According to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the ad-hoc creation of the COVID-19 High-Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium during the coronavirus pandemic revealed the unintended …
Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Released by CISA, FBI, AUS CSC and UK NCSC Regarding Iranian Government-Sponsored APT
CISA reports that an advanced persistent threat (APT) group since March of 2021 has been exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities and, since October 2021, a Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerability “to …
A Better Understanding of the Size and Strength of China’s Great Firewall
A research team uncovered that the Great Firewall (GFW) runs a hidden layer of HTTPS censorship. Another team of researchers determined the size of the GFW through a nine-month project measuring …
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Cybersecurity and Cyber Incidents: Innovation and Design Lessons from Aviation Safety Models and a Call for a “Cyber NTSB”
In a recent 4-month long workshop, over 70 experts explored the concept of creating a “Cyber NTSB”. This workshop topic is consistent with themes like innovation and design processes for innovation, …
NATO and US DoD AI Strategies Align with over 80 International Declarations on AI Ethics
In October, we included NATO’s release of its first-ever strategy for artificial intelligence in the OODA Loop Daily Pulse. The strategy is primarily concerned with the impact AI will have on the NATO …
Former CISA Director Krebs and Former Congressman William Hurd both Commissioners on Information Disorder Report
The first Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Christopher Krebs, established the Rumor Control program at CISA - one of the first large-scale governmental efforts …
NASA and High-Performance Computing Reveal Climate Impacts on Global Crops in the Next Ten Years
https://youtu.be/-NZIvvhGlR0 Source: NASA Goddard, "Climate Change Could Affect Global Agriculture Within 10 Years" In the current issue of the journal Nature Food, NASA scientists published a …
Meta Platforms’ Facebook will Remove Detailed Ad Targeting Options; The Filter Bubble Transparency Act Pending in Congress
There have been two major developments on the “disinformation and influence campaign” front. First, Meta Platforms just announced that they will be removing certain ad targeting options and …
Russians and Chinese using human targeting – amongst other tools- to achieve security advantage in key emerging technologies by 2030
In late October, The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) issued a report warning of China’s goal to achieve a technological advantage over the U.S. in certain key emerging …
October 2021 OODA Network Member Meeting: Generating insights into a VUCA world
Are we living in a super-VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous)? To help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk in this VUCA world, OODA hosts a monthly video call to discuss …