Every year the US intelligence community produces a succinct report designed to provide a high level overview of threats (see The 2022 Annual Threat Assessment). This is issued to coincide with …
Dr. Scott Shumate Profiles Russian President Vladimir Putin
This OODAcast is a special edition focused on profiling Russian President Vladimir Putin with Dr. Scott Shumate, who has over 30 years of experience evaluating national leaders, terrorists, spies, and …
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The Putin Profile: Takeaways from our Interview with a CIA, FBI, and Military Psychologist
Today we recorded an OODAcast with long time colleague Dr. Scott Shumate who has 33 years of national security experience with both the Central Intelligence Agency as an undercover operations officer …
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Perspectives for the C-Suite Decision-Maker
In hindsight, it was relatively easy for us to spot and highlight the real potential of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. We had been highlighting it for 11 months in our research, discussing it in …
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Chris Butler on the Value of Adversarial Thinking in Product Design and Management
In this OODACast, Matt talks with Chris Butler about how concepts like adversarial thinking can be applied to product design and management. Chris is an exemplar of someone who has excelled in his …
Department of Defense Acknowledges that Contractor Consolidation has Created a National Security Risk
A recent report from the Department of Defense highlights the risk the U.S. national security posed by an increasing consolidation of Defense contractors. According to the report, Since the …
Thinking Strategically About What Comes Next and How To Mitigate Risk
As we have previously mentioned, the Russian aggression against Ukraine will have impacts far beyond the region. All companies and all government organizations (including those at local and state …
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The World’s Largest Digital Twin Modeling and Simulation Project
Featured Image: Siemens Government Technologies https://youtu.be/ObGhB9CCHP8 [Note: Siemens is the single source provider on the Navy digital twin contracts. This video is how the company …
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What The C-Suite Needs To Know About The Threat To Space Based Systems (and what to do about it)
OODA recently updated the analysis below on threats to space based assets (with a focus on what the C-Suite needs to know) because of tensions with Russia and continued testing of satellite …
Is Bitcoin a National Security Risk?
The Biden Administration is set to release an Execute Order (EO) articulating national security concerns associated with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The EO will likely have two key elements …