BIO-ISAC Friends Forum
Congratulations!
If you've received an invitation to this page, you are a friend to the leadership roundtable of the founders of BIO-ISAC and a known leader and contributor to the security of the bioeconomy and its research and manufacturing components in National Security, Biomanufacturing, BioPharma, Soft/Hardware Vendors, BioProducts, and Agriculture.
As you may have heard, BIO-ISAC will formally launch in August, at the closing day of Biohacking Village at DEF CON on August 8, 2021.
THE ASK
BIO-ISAC leadership is inviting a very limited group of friends to become Founding Members, offering membership dues at a prorated rate of $25,000 for the remainder of 2021. We are looking for a commitment to seed funding of $25,000, with a renewal fee of $75,000 in January 2022 (totaling $100,000).
In exchange for helping stand up our well-documented and much-needed effort, we offer:
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Legacy recognition as a founding member of BIO-ISAC
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One (1) Advisory Board founding leader role
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Up to two (2) additional Advisory Board participant roles
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One (1) initial biosecurity threat training for your organization staff
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Member-only roundtable invitations (anticipated monthly, starting June 2021)
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Inform creation of the final incident response CVE for the bioeconomy
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Access to the Bioeconomy threat stream and discussion forum (anticipated August 2021)
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Curated speaking invitations for widely attended events and broadcasts
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Peer-to-peer information sharing and member strategy sessions
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Scope and inform research white paper development and policy and regulatory efforts (including much-needed incident recovery guidance)
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Recognition as a 2021 Biohacking Village Sponsor (and device lab participation, when applicable, including)
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Recognition as a Founding Member at the BIO-ISAC launch in August 2021, including press release mention(s) as appropriate
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Invitation(s) to and participation in the inaugural BIO-ISAC table top exercise and incident briefing on August 8, 2021
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Invitation(s) to the inaugural BIO-ISAC Members Meeting (anticipated Fall 2021), which includes a closed-door briefing from our partners at the National Academies
Note: Participating founding members will be invited to a call in late June to discuss other urgent response needs, membership benefits, and details regarding the August launch.
WHO WE ARE
BIO-ISAC is an international organization that addresses threats unique to the bioeconomy and enables coordination among stakeholders to facilitate a robust and secure industry.
BIO-ISAC will:
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Provide members tailored and actionable threat intelligence information
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Develop a coordinated disclosure process to simplify information sharing from small, medium and large enterprises of digital biosecurity issues
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Establish best practices and standards to improve digital biosecurity in the bioeconomy, including biomanufacturing
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Educate members and partners in digital biosecurity by creating and teaching content directly
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Promote the creation of a skilled workforce for digital biosecurity with industry and government partners
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Interact with lawmakers and policy stakeholders to further the development of a resilient infrastructure for the bioeconomy
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Longer term, act as a convening place for trusted international partners to collaborate on digital biosecurity and biological supply chain security issues