NSA Artificial Intelligence Security Center – and Global IC Partners – on Deploying Secure AI Systems

This Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) is the first of its kind release from the NSA Artificial Intelligence Security Center (AISC) - "intended to support National Security System owners and Defense Industrial Base companies that will ...

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The State of the Space Industrial Base

Along with the two other baseline strategic documents we have featured here - Space Force's Inaugural U.S. Commercial Space Strategy and DoD’s Commercial Space Integration Strategy  - the State of the Space Industrial Base (SSIB) ...

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Speculative Design: Electric Vertical Take-Off/Landing (“eVTOLs”) Air Taxis – aka Flying Cars – are Taking Off

According to the Executive Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation and Singularity University Executive Founder Peter H. Diamandis, years of speculative design of (the long-promised by science-fiction) flying car will become a reality by 2030 - ...

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Social Engineering Remains the Coin of the Realm for Ransomware Gangs (or APTs- Advanced Persistent Threats)

We have been on the social engineering (aka Human Risk Management or Human Engineering beat for a while - providing resources to our readership and the OODA Network regularly.  Those resources are compiled here for ...

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What Next? The Passage of U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan

Here are experts from the Wilson Center and EU policymakers reacting to the recent approval of supplemental military aid from the U.S. to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan—all in the context of the future of the ...

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“Earth-2”: AI Plus Climate Data Equals the Ultimate Digital Twin Project

The concept of a digital twin of the Earth's climate, leveraging geospatial data, climate sensors, and artificial intelligence (AI), presents a transformative potential for our understanding and management of the planet's climate system. This digital ...

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Will Military Aid Abroad Accelerate the Disintermediation of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base?

Before and after the recent passage of military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, many credible outlets offered wide-ranging perspectives on the impact on the domestic U.S. defense industrial base by continued aid to the ...

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Biologically Engineered DNA Data Storage will be a Layer of the Convergent Exponential Tech Stack

We argue that the bioeconomy will lead all industry sectors into a fascinating (and anything but fear-inducing) future filled with abundance and promise - including DNA-based data storage capabilities.  DNA Data Storage?  Yes.  Let's start ...

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Moody’s on the “Recoding” of Entire Industries, Including The Financial Sector, by the Convergence of AI and the Blockchain

A recent headline from Moody's reads "Convergence of AI and blockchain could recode multiple industries."  The notion of the "recoding" of an industry sector is compelling - as it suggests a more nuanced, code-level transformation ...

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Findings from the DEFCON31 AI Village Inaugural Generative AI Red Team Challenge

As we head into the 2024 RSAC through the Defcon/BlackHat Conference jag, we look at the final report from the first-of-its-kind Generative AI Red Team Challenge, held last year in the AI Village at Defcon31.  ...

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