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There are no signs of slowing down! Every day, more and more risk professionals are joining the community to gain expert knowledge on Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) and how to effectively manage risk at their organization.
And with each passing day, recognition for FAIR across the industry continues to grow. Take for example the fact that FAIR made its way to the Version 7 of the SANS CIS Controls poster as part of the Five Keys for Building a Cybersecurity Program -- and that 2019 will see a number of SANS training events all around FAIR.
A look into our membership base shows the signs of far-reaching FAIR adoption; there are FAIR members across the largest companies around the world:
Luke Bader is Director, Memberships and Programs, for the FAIR Institute
Here are some more highlights from the past five months:
We have recently announced two major partnerships with expert organizations that have bought into FAIR and are endorsing it in their work:
CyberVista, the leading cybersecurity education and workforce development company known for its board director education work has aligned the curriculum of its popular Resolve cybersecurity training and its new Digital Cyber Risk Program, with FAIR to make learning the framework more accessible.
Global Resilience Federation (GRF) and the FAIR Institute announced in October that they have formed a new strategic partnership which will enable GRF members to quantify cyber risk and ascribe a currency value to the unique cyber risk surface of each member organization. The quantification of cyber risk in monetary terms is rapidly becoming a requirement and this partnership agreement provides GRF members with a discounted rate for training on the FAIR methodology, which for the first time, enables true cyber risk quantification.
In addition to new partnerships, we saw an increased call for FAIR and risk quantification from other groups and the media:
The leadership at the FAIR Institute is growing as well. We recently added two new members to our Board of Advisors:
Both Zully and Kim are outspoken advocates for FAIR and quantification. Their presence on the Board has already been a huge addition for the community and the industry as a whole.
The FAIR Institute, in partnership with our sponsors launched the 2018 Risk Management Maturity Survey, an opportunity for cyber and information risk professionals to rate their risk management practices and benchmark their organizations against their peers. As respondent numbers grew, we are beginning down our path in creating a maturity timeline for the industry. Preliminary results were displayed in Jack Jones’ Keynote at FAIRCON, with the full results paper being released soon.
The message of FAIR has also been spreading around the globe! Two new local chapters have been launched recently in Sydney, Australia, the second in the country, and in South Africa, the first on the continent! The Institute also held its inaugural Federal Government Chapter Meeting in Washington, DC. Bringing together government and military officials from dozens of agencies, the Institute is committed to helping all of the branches of the federal government to learn more about the standard FAIR risk model. If you are interested in meeting and learning from FAIR experts in your area, join a local chapter today!
After all of these updates, you are probably asking yourself, “This is great, what next?” Well, we have partnered with our Technical Advisor, RiskLens, to give all FAIR Institute members a discount to their online FAIR Training Courses during the month of November. The original FAIR Fundamentals certification course and the newly created FAIR Analyst Learning Path provide both a conceptual foundation and a next level understanding to risk management professionals. For more information, please email us today to get the promotional codes.
If you aren’t a member of the FAIR Institute yet, it is high-time that you should be! Sign up for FAIR Institute membership (it’s free) and connect with FAIR practitioners around the world on our Link discussion boards.