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Quantify Risks in Financial Terms

Risk Cloud Quantify® translates risks into financial terms, enabling teams to assess, communicate, and manage risk using Monte Carlo simulations and the Open FAIR model. It helps prioritize risk responses, driving ROI‑focused decision‑making.

Key Capabilities and Product Features

Calculate potential financial losses from cyber incidents, including fines, legal fees, recovery costs, lost business, and reputational damage.

Elevate collaboration by adding financial context to risk decisions. Prioritize investments, predict and mitigate risk, and communicate strategies for better buy‑in.

Analyze data, simulate loss curves, and aggregate outputs to understand your full exposure with unlimited calculations and simulations.

Trusted for over 10 years, the Open FAIR model helps quantify risk, allocate investments, and improve ROI across teams.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I get data to run a quantitative risk assessment?

As you kick off your first quantitative risk assessment, it’s important to start small and build up from a strong foundation. Working from your risk register, you can begin collecting data, scoping risks, and creating different scenarios with a model like Open FAIR.

We recommend using existing qualitative assessments to prioritize data collection. Select an event with a high likelihood and magnitude, and look for supplementary data from existing sources, like internal files (e.g., incident logs and reports), external data from published reports (e.g., Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report), or  – if you’re an existing Risk Cloud® user – data from installed applications.

Now you’re ready to conduct your first quantitative risk assessment! As you get going, focus on incremental improvements instead of perfection. Directionally correct data pulled from public sources is still an improvement over reporting risks in reds, yellows, and greens.

Why does Risk Cloud Quantify® use the Open FAIR model?

The Open FAIR model is a trusted industry standard for risk quantification – and it’s a publicly available statistical model that generates a transparent, defensible output. Think of Open FAIR as a “glass box” instead of a “black box.” It’s not proprietary and can be inspected and validated if necessary.

What calculations does Risk Cloud Quantify® generate?

Our platform uses the Open Fair methodology to help you determine annual loss exposure, loss event frequency, loss magnitude, and more.

Can I run Monte Carlo simulations inside Risk Cloud Quantify®?

Yes! Risk Cloud Quantify® includes a Monte Carlo simulator that generates the dollar loss range output after running the scenario 50,000 times. Results are displayed in a sharable, annual loss exceedance curve (ALE) report.

Is Open FAIR only for cyber risk management?

While Open FAIR was primarily designed for IT and cyber risk management, it’s a trusted, open model that can be applied to any risk management use case. Assessment outputs are generated using Monte Carlo simulations, adding an additional level of familiarity and trust for non-cyber teams. Existing Risk Cloud users may purchase and implement Risk Cloud Quantify® platform-wide to help translate risk into monetary terms across every use case.

Resources

eBooks
11 Ways to Streamline SEC Cybersecurity Compliance with Risk Cloud®

Explore a variety of different methods for bolstering your cyber risk program and keeping up with the new cybersecurity rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blog Post
The Business Case for Risk Quantification
The threat of cybersecurity attacks continues to be top of mind for boards and senior executives everywhere.
Blog Post
A Conversation on Risk Quantification
So what exactly does risk quantification mean? According to Dustin, “Risk quantification is really about expressing risk findings in the form of monetary impact.” Dustin explains this further, “Being able to show risk findings on a consistent basis is something that every part of the organization can provide in a consistent manner. You can understand what those results are telling you in a very straightforward manner. This amount of dollar impact is something very easy for business leaders to understand.”