ISSA Kansas City September 2026 Chapter Meeting
September 24, 2026
11:30 AM CDT - 1:00 PM CDT
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Trezo Mare Restaurant & Lounge
4105 N Mulberry Dr
Kansas City, MO 64116
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Meeting Info:
Please join the ISSA-KC Chapter members and other cybersecurity professionals for our monthly meeting.
Topic:
Why FAIR is Critical for Today’s Cyber Leaders
Cybersecurity professionals are increasingly expected to identify, assess, and explain risk in business terms. Boards, executives, auditors, and business leaders need to understand what cyber risk means in meaningful terms of financial exposure and operational impact. Every CISO has faced it; a new "critical" vulnerability drops, panic sets in, and suddenly your engineering team demands an immediate, multi-million-dollar system overhaul.
Is the sky actually falling, or are you about to waste vital corporate capital?
Speaker information:
In this presentation, the FAIR Institute's standards director, Todd Tucker, will introduce the FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) framework, the international standard for cyber risk analysis and quantification. He'll describe how FAIR breaks risk into clear, understandable factors and why it has become such an important capability for today’s cybersecurity professionals, supporting better prioritization, investment decisions, regulatory reporting, and executive conversations. Todd will close with practical guidance on where to start, including hands on tools, standards, training, certifications, and community resources to continue learning.
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the purpose and core concepts of the FAIR framework
- Describe why traditional qualitative risk scoring often fails decision-makers
- Recognize how FAIR improves communication with executives and boards
- Identify practical next steps for learning and applying FAIR in their role
Agenda:
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Check-In
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Meeting and Discussion
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Networking
Ticket Price:
- $
10.00-- ISSA Members * Free - $
20.00-- Guests and Non-Members * Free
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