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Quantitative Analysis = "Highly" Technical Analysis (?)

2007-02-07 09:34:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...Quantitative Analysis as "Technical Analysis" will probably bring in some violent reactions from quants . But I just want to point out the similarities that they share. In fact, it can be seen that Quantitative Analysis is a higher form of Technical Analysis Technical Analysis is commonly described as Charting . It is the study of charts...
 
Tags: technical, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, quantitative, technical indicators, indicators, survey results, results, reversal models
 
 
 
 
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So Logically, If She Weighs The Same As A DuckShes A Witch!

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2008-09-18 14:59:47 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
...quantitative analysis, and then positing that because the economy sucks, Information Security should be only qualitative Now Ive been accused of being a quant in the past (hi rybolov!) but in reality the only dogs I have in this fight are the model and the application of scientific method - and really, ethically speaking, I have to be tied to...
 
Tags: risk, financial risk, poor risk management, operational risk, outcome, exploit outcome, probability, qualitative models, models
 
 
 
 
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Brushing up on my math skills...

2006-07-21 04:38:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...quantitative degree (I majored in Management Economics) and didn't pay much attention to my math and statistics classes in college. Yet I find financial markets (derivatives in particular) fascinating. And becoming knowledgeable in them actually gave me an edge in the industry Looking back, it seems that I chose the wrong college course. But...
 
Tags: derivatives, topics, plain vanilla derivatives, discuss topics, quantitative finance topics, financial derivatives, quantitative finance, papers, research papers
 
 
 
 
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Is Risk-Based Security Really Possible?

2007-07-26 20:42:00 by Bryan in practical risk management
 
...quantitative models don't work. I'll come back to "why you should" and "how you can" another time, but for now I want to discuss why the quantitative approach doesn't work The classic textbook quantitative risk calculation is Annualized Loss Expectancy ALE = (Impact of the event in $$) * (Number of times in a year the event will happen ...
 
Tags: security, information security, information security decisions, security management, security breach, breach, risk, wrong, ale hopelessly wrong
 
 
 
 
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Communicating about risk - part 1

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2008-05-05 18:12:14 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...quantitative model), but rather tends to be a problem with how an analyst communicates results to management With that in mind, I thought Id write a couple of posts about communicating risk. In this weeks post, Ill talk about risk qualifiers that can be critical in helping management understand the true nature of some risk scenarios I can...
 
Tags: risk, effective, cost-effective risk management, fragile condition exists, condition, unstable condition, risk qualifiers, risk condition, risk chart perspective
 
 
 
 
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Relentless Reflection - What it Means in Risk Management

2008-08-26 17:55:40 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...Quantitative approach. This means using actual units of measurement (not just amorphous percents, ordinal scales, etc.) for risk and its subsequent factors. Sure there are times when Q&D qualitative approaches are acceptable, but policy should be to have quantitative analysis whenever and wherever possible That last item - the quantitative...
 
Tags: risk management, risk, call risk management, call, relentless reflection, relentless, reflection, risk analyst, risk decision
 
 
 
 
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The Economics of Finding and Fixing Vulnerabilities in Distributed Systems

2008-11-18 22:47:55 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...quantitative statistical measures, relying heavily on the company's book value, like its hard assets. What would it take for a competitor to reproduce the company's assets - its factories, distribution system, and so on. The difference between the book value of the assets and market cap is the margin of safety What can we learn in...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security spends, safety information security, versus information security, information security budgets, information security budget, software security, software security space
 
 
 
 
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Compliance costs not slowing down - technology automation to the rescue

2008-01-28 13:34:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
 
...quantitative process. Only 55% of financial institutions reported using quantitative metrics, implying a limited application of process management tools and methodology Forget the name of the segment (e.g., GRC, IT-GRC, ERM, VM). The bottom line is taking a process management based approach with technology. Commercial solutions (not home...
 
Tags: technology, leverage technology automation, net income, compliance costs, primary costs continue, compliance labyrinth offers, people, process management tools, reduce people
 
 
 
 
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Check It Out! FAIR Public Training December 10-12

2008-11-05 15:32:53 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...quantitative FAIR analysis. These are benefits weve only previously reserved for private client workshops I know that FAIR can help you and your organization, but as the sales guys always say, dont take my word for it. Heres something we recently received (unsolicited) from the CSO of one of the 10 largest banks in the US, who has had several...
 
Tags: risk management, risk management processes, risk, qualitative risk, risk analysis, fair, public, manage risk, quantitative fair analysis