
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.
Jan 26, 2023 11:11:19 AM
We wear a lot of hats as we’re building and managing risk programs. Here’s a few of them...
Jan 25, 2023 9:36:12 AM
Again this year, the FAIR Institute has a major presence at the RSA Conference, April 24-27 in San Francisco, with two seminars led by cyber risk quantification authority Jack Jones
Jan 24, 2023 10:10:39 AM
If you’re a CISO or other security or risk professional looking to grow your opportunities, Darren Kane has a message for you: “The idea of a person accountable for security saying I only look after security, all that other (business) stuff doesn’t truly impact on me, it doesn’t work like that anymore
Sep 7, 2017 3:18:43 PM
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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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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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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