Virtual 2021 FAIR Conference | October 19 & 20

Managing Risk & Building Resilience

FAIRCON21 will provide ground-breaking keynote addresses, engaging C-suite panels, and expert case study sessions through a cutting edge virtual event platform.

What is the FAIR Institute?

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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Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIRTM) is a practical framework for understanding, measuring and analyzing information risk, and ultimately, for enabling well-informed decision making.

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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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At FAIRCON21, Jack Jones Introduces the FAIR Controls Analytics Model (FAIR-CAM™), the Standard for Measuring the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Controls

Oct 20, 2021 1:30:00 PM

Jack Jones, creator of Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR™), the standard for quantitative analysis of cyber risk, introduced a new model, the FAIR Controls Analytics Model (FAIR-CAM™), for quantitative measurement of controls efficacy for risk reduction.

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2021 FAIR Awards Honor Risk Management Innovators and Advocates from Equinix, Fannie Mae, C-Risk

Oct 20, 2021 12:30:00 PM

The FAIR Institute announced the winners of the annual Excellence Awards for 2021, honoring three leaders in advancing the discipline of measuring and managing cyber and operational risk: 

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FAIRCON21 Day One: Achieving Cyber Resilience with Advice from IBM, HPE, Federal Reserve, Netflix, and More FAIR Risk Management Leaders

Oct 20, 2021 7:30:00 AM

The 2021 FAIR Conference kicked off two days of intensive presentations, case studies and panel discussions exploring every angle of the topic most on the mind of CISOs and risk managers this year: resilience.

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