October 16 & 17 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2018 FAIR Conference

Discover emerging best practices and models for managing information risk from a business perspective.

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

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EXPLORE THE FAIR INSTITUTE

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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Learn about the industry's best practices; collaborate with other innovators to further advance the profession; and network with your peers to learn from their operational experiences.

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Submit Your Nominations for the 2018 FAIR Awards

The FAIR Awards honor risk management leaders for their initiative, ingenuity and contributions to Information and Operational Risk Management. The awards recognize the deep impact that these professionals have on their organizations by enabling operational excellence and effective decision-making, and in balancing the need to protect their organizations while running the business.

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