Factor analysis of information risk

RiskLens Announces New Managed Service to Help CISOs Measure Top Cyber Risks

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

RESTON, Va. and SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RiskLens , the leading provider of cyber risk quantification (CRQ) and cyber risk management software, today debuted RiskLens Pro, its new managed service offering.

Key Points: 
  • RESTON, Va. and SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RiskLens , the leading provider of cyber risk quantification (CRQ) and cyber risk management software, today debuted RiskLens Pro, its new managed service offering.
  • RiskLens is the global leader in quantitative cyber risk management and author of Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR), the international standard for cyber risk quantification.
  • The new managed service will include the following features:
    Managed cyber risk quantification and reporting: deliver quarterly dashboards and regular updates on cyber risks and key initiatives to businesses and their boards.
  • Leverage best expertise, tooling and data: including RiskLens consultants, the RiskLens FAIR platform, RiskLens industry data and inputs, quarterly cyber risk reports, cyber risk trending reports, and cost-benefit analysis.

The FAIR Institute Announces FAIRCON21 to Address Managing Risk and Building Resilience

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

FAIRCON21 is open to all professionals with an interest in risk management, and it features beginner and advanced session tracks.

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  • FAIRCON21 is open to all professionals with an interest in risk management, and it features beginner and advanced session tracks.
  • FAIR has already emerged as the premier Value at Risk model for cybersecurity and operational risk.
  • Event highlights are below, with the full line-up here: https://www.fairinstitute.org/faircon21-agenda
    The main conference keynote, unveiling the FAIR Controls Analytics Model, by Jack Jones, chairman, FAIR Institute
    Opening keynote entitled, Managing Risk and Building Resilience, by IBMs Mary OBrien.
  • Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) is the only international standard analytics model for information security and operational risk.

GoGold Appoints Karen Flores to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

HALIFAX, NS, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF)("GoGold", "the Company") is pleased to announce that Karen Flores has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors effective August 4, 2021, pending regulatory approval.

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  • HALIFAX, NS, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF)("GoGold", "the Company") is pleased to announce that Karen Flores has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors effective August 4, 2021, pending regulatory approval.
  • Ms. Flores is the CEO of the Mining Chamber of Mexico, which represents the interests of the country's mining-metallurgical industry.
  • "We are pleased to welcome Ms. Flores to the board of directors.
  • "We believe GoGold shareholders will be well served by Karen's engagement, perspective and service as a board member of the Company."

FAIR Institute Announces 2020 Winners of Annual Excellence Awards at FAIR Conference

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

RESTON, Va., Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The FAIR Institute, an expert, nonprofit organization led by information risk officers, CISOs and business executives to develop standard information, cybersecurity and operational risk management practices based on the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model, has recognized three risk management leaders with FAIR Institute Excellence Awards.

Key Points: 
  • RESTON, Va., Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The FAIR Institute, an expert, nonprofit organization led by information risk officers, CISOs and business executives to develop standard information, cybersecurity and operational risk management practices based on the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model, has recognized three risk management leaders with FAIR Institute Excellence Awards.
  • The awards were announced and presented at the 2020 FAIR Conference (FAIRCON2020) held online this week.
  • FAIRCON2020 was attended by a record 2,000 registrants another milestone for the FAIR Institute, which this year passed the 10,000-member mark.
  • The FAIR Institute congratulates the 2020 FAIR Institute Excellence Awards winners:
    --Emery Csulak, Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), winner of the FAIR Business Innovator Award
    -- Tony Martin-Vegue, Senior Risk Engineer at Netflix, winner of the FAIR Ambassador Award
    The FAIR Institute Excellence Awards honor risk management leaders for their initiative, ingenuity and contributions to information/cybersecurity and operational risk management through their use and advocacy of FAIR, the international standard for quantifying risk in financial terms.

RiskLens Unveils the RiskLens FAIR Enterprise Model™

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

RESTON, Va. and SPOKANE Wash., Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RiskLens, the leading provider of cyber risk quantification (CRQ) and cyber risk management solutions, today unveiled the RiskLens FAIR Enterprise Model (RF-EM) in order to provide an industry standard for the development of quantitative risk management programs based on the internationally adopted Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model.

Key Points: 
  • RESTON, Va. and SPOKANE Wash., Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RiskLens, the leading provider of cyber risk quantification (CRQ) and cyber risk management solutions, today unveiled the RiskLens FAIR Enterprise Model (RF-EM) in order to provide an industry standard for the development of quantitative risk management programs based on the internationally adopted Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model.
  • RF-EM provides a foundational blueprint for converting the theoretical value of the FAIR model into an enterprise-ready, cyber security decision support capability.
  • FAIR revolutionized risk management with its standard risk taxonomy and analytics model, but FAIR alone is not enough to build an enterprise program, said Nick Sanna, Chief Executive Officer at RiskLens.
  • RiskLens is the only cyber risk quantification software purpose-built on FAIR, the standard quantification model for information security and operational risk.

An Answer for Cybersecurity Cost Exposure

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist small and midsized businesses make risk-based decisions based on cybersecurity cost exposure, information security consulting firm vCISO Services, LLC announced today the immediate availability of their licensed quantitative information risk assessment offering based on The Open Group Open FAIR Body of Knowledge.

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  • FRANKLIN, Tenn., Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist small and midsized businesses make risk-based decisions based on cybersecurity cost exposure, information security consulting firm vCISO Services, LLC announced today the immediate availability of their licensed quantitative information risk assessment offering based on The Open Group Open FAIR Body of Knowledge.
  • "We beta-tested Open FAIR, and immediately realized the business value for our clients," vCISO Services, LLC principal Greg Schaffer said.
  • "Our Open FAIR certified resources leverage Open FAIR's Risk Analysis Tool to help companies prioritize cybersecurity resources based on real cost exposure and not a color scheme representation of opinion."
  • The Factor Analysis of Information Risk, or FAIR, uses known cost and historical data to provide executive management and board of directors with meaningful cost exposure ranges.

Protiviti Joins FAIR Institute as Founding Sponsor in Advisory Services to Advance the Use of Risk Quantification

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Monday, August 12, 2019

RESTON, Va., Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm Protiviti has joined the FAIR Institute community as aFounding Sponsor in Advisory Services.

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  • RESTON, Va., Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global consulting firm Protiviti has joined the FAIR Institute community as aFounding Sponsor in Advisory Services.
  • "As an advisory sponsor with the FAIR Institute, we're able to evangelize the use of the FAIR model to increase adoption and practical application as a leading security and IT risk management practice."
  • The FAIR Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of measuring and managing information risk.
  • Its Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) has emerged as the international standard model for understanding, analyzing and quantifying information risk in financial terms.