Industry Insights
Cybersecurity Education in MBA Programs
Cyberspace, with its promise of innovation, prosperity, and connectivity, also presents a series of risks to our national security that must be managed cooperatively by our public and private sectors.…
Beyond Flash Points: Creating Sustainable Public-Private Partnerships in Chicago
The United States today is confronted by an increasingly complex domestic security environment which is characterized by physical and virtual threats to public safety. Many of these threats are targeting…
Corporate Reorganization: Keys for Success
Introduction: The Department of Defense (DoD) is about to undergo one of its more significant reorganizations since the Goldwater-Nichols Act transformed the Department’s chain of command three decades ago. The…
BENS Issue Paper: Private Partnership, Public Safety
A brief about how a more networked approach to public safety and improve our ability to navigate a complex threat environment.
Department of Homeland Security Real Property Management: A BENS Management and Efficiency Report
In 2014, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson articulated the need for a new strategic approach for the department. He dubbed this approach his “Unity of Effort” campaign. He identified…
Domestic Security Revisited: Progress on Confronting a Dynamic Threat Landscape
In January 2015, Business Executives for National Security (BENS) released a report entitled Domestic Security: Confronting a Changing Threat to Ensure Public Safety and Civil Liberties. Since publishing Domestic Security,…
Talent Management: Maintaining America’s Operational Advantage
In February 2015, BENS was approached by the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jon Greenert to assist with the Navy’s efforts to assess and adjust its human resources enterprise. Our…
Making Senior Government Service More Attractive
BENS Expert Panel Review of the Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation (PAS) Process BENS believes that senior government service can be made more attractive to a broader range of quality…
Domestic Security: Confronting a Changing Threat to Ensure Public Safety and Civil Liberties
The terrorist threat to the United States has not abated. Instead, it is fundamentally differentthan it was on September 11, 2001: greater numbers; more sophisticated communications strategies, including through the…
Modernizing Military Compensation: Value Based Practices for Military Health Care
Military health care costs have grown significantly over the past decade and are now threatening to consume a larger portion of the military budget. If the military is to maintain…