RESTON, Va., Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the 2022 FAIR Conference, three achieved danger administration innovators acquired the highest honors in the 2022 FAIR Excellence Awards, for his or her initiative, contributions and ingenuity to cybersecurity and operational danger administration. Conference host, FAIR Institute, is a non-profit group advancing danger measurement and administration practices based mostly on Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR™), the commonplace danger taxonomy and evaluation mannequin for cybersecurity and operational danger. The hybrid occasion, attended by a whole lot of cybersecurity and operational danger executives, coverage makers and regulators, was held just about and in-person at the Salamander Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The awards acknowledge the impression these professionals have on their organizations and on their career by enabling operational excellence and efficient decision-making, and in balancing the want to guard their organizations whereas working the business.
For 2022, three awards have been bestowed on trade leaders: FAIR Ambassador Award, FAIR Champion Award, and Business Innovator Award. Award nominations have been reviewed, and the winners have been chosen by a panel of FAIR Institute Advisory Board members.
The FAIR Ambassador Award acknowledges a member’s work in bringing FAIR information and the FAIR Institute to a brand new geography or trade. This 12 months’s award winner is Caleb Juhnke, senior danger engineer, Equinix. Juhnke has been instrumental in creating the Kansas City FAIR Chapter and in broadly selling FAIR information and finest practices in the area and past. He has wealthy insights into FAIR approaches, how they are often rolled out at organizations, and challenges with FAIR adoption that he shares and champions throughout the Kansas City area.
Award finalists have been Julian Meyrick, managing accomplice and vice chairman, safety technique danger and compliance, IBM Security; and Adham Etoom, head of coverage, National Cyber Security Center, Government of Jordan.
The FAIR Champion Award honors leaders at the forefront of their group’s FAIR initiative who get business and knowledge house owners on board, stakeholders to assist enhance danger evaluation high quality, and decision-makers to include ensuing danger insights as a part of their business methods, decision-making processes, and working rhythms. Winning the award this 12 months is Neil Davis, head of cyber danger administration, Maersk.
With little outdoors consulting assist, Davis has pushed a FAIR-based danger administration program throughout cyber, IT and operational dangers at Maersk. He has created distinctive danger simulations for focused consumer teams on massive themes, similar to the dangers related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As a outcome, Maersk’s danger register is being rebuilt with a FAIR framework in thoughts for a totally quantitative strategy.
Award finalists have been Robert Herse, info safety supervisor, Quantitative Risk Management Program, Freddie Mac; and Chris Mutzbauer, lead analyst, VETERANS UNITED.
The Business Innovator Award salutes danger professionals who’ve efficiently utilized FAIR rules to drive innovation. Taking this 12 months’s award is Cedric De Carvalho, head of group cyber danger, Richemont. De Carvalho has introduced danger quantification to a company comprised of many separate working firms. He has spearheaded the improvement of a brand new manner of assessing cyber danger for mergers and acquisitions, and he has built-in quantitative cyber danger assessments with Richemont’s governance, danger, and compliance workflows.
Award finalists have been Matt Lathrom, interim CIO at GEHA, and Brenda Thayer, senior supervisor, know-how danger, Fannie Mae.
“Caleb, Neil, and Cedric are shining examples of what our profession should be aiming for in terms of risk management vision, analysis depth and commitment to excellence,” stated Jack Jones, chairman of the FAIR Institute. “We are proud to recognize their exceptional contribution to advancing our profession.”
About the FAIR Institute
The FAIR Institute is an knowledgeable, non-profit group led by cybersecurity and operational danger executives, created to develop, and share commonplace danger administration practices based mostly on FAIR. Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR™) is the solely worldwide commonplace analytics mannequin for cybersecurity and operational danger. FAIR helps organizations quantify and handle danger from the business perspective and allows cost-effective decision-making. The Institute is comprised of over 13,000 members from over 130 international locations. To be taught extra and get entangled go to: www.fairinstitute.org.
FAIR Institute training companions embrace Arizona University, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon University, Ferris State University, George Mason University, Harvard University, Macquarie University, Pepperdine University, San Jose State University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Marymount University, Georgetown University, Georgia Southern University, Catholic University of America, University of Tampa, University of Toronto, Virginia Tech, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin, Webster University, Seattle Pacific University, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar (UASB).
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