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  • North Korea Tries Ransomware… Again

    The Department of Homeland Security recently published a joint advisory along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Treasury on suspected North Korean state-sponsored ransomware campaign implementing the Maui malware. The campaign has been targeting healthcare-related organizations for the purposes of coercing compromised victims into paying ransoms.  These operations have successfully…

  • DHS S&T Startup Studio 2022 – Converge Showcase Presenting Companies and Finalists

    On July 13th, Homeland Security Startup Studio 2022 (HSSS 22) hosted a virtual Converge event to showcase the program finalists’ pitches for the cutting-edge technologies they have worked to advance over the past 18 weeks.  The HSSS pairs inventors from federal labs with seasoned entrepreneurs and mentors to help move federally funded technologies from the…

  • Opportunities for Advantage: A Competitive and Innovative Industrial Policy for Biotechnology

    What will be the tie that binds all the promising and exciting public and private deep tech investments in biotechnology – enabling the exponential speed and scale of federal projects, market-based business models, and value creation?  According to Ryan Fedasiuk, a Research Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), all ships will…

  • Cybersecurity Research: A DARPA Retrospective

    Cyber threats are real and constantly evolving, and responsible cybersecurity is looming. This confluence of factors makes cybersecurity more important than ever. However, this article is not a detailed account of cyber threats or the necessity of cybersecurity. It is 2022, and I will assume you already know these realities. Instead, this article is about…

  • The Future of AI and Blockchain-based Data Accessibility, Exchanges and Marketplaces

    The crypto marketplace continues to fly through some serious turbulence.  OODA CEO Matt Devost recently noted, in response to the recent charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a ‘massive’ crypto Ponzi scheme:  “It is all about creative destruction. It is good to wash the fraud and opportunists out of the system. The…

  • With the U.S. Delegation in Asia, We Revisit our OODA Stratigame Insights about Taiwan

    It may simply be a question of timing, media attention, and the direct involvement of the #2 person in the line of POTUS succession,  but the arrival today of a House Speaker Pelosi-led U.S. delegation in Taiwan is stirring global controversy and geopolitical tensions.. Perception and the media cycle do matter in our current information…

  • The Cyber Mercenary Business is Booming

    A recent report revealed several private sector Indian companies that have been involved in using corporate cyber espionage tactics against entities involved in litigation in an effort to influence their outcomes. What started off as a hacker-for-hire situation, quickly bloomed into an organized commercial endeavor for the hacker, who recruited and grew a small group…

  • NIST Selects 12 Companies for Implementing Quantum Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms

    A core value proposition and business model design principle necessary for exponential speed and scale is a sophisticated ecosystem of open-source, value-add platforms and strategic public and private sector partnerships. Such a “Quantum Computing Ecosystem” is emerging but the interoperability required for effective innovation at speed and scale between organizations and platforms within this emergent…

  • OODA Network Member John Sullivan on the 2X Increase in Cyber-Attacks on the Port of Los Angeles

    In February, we provided further analysis of the impact of Covid-19 and resilient supply chains – with a focus on the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and their role in the strategic impact of global intermodal supply chain gridlock on IT supply chains. As a follow-up to this analysis, this recent item from the OODA…

  • Bipartisan $280 Billion Chips and Science Act Passes in Senate

    On Wednesday, 7/28/22 In a 64-33 vote, the Senate passed the $280 billion Chips and Science Act of 2022. UPDATE Per Reuters – Thursday, 7/28/22 @ 4:15 PM: “The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation on Thursday to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry as it competes with Chinese and other foreign manufacturers, sending the…


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