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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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Analyzing Privacy Risk Using FAIR

Jan 14, 2019 10:15:21 AM

When I saw Jack Jones present on FAIR at an IANS Research Forum several years ago, it was like a light bulb went off in my head. I immediately ordered the FAIR book and began a cover-to-cover reading, twice. I had been unsatisfied with existing methods to assess privacy risks and I was excited to apply my new-found knowledge of FAIR to privacy.

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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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