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Leadership Report 2013

BENS recently released Leadership Report 2013: The BENS Member Experience highlighting the many ways BENS members participate in the organization’s work to safeguard America’s national security. To Read the Report Click Here

Cybersecurity Awareness Day at the NASDAQ

BENS members joined DHS, NCSA and other officials in ringing the Opening Bell at the NASDAQ on October 21 in celebration of National Cybersecurity Awarenes Day. To Read More Click Here

BENS Eisenhower Award Dinner in New York

BENS honored General Keith B. Alexander, USA, Commander, United States Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency and Craig J. Mundie, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Microsoft Corp. with its Eisenhower Award on Thursday, October 10, 2013 in New York City. To Read More Click Here

BENS Oil & Gas Forum

BENS recently hosted a discussion on the surge in domestic oil and gas production, and its impact on America’s national security, at a Forum in Washington, DC. CLICK HERE FOR HIGHLIGHTS

BENS Reports Findings to DLA

BENS presented a comprehensive report on the DLA's fuel procurement procedures in February 2013. Click here to learn more

Cyber Security

BENS member Al Berkeley speaks at cybersecurity workshop sponsored by MIT, Harvard, the Council on Foreign Relations and BENS. To read more and watch his remarks, click here

BENS Spotlight

BENS Cybersecurity Initiative

At the suggestion of the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, BENS has been undertaking an effort to heighten the awareness of CEO's and board members on the severity of the cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure and intellectual property. As BENS has pursued this mission, members realized that after CEOs and board members learn about the cyber threat, they do not have an easily accessible resource to learn how to assess their own company's cyber vulnerability or implement an effective program to address the cyber threat. BENS now proposes to create a business case for the formation of an entity to promote CEO and Board cybersecurity awareness, best practices, and tools—including a cybersecurity maturity model. The goal of the Initiative is inclusion of cybersecurity in enterprise risk management at the Board and CEO level, thus strengthening cybersecurity in the private sector to protect the nation's economic future and to better support our national defense establishment.

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Featured News

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"NSA Chief: Spy Concerns Are Pre-Empting Cybersecurity Fixes"
Siobhan Gorman - The Wall Street Journal (March 4, 2014)

"NSA director calls for stronger strategy to deter cyberattacks"
Ellen Nakashima - The Washington Post (Feb. 27, 2014)

"The grave economic impacts of war"
Paul Brinkley - MSNBC (Feb. 26, 2014)

"Cybersecurity Framework Can Help Banks Address Increased Regulatory Scrutiny"
Earl Crane - American Banker (Feb. 26, 2014)

"Budget cuts could ground unstoppable A-10 Warthog aircraft"
Kwame Holman - PBS NewsHour (Feb. 25, 2014)

"Eric Holder: Consumers must be notified about data breaches"
Paula Reid - CBS News (Feb. 24, 2014)

"Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can't Stop Another Snowden"
Eli Lake - The Daily Best (Feb. 23, 2014)

"NSA Will Send Data-Storage Proposals to White House"
Doug Cameron - The Wall Street Journal (Feb. 14, 2014)

"Obama's big plan to protect businesses from cyberattack"
Brian Fung - The Washington Post (Feb. 12, 2014)

"Obama Cybersecurity Plan Seen Lacking Perks for Business"
Chris Strohm - Bloomberg News (Feb. 11, 2014)

"Sophisticated Spy Tool 'The Mask' Rages Undetected For Seven Years"
Kim Zetter - Wired (Feb. 10, 2014)

"Experts warn of coming wave of serious cybercrime"
Danielle Douglas and Craig Timberg - The Washington Post (Feb. 9, 2014)

"Commissaries won't close, but prices may increase"
Karen Jowers - Military Times (Feb. 5, 2014)

"President Obama taps Adm. Mike Rogers to run NSA"
Philip Ewing and Darren Samuelsohn - Politico (Jan. 30, 2014)

"U.S. spy chiefs call for action on data breach disclosure"
Lawrence Hurley and Mark Hosenball - Reuters (Jan. 29, 2014)

"Report puts Snowden-like leaks as the No. 2 threat to US Security"
Ken Dilanian - Los Angeles Times (Jan. 29, 2014)

"Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community"
James R. Clapper - Director of National Intelligence (Jan. 29, 2014)

"Intelligence Leaders Identify Top Threats Facing US in Annual Assessment"
Megan Gates - Security Management (Jan. 29, 2014)

"Leading with Integrity - From West Point to Chairman of the Board"
Dan Woods - Managing Americans (Jan. 22, 2014)

"GAO: DoD slow to assess efficiency efforts"
Sean Reilly - Federal Times (Jan. 21, 2014)

"Former USAF Chief of Staff: Move Away From Nuclear F-35"
Aaron Mehta - Defense News (Jan. 17, 2014)

"A Sneaky Path Into Target Customers' Wallets"
Elizabeth A. Harris - The New York Times (Jan. 17, 2014)

"Nuclear Decisions and Budget Constraints"
Arie Church - Air Force Magazine (Jan. 17, 2014)

"Five Lessons For Every Business From Target's Data Breach"
Natalie Burg - Forbes (Jan. 17, 2014)

"Benefit or Burden? The Future of US Tactical Nuclear Weapons"
The Stimson Center (Jan. 16, 2014)

"Power Surge"
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Jan. 2014)

"Shrinking infrastructure: Protect data across hacker borders"
Maria Deutscher - Silicon Angle (Jan. 13, 2014)

"Cybersecurity expert Coleman addresses Forum on how to guard against dangers of the internet"
Ellen Beaudet - Los Altos Town Crier (Dec. 25, 2013)

"Senate Confirms New Air Force Secretary"
Jordain Carney - Defense One (Dec. 13, 2013)

"The Industrial Base After a Decade of War and In an Era of Declining Budgets"
Reagan National Defense Forum (Nov. 16, 2013)

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