Our annual OODAcon brings together the hackers, thinkers, strategists, disruptors, leaders, technologists, and creators with one foot in the future to discuss the most pressing issues of the day and provide insight into the ways technology is evolving. OODAcon is not just about understanding the future, but developing the resiliency to thrive and survive in an age of disruption.  

OODAcon requires a special kind of sponsor. We can only deliver this event the way we do by finding sponsors that let our community drive all the content. Only the most forward thinking, mission focused organizations support efforts like this, and we really appreciate them for doing so.

Please take a moment to review the list of sponsors below and when you see them at OODAcon and the pre-event reception thank them for enabling our community with their support.

OODAcon is Sponsored By:

Diamond Sponsor:

• Carahsoft: Trusted government IT solutions provider & top-ranked GSA Schedule Contract holder driving public sector IT modernization. Carahsoft is enabling government to tap into the greatest of American innovation quickly and efficiently, which is required for success in the age of exponential innovation.

Gold Sponsors:

• Sailpoint: At SailPoint, we believe security must start with identity at the foundation. Today’s organizations run on a diverse workforce of not just human but also digital identities, and securing them all is critical. Through the lens of identity, SailPoint empowers organizations to seamlessly manage and secure access to applications and data at speed and scale. Our unified, intelligent, and extensible platform delivers identity-first security, helping organizations defend against dynamic threats while driving productivity and transformation.
• Shadow Nexus: Shadow Nexus is a specialized startup that provides the Intelligence Community, law enforcement, and national security organizations with unparalleled access to the world’s largest collection of hacked, breached, and leaked (HBL) data. By leveraging established dark-web relationships, our mission is to deliver unique open-source foreign adversary intelligence data at scale, giving mission partners the ability to detect threats, track adversaries, and gain visibility into hard-to-reach environments. This combination of dark-web OSINT and advanced data engineering makes Shadow Nexus a trusted partner for organizations that need to stay ahead of nation-state actors, criminal networks, and emerging digital risks.
• Cyware: Cyware is leading the industry in Operational Threat Intelligence and Collective Defense, helping security teams transform threat intelligence from fragmented data points to actionable, real-time decisions. We unify threat intelligence management, intel sharing and collaboration, as well as hyper-orchestration and automation, eliminating silos and enabling organizations to outmaneuver adversaries faster and more effectively. From enterprises to government agencies and ISACs, Cyware empowers defenders to turn intelligence into impact.
• Orca: The Orca Platform is FedRAMP Moderate and GovRAMP authorized. Orca offers a unified and comprehensive cloud security platform that identifies, prioritizes, and remediates security risks and compliance issues across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Kubernetes. The Orca Platform leverages Orca’s patented SideScanning™ technology to provide complete coverage and comprehensive risk detection.
• Squadra: Squadra Ventures is a venture capital firm led by founder-operators that invests in early-stage cyber and national security companies advancing the critical edge. Grounded in the belief that success is a combination of people, product, and planning, the Squadra team provides transformational support to startup leaders in the complex dual-use technology ecosystem. By applying a growth-stage mindset at the seed stage and a commitment to building alongside entrepreneurs, Squadra empowers extraordinary teams to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world.
• Sicura: Sicura is a Security Control Management (SCM) platform that automates, remediates, and continuously enforces security controls for regulated government and commercial enterprises. Rooted in NSA-developed frameworks, Sicura enforces Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Secure by Design principles, enabling continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) and integration with DevSecOps workflows. Trusted by federal agencies like Army DEVCOM and the Department of State, Sicura reduces ATO timelines, ensures real-time compliance and automates security from policy creation to enforcement.
• Snowstorm: Snowstorm is a decentralized microproxy network. Already proven in crisis zones, it is a next-generation system, with evolved protocols which enable true internet freedom infrastructure.
• VulnCheck: VulnCheck is the exploit intelligence company helping enterprises, government organizations, and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge. Trusted by some of the world’s largest organizations responsible for protecting hundreds of millions of systems and people, VulnCheck helps organizations outpace adversaries by providing the most comprehensive, real-time vulnerability intelligence that is autonomously correlated with unique, proprietary exploit and threat intelligence.

Silver Sponsors:

• Quintessence Labs: Future-proof encryption for the Quantum Era. Achieve quantum resilience with post-quantum cryptography and crypto agility at your fingertips.
• Akamai: Akamai provides the world’s best and most secure digital experiences. Their globally distributed intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from enterprise to the cloud. This allows customers and their businesses to be fast, smart, and secure. They keep decisions, apps, and experiences closer to the user than anyone, keeping attacks and threats far away. Your existing cloud solutions will be extended to deliver superior user experiences that are instantaneous, rich and above all create lasting business value.
• Permanance: The AI coder that solves security maintenance. Let your builders build and the AI coder handle the rest.
• Cooley: Where innovation meets law.

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