These Are SecureTheVillage Values.

We start with the recognition that none of us has all the answers, that it takes the village to secure the village ™. Realizing our vision requires that all of us must play the role of both student and teacher.  We are always curious, continually exploring, learning and growing, always on the lookout for what we don’t know that we don’t yet know we don’t know. 

We connect and engage with people at the intersection of what they want and why they want it; what they believe and why they believe it; what they feel and why they feel it. We listen to understand without judging, yet without abandoning our own thoughts and beliefs. And we listen for what is not being said as well as what is being said.

We embrace a collective collaborative approach to achieving our goals. We always look to include others in accomplishing tasks, implementing initiatives, executing projects. We seek out and welcome the opinions and input of stakeholders, participants, and investors with diverse views. We respect each other’s boundaries and honor each other’s right to their own work-life balance.

We always tell the truth, especially when the truth is what others need to hear but may not be what they want to hear.

We strive to always be someone that others can safely trust and rely on. We cannot demand that others trust us. But being trustworthy is the truest path to earning the trust of others. We demand being trustworthy in all of our interactions and our commitments, with each other and with every constituency we serve.

We take 100% responsibility for being understood – by everyone with whom we interact. We never blame others for not understanding us. We must always find ways of being understood, whether through better word choices, clearer examples, using interpreters to overcome language barriers, or any other means necessary.

In our world there are many levels of knowledge and performance quality, and our various constituencies often cannot discern the differences. We will always think and perform at the highest levels of professional excellence in everything we do, with everyone with whom we interact. We never compromise professional excellence to achieve a commercially acceptable, but flawed result. Our reputation can only grow sustainably through professional excellence. 

We are always open and ready to embrace changes in the way cyber-safety and security are understood, implemented, and monitored. We know that new technology is constantly being developed, new threats are constantly created and unleashed. We remain always ready to quickly and professionally embrace change. Remaining adaptable is our key to remaining relevant as we help each other.