Improving Return on Security Investment: Threat Modeling and The Open Group Open FAIR™ Risk Analysis as a KPI for Agile Projects

The first three posts of this series have laid plain the need to supplement ongoing threat modeling activities with quantitative risk analysis, such as the process described in The Open Group Open FAIR™ Body of Knowledge. They’ve briefly discussed a way to incorporate Open FAIR Risk Analysis in the threat modeling process and illustrate how the results would improve return on security investment by deliberately selecting cost-effective combinations of controls. But questions remain:

The Open Group Portfolio of Digital Open Standards: Navigating Your Digital Landscape

By Sonia Gonzalez , Digital Manager, Portfolio of Digital Open Standards, The Open Group

According to MIT Sloan and Capgemini, 90% of CEOs believe the digital economy will impact their industry, but less than 15% are executing on a digital strategy.

Digital transformation has become essential for businesses to remain competitive in today’s changing market and technological landscape. In recent years, there has been a rapid transformation in the business world, as many companies are adopting new technologies to streamline their operations.

The Open Group 2023 Highlights, Including a Glance into 2024

By Steve Nunn, President & CEO, The Open Group.

Happy New Year! I hope that, wherever you are reading this, 2024 has started well for you and yours.

I believe that 2024 will be another busy and significant year for The Open Group, as was 2023. So much happened last year that I thought that I would take the opportunity to look back at some of the highlights, and add a few peeks into this coming year.

Congratulations to the Outstanding Contribution Award Winners for The Open Group OSDU® Forum, Houston, TX, November 2023

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

During The Open Group Houston Summit in November 2023, Steve Nunn, President and CEO, The Open Group, Patrick Kelly, Product Line Manager Subsurface Data & Insights, Chevron, and Michael Cleminson, Global Innovation Manager, SLB-OMC, along with Dennis Stevens, Program Director, OSDU Forum, The Open Group, proudly announced the winners of The Open Group OSDU® Forum Awards.

The Open Group Summit – Event Highlights Delivering a Sustainable and Secure Tomorrow – Houston, Texas – October 30 – November 2, 2023

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

The recent Summit of The Open Group in Houston brought together a variety of subject matter experts, keynote speakers, Forum Members, Work Groups, and Consortia to engage in an active dialogue involving the following tracks: Enterprise Architecture (EA) for Sustainability, Cybersecurity and Zero Trust, Open Industry Standards, and The Digital Enterprise.

Sitting Down with The Open Group India Awards Winners of ‘The Most Promising Program for Women in EA’

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

On July 27, 2023, The Open Group India Awards for Innovation and Excellence in the Use of Open Standards and Open Source celebrated and applauded the remarkable achievements of organizations in the use of The Open Group Standards.

We recently sat down with the recipients of the Most Promising Program for Women in EA Award; Sheetal Khandkar and Rajashree Das, to discuss their respective journeys, what it was like winning the award, and much more.