Upcoming Events: 3/11-3/12 5th International Conference on the Ethics of National Security Intelligence 3/12-3/14 2010 PISA Conference 3/14 (3 days) ISMA/OSAC Latin America 2010 3/15 (3 days) 3rd Annual Biometrics for National Security and Defense 3/15 (3 days) DoD Architectures 3/16 (3 days) USAPACOM Science & Technology Conference 3/18 (2 days) Cyber Security Conference 3/22-3/26 Defense Systems Acquisition Management Course 3/22 (3 days) Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Summit 3/23 (2 days) Cyber Security Conference 3/23-3/25 Defence Logistics Europe 2010 3/23-3/25 Intelligent Information Privacy Management Symposium 3/23-3/24 The Government Security Expo & Conference 3/29 The Telecommunicator's Role in Homeland Security 3/29-4/2 Unified Quest 2010 4/6 SARMA Officers & Committees Meeting 4/6 (3 days) SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2010, Defense, Security, and Sensing Exhibition 4/7 1st Annual Integrated Air and Missile Defense Symposium 4/8 (2 days) 2010 PONI Spring Conference 4/8-4/9 International Conference on i-Warfare and Security (ICIW) 4/11-4/14 1st SRA-Latin America Congress 4/11-4/14 Geospatial Intelligence Middle East 2010 4/11-4/16 Pacific Northwest International Conference on Global Nuclear Security More

Frequently Asked Questions The concept, operations, and benefits of membership in a non-profit trade association are unfamiliar to many in the private sector. Arising from this are several questions we frequently encounter and seek to answer to the satisfaction of our members and other interested parties. Over time we will continue to answer these and post the answers here for future reference. If you have a question you would like to see answered here, please submit the question and a brief context (if required) to info@sarma.org. We will do our best to answer these questions in a timely manner. Q. Aren't there already security and risk-related organizations? Q. Does SARMA compete with for-profit companies? Q. Aren't there already security and risk-related organizations? A. Yes, on the one hand, there are security organizations whose focus is on security products and services, and specific areas of threats and vulnerabilities. Similarly, there are risk-related organizations with a broad focus on risk in finance, insurance, engineering, medicine, safety and the environment. However, none of these organizations provides significant focus or expertise of relevance to security analysis and security risk management. The relative immaturity of this extremely specialized, multi-disciplinary area of security analysis and risk management requires a highly-focused, inter-disciplinary organization to accelerate the advancement of the profession. Q. Does SARMA compete with for-profit companies? A. No. SARMA is a non-profit organization. While it does maintain relationships with organizations that some members may consider clients, SARMA uses a panel of members to ensure that any work it considers performing for others is not suitable for a for-profit company or other institution. Stated differently, SARMA seeks to do work that clients do not feel is suitable for, or achievable by, a for-profit institution. As such, it effectively avoids competition with its members.

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