Jack Freund

IANS Faculty

Expertise

  • Cyber Risk Quantification
  • Risk Governance & Board Reporting
  • GRC Strategy & Regulatory Readiness
  • Emerging Risk & Threat Intelligence Integration
  • Building and Leading Second-Line Risk Functions

Profile

Dr. Jack Freund is a nationally recognized cyber risk leader with over two decades of experience designing, operationalizing, and maturing technology risk and cybersecurity programs. He currently serves as Head of Technology Risk at Acrisure, where he leads second-line risk governance for cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and emerging technologies. As Executive Fellow at Cyentia Institute, Jack advises organizations on cyber risk quantification, GRC strategy, board reporting, and regulatory readiness. Jack is widely known for co-authoring the book on the FAIR Standard, establishing the foundation for quantitative cyber risk measurement.

Expertise

  • Cyber Risk Quantification
  • Risk Governance & Board Reporting
  • GRC Strategy & Regulatory Readiness
  • Emerging Risk & Threat Intelligence Integration
  • Building and Leading Second-Line Risk Functions

Qualifications

Achievements & Contributions
  • Co-author of Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach, the seminal text on cyber risk quantification and Cyber Canon Inductee
  • Awarded the ISACA Hall of Fame honor, ISSA Distinguished Fellow, ISC2 Global Achievement Award, and IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy
  • Frequent keynote speaker and panelist at RSA Conference, NACD Summit, ISACA Conferences, and others
Certifications & Credentials
  • CISSP, ISSMP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, CGEIT, PMP, CIPP/US, CIPT
  • Ph.D. in Information Systems, Nova Southeastern University

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