Sci-Fi fans and futurists have long envisioned a mechanism that would capture solar power from space, focus it and transmit it to earth as a way of providing more efficient energy for humanity. There …
Microsoft, CISA, NSA, FBI, and the Five Eyes on the PRC’s Advanced Persistent Threat: Volt Typhoon
In his post earlier this week, OODA Loop Contributor Emilio Iasiello provided the initial coverage of a “cluster of activity” linked to China, targeting networks across U.S. critical infrastructures …
Federal Deadlines for Updates to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and Zero-days Patches
While these deadlines to remediate identified vulnerabilities and patch zero-days are a mandate for federal agencies based on Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, a review of these recent …
Platforms for Sustainable Food Production
Research courtesy of the Blockchain Research Institute explores how the blockchain will be the foundational technology of the multi-sided technology platforms of the future. In this case study, a …
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NIST Wants Your Input Now on Two Strategic Challenges: Adversarial Machine Learning and Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
OODA CEO Matt Devost featured the advent of adversarial machine learning in his keynote at OODAcon 2022. In recent conversations with OODA Senior Advisor and Network Member Chris Ward, we discussed …
Blockchain Technologies are the Future of Food Security and Food Safety
A shout-out and a thank you to the Ontario, Canada-based Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) and the authors of this research. BRI allows for the distribution of a high percentage of its blockchain …
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Chinese Cyber Activities Against Critical Infrastructure Raises the Stakes in U.S.-China Relations
On May 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), as well as the Five Eyes, issued advisories on a “cluster of activity” linked …
Global Food Security, Grain Shipments from Ukraine and Tracking Russia’s Phantom Ships
Bellingcat, aided by satellite imagery service Planet, and CNN, with imagery from Maxar Technologies, both provide evidence that Russia continues to steal grain shipments from Ukraine - rerouting the …
a16z Announces $500 Million Commitment to American Dynamism Investment Portfolio
Over the last 18 months, we have been tracking a growing community of venture capital firms committed to National Security Investment for American Competitiveness (including Schmidt Futures, America's …
Andy Warhol and Prince are the Future of Generative AI and Copyright Law
A recent Supreme Court ruling in the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et. al. case will have broad implications for the generative AI platform architectures pushing the …
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