Jack Jones

Jack has worked in technology for thirty years, and information security and risk management for twenty-four years. He has over nine years of experience as a CISO with three different companies, including five years at Nationwide Insurance. His work there was recognized in 2006 when he received the ISSA Excellence in the Field of Security Practices award at that year’s RSA conference. In 2007, he was selected as a finalist for the Information Security Executive of the Year, Central United States, and in 2012 was honored with the CSO Compass award for leadership in risk management. He is also the creator of the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) framework.

Currently, Jack is President and co-founder of CXOWARE, Inc. which provides risk management and risk analytics software based on FAIR. He currently holds the CRISC, CISM, CISA, and CISSP certifications and is on the ISACA CRISC Committee and the ISC2 Ethics Committee.