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
Analyzing Privacy Risk Using FAIR
[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 5, 2022 6:08:00 PM / by R. Jason Cronk posted in Risk Management, Member Content
Human Nature in Our FAIR Risk Programs: Work With It, Not Against It
[fa icon="calendar'] Feb 8, 2022 12:05:47 PM / by Zach Cossairt posted in Member Content
As a graduate student exploring the emerging field of Behavioral Economics, or the science and art of judgment and decision-making, I have the unique opportunity to regularly draw from this study’s foundational concepts and directly apply them to communicate risk
3 Quick Steps for FAIR Program Maturity
[fa icon="calendar'] Jan 27, 2022 9:00:00 AM / by Caleb Juhnke posted in Member Content
“Don’t boil the ocean,” “manage expectations” and “baby steps” are common phrases that capture the mindset needed for consistent, sustained growth of a FAIR™ cyber risk quantification program. But every now and then it’s nice to get some quick wins to gain visibility and establish credibility within your organization.
4 Questions and 4 Action Steps to Get a FAIR Program Off the Ground
[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 10, 2021 8:30:37 AM / by Evan Wheeler posted in Member Content, FAIR Conference 2021
After watching Prashanthi and Tony’s fireside chat at the 2021 FAIR Conference about getting a FAIR program started, I was struck by the simple and insightful themes that they kept repeating. Well, simple on paper, but not always easy to keep in mind when you’re in the thick of a FAIR rollout.
White Paper: Data Governance Practices for Cyber Risk Management
[fa icon="calendar'] Sep 8, 2021 3:13:33 PM / by Jeff B. Copeland posted in Member Content
In an extensive white paper, Evan Wheeler, FAIR Institute Advisory Board Member and VP of Risk Management at Fintech firm NVDR, makes a strong case for the importance of data quality, integrity, and usability as core tenets of the data governance process
Why Risk Teams Should Be Champions for Data Governance in Fintech Firms
[fa icon="calendar'] Jul 28, 2021 12:26:09 PM / by Evan Wheeler posted in Member Content
Ask a cyber risk professional about data governance practices, and they will likely tell you tales of classification schemes, access controls, and encryption … but we often overlook the importance of data quality, integrity, and usability that are core tenants of a robust data governance process.
Calculating Your Company’s Total Cybersecurity Risk Exposure (Part 2)
[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 16, 2021 3:17:49 PM / by Gideon Knocke posted in Member Content
In the first part of my blog post I focused on calculating the impact of a cybersecurity breach in relation to a company’s size and industry. In part two, I present an approach to better understand how often a company will experience security breaches.
“What They Didn’t Teach You in FAIR School” – Ground-level Insights on Building a Successful Quantitative Risk Analysis Program from Jack Whitsitt
[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 3, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Jeff B. Copeland posted in FAIR, Member Content
Jack Whitsitt has been a FAIR practitioner since 2016, built the quantitative risk analysis program at Bank of America and is now doing the same at Datto (the services provider to MSPs)
Hacking the COVID Cold Chain: A Health Care Sector Example of FAIR
[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 26, 2021 4:06:32 PM / by Colin Connor and Itzik Kotler posted in Risk Management, Member Content
In September, 2020, our IBM X-Force IRIS security analysis group began tracking strange phishing attacks targeting suppliers of HVAC equipment and services.
Risk Analysis and Worst-Case Thinking
[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 22, 2021 8:08:35 AM / by Osama Salah posted in Member Content
The generally accepted model for risk is that it is a function of frequency (some refer to it as probability or likelihood, i.e., how often the loss event will probably occur in a given time frame) and magnitude (how bad the event will probably be, consequences).