“There is a certain uselessness in saying an organization does not want to accept high risk.” My latest @ISACA article was published and as I was re-reading this line it resonated with me even more. You have to have more fidelity in how you define risk appetite for it to be useful. More tips onContinue reading “Applied Risk Appetite”
Author Archives: Jack Freund
Named NSU Distinguished Alumni
On November 7th I was honored by my alma mater, Nova Southeastern University, as the 2018 Distinguished Alumni from the College of Engineering and Computing. It was an amazing event and the alumni association treated us all very well. I was humbled by the caliber of people alongside which I was named. They recited allContinue reading “Named NSU Distinguished Alumni”
Accepted at RSA 2019 – Virtual Pen Testing
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve been accepted to speak again at next year’s RSA Conference. I’m going to be presenting on an Agent Based Model concept using FAIR risk results jointly with my colleague Joel Amick. Joel’s team and my team worked to develop a POC of this work and we can’t waitContinue reading “Accepted at RSA 2019 – Virtual Pen Testing”
ISSA Journal – The Future of ITRM will be Quantified
The December issue of the ISSA Journal was released and my article on the Future of IT Risk is on the cover. The theme for this month’s Journal is “The Next 10 Years” and I wanted to highlight where I saw the industry going. I begin with a look back on the progress away from ordinalContinue reading “ISSA Journal – The Future of ITRM will be Quantified”
ICYMI: Digital Transformation
I wrote an article to help ISACA introduce its Digital Transformation research in the Financial Services industry. There are some interesting findings in here about AI, IOT, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain. My article in Bankingexchange.com is here ISACA’s Digital Transformation Barometer research is here
FAIR Institute Champion Award
I was humbled this week when I was awarded the FAIR Champion award from the FAIR Institute at their annual conference last week at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA. Jack Jones has created this extraordinary thing in FAIR and it is and will continue to do nothing less than revolutionize our industry. That he decidedContinue reading “FAIR Institute Champion Award”
RSA 2018 Presentation Video
RSA posted my presentation from this year’s conference, Implementing a Quantitative Cyber-Risk Framework: A FinSrv Case Study. You can hear me explain the organizational environment and requirements and the automated risk assessment solutions I put in place to satisfy them. The slides are still available here.
FAIR Conference ’18 Panel – Getting Buy-In for a Quantitative Risk Management Program
I’m looking forward to participating on this panel discussion at the upcoming FAIR Conference. This is a topic that really speaks to me and I’m looking forward to sharing what I’ve experienced and hearing from the co-panelists about how they’ve accomplished the same. Here’s the full agenda and if you haven’t registered yet you canContinue reading “FAIR Conference ’18 Panel – Getting Buy-In for a Quantitative Risk Management Program”
ICYMI: Risk Management and the Paradox of Common Sense
I really enjoy reading Duncan Watts work and I was blown away by how he assailed the concept of common sense that we all rely upon so readily: What we don’t realize, however, is that common sense often works just like mythology. By providing ready explanations for whatever particular circumstances the world throws at us,Continue reading “ICYMI: Risk Management and the Paradox of Common Sense”
ICYMI: Organizational Signals for Changing Risk Appetite
I was inspired to write this article by a change in the speed limit that happened on a local Interstate. It was a good jumping off point to illustrate the parallels between speed limits and risk appetite and what it takes to change each. You can read the article on the FAIR Institute website here.
