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The Forum recognized the business value of the DESMF to provide a much-needed foundation and basic lexicon for collaboration including the recognition of business value for cyber resilience considerations during the strategy phase of the development of products and services.

The DESMF was written to appeal to a broader audience than just the DoD. The Forum made only minor modifications to terms so it is easy for the DoD to continue to collaborate with the Forum as they have for over a year. Example: The Forum changed the terms ‘DoD’ to ‘organization’ and ‘warfighter’ to ‘customer’ in the document. The Forum takes advantage of this as a foundation for private/public collaboration adding cyber resilient and business value underpinnings at a common level for all participants. The Framework does not give guidance for how to do things, it provides a simple framework for what is needed in the development of services. The Forum believes it has application for products as well.

The Foundation for Public and Private Collaboration serves two purposes: First as a reference document to enable and facilitate meaningful collaboration. Second as a framework for operationalizing service management within and between organizations. It is up to your organization to see direct value for operationalization. We believe it provides valuable guidance which you can take advantage of at the pace your organization is capable of.

To date the Forum has helped facilitate high level collaboration between participants from the DoD, several civilian agencies, telecommunications, energy, healthcare, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, finance and manufacturing sectors as well as state governments, not for profit organizations, higher education including colleges and universities part of the NSA/DHS Centers of Academic Excellence program and others.

“To assure cyber resilience, everyone must have a seat at the table. Forums, like this, help bring together thought leaders to focus attention on the potential challenges we face in our industries. I remain supportive and highly value the important work you do, as well as the distinctive and impactful way you do it. Thanks for your Service to Nation (and those nations depending on us) with the transformation you lead.” Said Fred Hintermister, of the North America Electric Reliability Corporation and Vice Chair, National Council of ISACs

“This gives interested parties including the government the ability to take advantage of existing taxpayer, corporate investor, and individual investments in the best practices, standards, and frameworks included in the FPPC/DESMF. There are over ten million certified professionals with certifications related to the FPPC/DESMF. The DoD and most federal contracts call out for its core elements, and they are in common use across most business sectors Globally.” Said Charlie Tupitza the CEO of the Forum.

The Forum is a Virginia based not-for-profit whose purpose is to facilitate public and private collaboration around business value of cyber resilience and shift of conversation to the strategy phase during the development of products and services for its participants.