Is the Sociotechnical Geopolitical Future – and War? – Converging in the Islands and Territories of the Pacific and Oceania?

Recent insights from Chris Ward's (Senior Advisor at OODA LLC and an OODA Network Member) - "Decoding of DoD's Pacific Missions"  - have converged with our recent deep dive into The Digital Residency Program of ...

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Artificial Intelligence, The Metaverse, Compute, and The Future of Digital Identity Frameworks

The title of this post says it all: you will find here an OODA Loop original analysis of Artificial Intelligence, The Metaverse, Compute, and The Future of Digital Identity Frameworks as part of our Digital ...

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A Generational Shift: The Global Gaming Ecosystem as Attack Surface and Point of Entry

Discord's server-based community and communications were central to the 2023 Airman Jack Texeira case. Still, by all accounts, Discord-based comms usually run parallel to multi-player gaming activity amongst this age cohort.   Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox?  ...

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The Blockchain-based Root Name System (RNS) is Poised to Swap Out Traditional Domain Name Systems (DNS)

The blockchain-based Root Name System (RNS) leverages blockchain technology to manage domain names in a decentralized manner - and is the core design and technical element of our recent blockchain-based use case, The Digital Residency ...

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The Digital Residency Program of the Pacific Island Nation of Palau

In the first of our case studies in the OODA Loop Digital Self-Sovereignty Research Initiative, we turn to the digital residency program of the Pacific Island nation of Palau.  Add digital residency platforms to the ...

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An Overview of the NIST NVD Backlog Debacle: Cybersecurity Company Brought in on a Five-Year, $125M Contract to Assist

In February 2024, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) attributed an increase in volume and structural changes in "interagency support” as the reasons behind a backlog of vulnerabilities analyzed in the National Vulnerability ...

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The OODA Loop Digital Self-Sovereignty Research Initiative (Self-Sovereign Identity, Digital Citizenship, Personal Data Ownership and Portability)

Digital self-sovereignty is the new "build"  as legacy systems get swapped out in a sometimes violent, always exponential fashion. To be clear, we are positioning digital self-sovereignty as a solution to our current problem set ...

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The OODA Network on New AI-based Threats and Issues for the U.S. Cognitive Infrastructure, Internet Safety and Wellness for Kids

Following the initial discussion at the April 2024 OODA Network Monthly Meeting of Domain-Specific Large Language Model Development and Use Cases, and the follow-up discussion on Exponential Technology Disruption, Global Risk, and Geopolitical Futures, the spoofing ...

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The OODA Network on Exponential Technology Disruption, Global Risk, and Geopolitical Futures

Following the initial discussion at the April 2024 OODA Network Monthly Meeting of Domain-Specific Large Language Model Development and Use Cases, the conversation transitioned into technology topics, underscoring the need to stay informed about rapidly ...

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Framing Transparency as AI Races on Down the Road at Double Exponential Speed

AI Transparency is a concept centered on openness, comprehensibility, and accountability in technological systems. In the context of AI, transparency refers to the extent to which the inner workings and decision-making processes of AI systems ...

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