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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Author: OODA Analyst

Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Analysis

What Exactly is the PRC up to in the Artic?

Climate change and climate-induced emergencies and crises are also creating newly contested, geopolitical arenas. In February 2021, OODA CTO Bob Gourley reported on the “Blueprint for a Blue Ocean”: In January 2021, the Department of Navy released their Strategic Blueprint for a Blue Arctic. The document outlines their plan to prepare for an increasingly available and…
What Exactly is the PRC up to in the Arctic?

Climate change and climate-induced emergencies and crises are also creating newly contested, geopolitical arenas. In February 2021, OODA CTO Bob Gourley reported on the “Blueprint for a Blue Ocean”: In January 2021, the Department of Navy released their Strategic Blueprint for a Blue Arctic. The document outlines their plan to prepare for an increasingly available and…
Takeaways from the Third Meeting of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee

The third meeting of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) was held on June 22, 2022. We provide a brief recap of the vital subcommittee updates and takeaways – including Director Easterly assigning the Committee a new topic for their advice, specifically that they assess the feasibility and key characteristics of a national alert system…
Opportunities for Advantage: The Industries of the Future Act of 2020

The recent launch by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) of the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet) turned our attention back to the legislation, follow-on initiatives, and progress reports which are not only the origins of and mandate for DC-QNet, but establish a working definition for the federal government of the “Industries of…
Can We Rethink Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity?

Protecting critical infrastructure is an imperative for any government grappling to integrate resilient cybersecurity measures into the assets, systems, and networks that are vital for a nation’s national, economic, and public health and safety security. The 16 sectors identified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reflect the industries that are essential to sustaining the…
Strategically, is the PRC up Against the Ropes?

In a recent Op-Ed by Bill Stanton over at the Taiwan News with the headline “A PRC in decline: A multitude of difficult challenges,” Stanton itemizes the difficulties facing the “Great Power” nation: “Given the international enthusiasm the PRC often generated in the past and from which it has profited, chiefly because of its impressive…
CISA and Quantum Security Industry Leaders React to Recent NIST Post-Quantum Announcement

OODA CTO Bob Gourley recently posted a synopsis and analysis of the July 5th NIST Quantum Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms announcement and provided an update of the OODA Loop Executive’s Guide to Quantum-Safe Security and the OODA Loop Quantum List. Following is a broad survey of the industry reaction to the NIST announcement by the Quantum…
The “So What?” of the NIST Quantum Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms Announcement

On 5 July 2022 NIST made a long awaited announcement of the first of four Quantum Resistant Algorithms that come from this years long process of coordination and examination. More algorithms and approaches are being evaluated and over the next two years NIST will be working on a final standard. The algorithms selected address the weaknesses…
The Global Cyber Games Charity Battle 2022 at the HyperX Esports Arena on August 11, 2022

The Global Cyber Games Charity Battle 2022, a PlayCyber Competition powered by Katzcy, will take place at the same time as BlackHat USA 2022 in Las Vegas at the HyperX Esports Arena on August 11, 2022, from 12 PM–10:00 PM PST.
CISA and Coast Guard Cyber Command Warn of Ongoing Log4Shell Attacks

The recent joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) – released in late June – by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United States Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warns ” network defenders that cyber threat actors, including state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, have continued to exploit Log4Shell…to obtain initial access to organizations that…

OODAcasts

Authors

Simon Clark on Investigating the Key Man and a Billion Dollar Fraud

February 11, 2022

In this OODAcast, we talk with Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist Simon Clark about his book the “The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale “. The book tells the story of Arif Naqvi and his Dubai-based private-equity firm Abraaj and attracted he billions of dollars…
Cyber, Intelligence

Charity Wright on China’s Digital Colonialism

January 28, 2022

Charity Wright is a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 15 years of experience at the US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Charity now specializes in dark web cyber threat intelligence, counter-disinformation, and strategic intelligence at Recorded Future. Her analysis has provided deep insights into a variety of incidents,…
Authors

Jan Chipchase on Field Research for Actionable Insights

January 21, 2022

Jan Chipchase is the founder and director of Studio D Radiodurans, a research, design and innovation consultancy. He specializes in identifying nuanced patterns of human behavior. The insight it generates informs and inspires design, strategy, brand and public policy. Jan describes his work in design anthropology in terms of a satellite launched into space that…
Tech

Ben Dubow on Detecting and Countering Malign Influence Operations

January 7, 2022

Ben Dubow is CTO and founder of Omelas, a firm that provides data and analysis on how nations manipulate the web to achieve their geopolitical goals. He has a background in research on Russian and Chinese online information operations and is a recognized expert, having appeared on international media including Reuters, Bloomberg and Roll Call.…
Tech

Jahon Jamali On Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Coming Metaverse

December 3, 2021

Jahon Jamali is a leading expert on emerging technologies, global risk management and international relations. He began his career as a U.S. Intelligence Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He also has extensive experience in the high tech community creating and growing startups through to successful exits. All this makes him an even more credible…
Tech

Maury Rogow: Every Corporation Will Have A Metaverse Strategy

November 12, 2021

Maury Rogow builds a solid case that your brand will live or die based on the story you tell in the metaverse. Maury is a pioneer in applying the art of storytelling to convey the value of technology in the Internet age. He built a successful approach to storytelling that made direct contributions to the…
Tech

Alan Cohen of DCVC on Investing in Deep Tech For Humanity

October 22, 2021

Alan Cohen is a partner at DCVC, a highly regarded venture capital firm who pioneered the concept of investing in Deep Tech. He has helped lead and grow some of the most influential enterprise IT companies in the world. We talk tech with Alan, and he is the perfect guy to examine some of the…
Intelligence

Digital Self Sovereignty and Avoiding the Long Night with John Robb

October 7, 2021

John is one of the most disruptive thinkers of our time and is capable of drilling down on critical issues like security, society, and technology with deep authority and insights. In this conversation we cover a lot of topics, including John’s concept of OODA Shear, data and digital self sovereignty, Afghanistan, AI, Bitcoin, and the…
Intelligence

Inman’s Rules: The Enduring Principles of Operational Intelligence

September 24, 2021

Admiral Bobby Ray Inman retired from the US Navy in 1982. But his influence endures. His principles, which he codified into a list still exchanged among intelligence community leaders today, is now known as Inman’s Rules. In this OODAcast interview of Admiral Inman we review these rules, seeking insights into how they can be applied to…
Cyber, Intelligence

The Man Who Protects Our Secrets: Bob Bigman on Mitigating Enterprise Risks

September 10, 2021

Bob Bigman spent a career in the intelligence community. He was the CISO of the CIA where he was tasked with leading efforts to protect the nation’s most sensitive secrets. Since 2012 he has provided direct consulting services to CISOs, CIOs, CTOs and CEOs seeking to reduce risk and improve security programs. Through it all…