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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“Leadership Vision for 2022,” a new report from Gartner, the leading technology consulting firm, presents some solid advice for CISOs and other security and risk management leaders pulled in many directions
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Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations increased by 94% year over year in 2021, according to a global survey by Sophos, an average of nearly two data breaches of sensitive PHI have occurred every day in the U.S., according to HHS
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Jack Jones introduced FAIR-CAM™, the FAIR Controls Analytics Model, to challenge the cybersecurity profession to move beyond its reflexive focus on cybersecurity controls lists
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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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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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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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