Optimized for Mission Assurance

The goal of the Cyber Security Community of Practice (CoP) is to raise awareness on Cyber Security threats, protections and consequences, to enable leaders, professionals and consumers to make intelligent trade-offs with respect to information sharing, business interactions, technology adoption, policymaking and threat mitigation.

Cyber Security Community Aims:

	Dispel the widely held notion that Cyber Security is purely a technology problem. Cyber Security is an economic and societal problem, with financial consequences and systemic risks.
	Evangelize mission assurance. Prepare agency, business and technology professionals to make informed decisions on cyber security policies, actions and solutions, which balance mission objectives, risk tolerances and investment.
	Debunk common, risk laden, Cyber Security myths that permeate executive consciousness, such as the equivalence of regulatory compliance and security, and that security and risk concerns begin and end at the enterprise boundary.
	Provide a not-for-profit, vendor neutral, collaboration venue for cyber security experts from government, business and technology organizations to discuss, develop and promote cyber security best practices.
	Create a vibrant practitioner community for the exchange of information on threat detection and prevention patterns, intrusion mitigation, assurance practices, and enterprise risk management.