Benefits of Membership

The 42 firms participating in the BSIMM Project make up the BSIMM Community. A moderated private mailing list allows SSG leaders participating in the BSIMM to discuss solutions with those who face the same issues, discuss strategy with someone who has already addressed an issue, seek out mentors from those are farther along a career path, and band together to solve hard problems (e.g., forming a BSIMM mobile security working group).

The BSIMM Community also hosts an annual private Conference where up to three representatives from each firm gather together in an off-the-record forum to discuss software security initiatives. In 2010, 22 of 30 firms participated in the BSIMM Community Conference hosted in Annapolis, Maryland. During the conference, we ran a workshop on practice/activity efficiency and effectiveness and published the results as an informIT article titled Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Software Security.

The Members section includes proceedings from the Conferences, working group data, and the results of mailing list initiated studies.

If you are interested in participating in the BSIMM project as we work towards BSIMM4, please contact us.