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  • We Are In The First Open Source Intelligence War

    We are witnessing the world’s first war where open source intelligence is providing more actionable insights than classified sources. Here are views on what this shift means for governments, businesses, NGOs and Citizens.

  • What The C-Suite Needs To Know About The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

    Every year the US intelligence community produces a succinct report designed to provide a high level overview of threats. This is issued to coincide with testimony by the Director of National Intelligence and the biggest agencies of the IC, CIA, DIA, NSA and FBI. This year’s report follows a theme that the world is growing…

  • Leadership, Management, Decisionmaking and Intelligence

    We continue our effort to underscore certain patterns and themes found throughout the OODAcast library of over 80 conversations with leaders and decision-makers, on topics such as leadership, empowering a team, finding the right people, clear decision-making while operating in a low information environment, the qualities and best practices of a true leader,  the future…

  • 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 and the Department of Defense with the Counterintelligence Field Activity as a Senior Executive level director of Behavioral Science support to the departments investigative…

  • Open-Source Intelligence Resources: The UNHRC Operational Data Portal – Ukrainian Refugees

    Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them. The Operational Data Portal (ODP) was created in 2011 to enable UNHCR’s institutional responsibility to provide any…

  • Intelligence Gathering Tools and Analysis, Strategic Thinking and Uncertainty

    We continue our effort to underscore certain patterns and themes found throughout the OODAcast library of over 80 conversations with leaders and decision-makers, on topics such as leadership, empowering a team, finding the right people, clear decision-making while operating in a low information environment, the qualities and best practices of a true leader,  the future…

  • Open-Source Intelligence Resources: Bellingcat and the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map

    Bellingcat (an innovative open-source investigative journalism network and business model) has been in our research arsenal for a while  – ripe for a post to introduce our readers to their tools, investigations, and innovative approach to networked journalism.  The war in Europe has now put Bellingcat in the spotlight, based on the growing popularity of…

  • Ukraine-Russia War Threat to Space Security Update

    The space security and space war aspects of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine have manifested in various ways since the beginning of the war. However, it was preceded by months of build-up, as massive military vehicle parks were created at various places along the Russian and Belarusian borders – all viewed from space. The…

  • Russia Is Not Following Its Own Blueprint for Success in Cyberspace Against Ukraine

    More than a week into its invasion of Ukraine, by many accounts the Russian military effort is not going as well as expected. Some movements have stalled, impacting Russian force supplies and prompting a 40-mile convoy to address these shortcomings. There is a general consensus Moscow has miscalculated its ability in winning the conflict quickly,…

  • Project Hamilton: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and The MIT Digital Currency Initiative

    Based on the recent release of our Web3 Cyber Incident Database, we continue with our brief survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national competitive advantage. Today we provide an analysis of the major central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative in the U.S.,…


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