Built to Be Different: Why Fearlus Isn’t Just Another Framework

Most frameworks tell you what good risk management looks like. Fearlus shows you how to execute it — step-by-step, with measurable results.

How Fearlus Relates to Established Frameworks

Fearlus doesn't replace traditional frameworks — it integrates them. It helps organizations understand when to use each framework, where it applies across the enterprise, and how to embed its principles directly into operational execution.

  • COSO / ISO 31000: Establish strong governance foundations and risk categories. Fearlus complements them by embedding those principles directly into operational routines and decision workflows.
  • NIST / COBIT: Offer detailed control guidance and audit structure. Fearlus adds a layer that measures control performance and connects it to strategic priorities.
  • FAIR: Focuses on financial quantification of risk, especially in cyber. Fearlus broadens that view, integrating cost and control scoring across domains while maintaining traceability to business goals.

What Makes Fearlus Different

  • Integrated Scoring System: Combines maturity-weighted control scoring with cost and residual risk measurement — enabling investment-level clarity and budget justification for CISOs and CFOs.
  • Execution-Focused: Fearlus is not a replacement for existing frameworks — it’s a system designed to run them. It ensures strategy, governance, and compliance connect through execution, without losing operational momentum.
  • Outcome-Centric: Fearlus supports organizations in tracking progress, not just principles. It makes risk posture and control performance visible, measurable, and aligned with business goals.

Bottom Line

Fearlus doesn’t claim to be better than standards like COSO, ISO, NIST, or FAIR. It’s different — built to work alongside them, bringing their ideas to life in a structured, measurable, and operationally integrated way.

Want to see Fearlus in action? Explore the walkthrough or dive into the Cost Efficiency Rate for a real-world example of measurable risk reduction.