The mission of the PDA is creating, sustaining and enhancing Private Company value through the active use of Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. We advocate for excellent practices in board formation and governance. We provide a national network where business owners, executives and professionals interested in value-add boards can up-level, find and meet with those interested in securing exceptional board members. The Cybersecurity Committee was formed to increase the Cybersecurity literacy rate and capability across Private Company boards, business owners, executives and C-Levels while increasing diversity and inclusion on Boards.

MD3 Consulting has become Security Counsel! We are the next evolution in information security management consulting, which includes fractional or vCISO services.Security Counsel includes the Provider Federation or resources, which is a group of seasoned Information security professionals and small security companies. This extended team of information security partners brings an impressive amount of experience and bandwidth to your organization just when you need it, and without the hassle and cost of hiring full time leadership.Security Counsel is also committed to growing new capability within your organization utilizing an organized training and mentoring system to make sure your team is solidly prepared for the future.

MD3 offers vCISO professional services - primarily a way for small to medium-sized companies to benefit from mature, strategic approaches to information security portfolio and program management and aggregated deep technical experience without the delay and cost of hiring more permanent leadership.Large companies and others that already have a security officer or established team can also benefit from periodic "peer" reviews or independent assessments of their program, or by adding additional capacity as needed for strategic projects.By using our five phase approach, MD3 clients are able to smartly choose the organizational structure and size of their security pipeline that prioritizes high impact security over general compliance and results in the reduction of business risk.