.

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Prepare for Disruption: ERM Expert James Lam’s Advice to Board Directors

Feb 14, 2019 9:28:15 AM

In a cover story for the National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship Magazine, James Lam – independent director on the RiskLens board, leader of the risk committee for the E*TRADE board, and FAIRCON18 keynoter– writes that board directors generally believe that business-disrupting (and even business-killing) risks are much more important now than five years ago

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At RSAC 2019, Hear Jack Jones and More Leaders in the Cyber Risk Quantification Movement

Feb 12, 2019 10:00:39 AM

This year’s RSA Conference, Monday-Friday, March 4-8, in San Francisco is a great opportunity to hear some of the world’s best thinkers and doers in and around the FAIR movement and advanced techniques in risk management in general.  

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Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk Explained in 90 Seconds

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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 Analysis vs. Risk Assessment: What's the Difference?

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Yes, this is Cyber Risk 101, but risk analysis vs risk assessment is common confusion, so let Jack Jones explain it in an excerpt from his book Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach

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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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