The Institute’s Mission is to build an adaptive, culture-enabled governance system that ensures resilient, assured, and accountable digital outcomes.
The Institute’s Vision is to create training, platforms, and services that allow organizations of any size to design and deploy this innovative governance system
Introducing the DVMS Insitutue and its ‘Digital Value Management System (DVMS)
Over the years, digital threats and challenges have become more severe, and organizations’ responsibility to do more has increased. The DVMS Institute recognizes these emerging challenges and is committed to reshaping how organizations perceive and cope with digital risk, resiliency, and performance management.
From the outset, the DVMS Institute’s mission was to provide organizations of any size, scale, or complexity with an affordable, pragmatic, and scalable governance system to facilitate resilient, assured, and accountable digital outcomes.
In January 2017, the Institute released its NIST Cybersecurity Framework accredited certification training programs to teach organizations of any size, scale, or complexity a standardized approach to adapting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and its informative reference control systems (NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) across an enterprise and its supply chain.
In January 2020, the Institute released an updated version (Rev 2) of its NIST Cybersecurity Framework training program.
In November 2022, the Institute released its first two bodies of knowledge, providing detailed guidance on how to operationalize a NIST Cybersecurity Framework program using a Digital Value Management System (DVMS).
The DVMS is an adaptive Culture-Enabled Governance System that enables businesses of any size to move from a static, paper-based governance system of processes and controls to a living, evidence-based system of Governance, Resilience, Assurance, and Accountability (GRAA).
At its core, the DVMS is a simple but powerful integration of:
Governance Intent – shared expectations and accountabilities.
Operational Capability – how the business actually performs
Assurance Evidence – proof that intended outcomes are being achieved
Rather than adding more complexity, a DVMS unifies and amplifies the value of existing frameworks and practices such as NIST CSF, GRC, ITSM, DevOps, and AII by enabling leaders and regulators to see, in real time, whether the digital business is working as intended—and whether the risks that matter most are being managed proactively.
The Institute also released another update (Rev 3) to its NIST Cybersecurity Framework training programs, which now includes these DVMS publications as part of its courseware kit.
In February 2024, the Institute, along with its partners APMG International and TSO Publishing, announced a new standardized brand identity and certification badging system focused on Cyber Resilience. This update not only reflected a candidate’s understanding of how to operationalize the NIST Cybersecurity Framework but also how to build an adaptive, culture-enabled DVMS governance system that transforms cyber risk into operational resilience.
In January of 2025, the Institute released it third body of knowledge publication, Thriving on the Edge of Chaos – A Holistic Approach to Organizational Cyber Resilience.
At its heart, the book highlights the critical role of organizational culture as the “glue” that binds strategy, leadership, and execution, ensuring sustainable digital resilience. Through actionable insights and real-world examples, it equips leaders with the knowledge to embrace complexity, harness disruption, and confidently manage a digital world that demands constant reinvention.
In December of 2025, the Institute released another update (Rev 4) to its training programs to support updates to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, along with updates to its publications and courseware kits.
The DVMS Institute stands at the forefront of this rapidly changing environment, ready to guide, educate, and equip organizations of any size, scale, or complexity with the skills and systems to transform static, paper-based systems of control into a living, evidence-based system of Governance, Resilience, Assurance, and Accountability (GRAA).
Stay tuned for some exciting new products and programs in 2026 and beyond
If you have any questions about the brand update and program changes, please get in touch with support@dvmsinstitute.com
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