The Open FAIR Body of Knowledge, A Pocket Guide (PDF)

The Open FAIR Body of Knowledge provides a taxonomy and method for understanding, analyzing, and measuring information risk. The outcomes are more cost-effective information risk management, greater credibility for the information security profession, and a foundation from which to develop a scientific approach to information risk management. This allows organizations to:

• Speak in one language concerning their risk
• Consistently study and apply risk analysis principles to any object or asset
• View organizational risk in total
• Challenge and defend risk decisions

The audience for this Pocket Guide is:

• Individuals who require a basic understanding of the Open FAIR Body of Knowledge
• Professionals who are working in roles associated with a risk analysis project, such as those responsible for information system security planning, execution, development, delivery, and operation
• Risk analysts who are looking for a first introduction to the Open FAIR Body of Knowledge