Founded in 1982 by business executive and entrepreneur Stanley A. Weiss, BENS is guided by the simple notion that America’s security is everybody’s business. Led by President and CEO General Charles G. Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), BENS is a highly respected national, nonpartisan organization of senior executives dedicated to enhancing our national security using the successful models of the private sector.
As the United States confronts threats of terrorism at home and abroad, BENS is more important than ever before. The innovative business-government partnerships that BENS has fostered over the past two decades to help save the Defense Department billions of dollars are now uniquely positioned to help meet the new challenges of the 21 st century. BENS is expanding these public-private partnerships into all aspects of homeland security — helping to guard against cyber attack, tracking terrorists’ financial assets, securing the nation’s ports, and preparing state and local governments to deal with catastrophic events or terrorist attacks.
Recognizing that the nation will never fully realize the efficient, agile military it needs to win a global war on terrorism without an equally efficient and agile support structure, BENS remains a tireless advocate for smarter spending at the Pentagon.
Business Executives for National Security.
Because national security is everybody’s business.
