Security Forum

A trusted, collaborative environment for both the customer and supply sides of industry, government, and academia, who share a common goal of securely and pragmatically enabling business needs within organizational risk threshold and tolerance in light of achievable and cost-effective technical solutions.

Who We Are & What We Do

The Open Group Security Forum provides a vendor-neutral environment where Members, who tend to be security and risk generalist practitioners, can obtain relevant knowledge, exert influence, grow professionally, and network with a world-class community of experts and peers.

Security Forum contributors have the reputation of vigorously but cordially debating hard questions and concepts to establish next-generation risk evaluation and security technology approaches, methods, applications, and best practices.

The Security Forum produces general purpose intellectual property: reusable theory, principles, best practices, methods, white papers, guides, and standards to help suppliers and users of technology implement safe, secure, and cost-effective systems.

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Standards | Publications

The Open Group Security Forum has published numerous documents over its 20+ years of existence. These documents are grouped below in their own webpages containing links to the documents on The Open Group Library with brief introductions for each grouping.

For a breakdown of The Open Group document classifications, please read A Handbook for Publications Development. The Open Group Standards Process describes the consensus-decision process for developing publications.

The Open Group Library

Projects & Activities

The Open Group Security Forum has several active Working Groups, which meet regularly and develop deliverables based on Project Charters. New projects are proposed to the Security Forum Steering Committee and approved through a balloting process after receiving initial approval.

Current Silver and Academic Members of the Security Forum as well as all Gold and Platinum Members of The Open Group are welcome and encouraged to join us in these initiatives.

An archive of concluded Security Forum Projects and Activities is posted here: Projects and Activities Archive

Open FAIR™ Certification

The Open FAIR Certification for People program is aimed at meeting the needs of risk analysts and organizations employing risk analysts. The program is based on the Open FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) Body of Knowledge, which provides a model and taxonomy for understanding, analyzing, and measuring information risk.

The Open FAIR Certification Program is based on the Open FAIR™ Body of Knowledge, which is comprised of two standards:

• The Open Group Risk Taxonomy (O-RT) Standard that provides a standard definition and taxonomy for information security risk, as well as information regarding how to use the taxonomy.
• The Open Group Risk Analysis (O-RA) Standard that provides risk analysts with the specific processes necessary to perform effective Open FAIR risk analysis.

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Get Involved and Gain Influence in Defining Open Standards and Certifications

Being a member of The Open Group gives organizations early access to the latest information and developments regarding open standards and best practices, and enables them to participate in The Open Group’s highly influential Forums and Work Groups. We provide a collaborative, vendor-neutral environment where member representatives can:

• Network with a world-class community of peers, experts and industry leaders
• Have early access to information on industry developments
• Gain insight for future decisions from both major customers and suppliers of IT
• Influence outcomes that benefit their organizations
• Grow professionally, and enhance their credibility in the industry
• Receive education in best practices

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