Keywords: symbiot, OpenSIMS, symbiot 5600, symbiot.net, risk metrics, collaborative risk metrics, community centric security, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, FISMA, Federal Information Security Management Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, network security, information security, symbiot orb, mitigating risk, non-equilibrium risk models, risk models, rules of engagement, the evolution of SIMS