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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Analysis

Is Bitcoin a National Security Risk?

How might Bitcoin be framed as a national security risk? As national security technologists, here is our take on where the government is likely concerned.
The Future of DeFi and Crypto Lending: BlockFi’s $100M Settlement with the SEC

An equal and opposite reaction to the recent onslaught of cybersecurity incidents directed at the Crypto and DeFi marketplace (itemized in our recently released Web3 Cyber Incident Database) are regulatory or market mechanisms designed to enhance the trust relationship between end-users, federal regulators, and the crypto platforms during this evolutionary phase of the Web3 innovation…
Will China Replicate Russia’s Cyber Offensives in a Taiwan Reunification?

The current situation in the Ukraine has garnered the world’s attention with stakeholders watching attentively as the crisis unfolds. Such regional hotspots have the potential of spilling over into neighboring countries and pulling in governments from all over the world in some capacity. The threat of armed conflict escalating into a major global engagement is…
A Warning for the U.S. Chip Industry: Russian Retaliation Could Hit Supply of Key Materials

Russia may retaliate against the U.S. threat of trade sanctions and export curbs by blocking access to key materials like neon and palladium. Ukraine supplies over 90% of U.S. semiconductor-grade neon. This type of supply chain-based retaliation has become a priority concern for the White House, which is encouraging a broad diversification of the supply…
More Details Emerge: REvil Gang Arrestee Tied to 2021 Colonial Pipeline Attack; Ukrainian Data Wiping Attack a False Flag Operation

A month ago, we provided an analyst of two incidents in the Ukrainian conflict that occurred on the same day (Friday, January 14th): the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) takedown of the REvil Ransomware Gang and a major cyberattack on Ukrainian government websites. At the time, these events felt neither coincidental nor unrelated. The following…
The FBI Cyber Division, NSA, Australian Cyber Security Centre, and the UK’s NCSC Issue Joint CSA on Global Ransomware Activity

As always, we use discretion in our curation and posting of US-CERT announcements. But we always prioritize Joint CSAs from the Five Eyes or domestic U.S. joint intelligence collaborations. The larger efforts only put out a Joint CSA if they really want to surface the issues at hand as soon as possible and really encourage…
The New DoD University Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2)

This post is an effort to follow up on a conversation from The December 2021 OODA Network Member Meeting regarding “The Security Community: Communication Style, Public Relations, Outreach Efforts, and Workforce Skills” (which came up when discussing responses to the Log4Shell threat and pro bono efforts by OODA Network members). We are not sure about…
In 2022, the Strategic Impact of Global Intermodal Supply Chain Gridlock on IT Supply Chain Remains High

The OODA Loop Research Team has been tracking the impact on supply chains from the onset of the pandemic.
Front Companies Muddy Already Dark Waters of Hostile Cyber Activity

Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published an industry advisory outlining the tactics, techniques, and procedures of Emennet Pasargad, an Iran-based cybersecurity company supporting government organizations to help them defends against this company’s potential hostile activities. Earlier, the Department of Justice (DoJ) charged two Iranian nationals with cyber intrusion, fraud, voter intimidation, interstate threats,…
Extradited Russian Hacker and Indicted Iranian Hackers May Hold Keys to Foreign Influence Campaigns

Throughout the Mueller investigation, many subject matter experts (who felt the whole investigation to be a bit myopic) encouraged us to not miss the role Chinese, North Korean, and Iranian influence campaigns were playing (in addition to the Russians in what was a multinational Bitskrieg on our cognitive infrastructure in the lead up to the…

OODAcasts

Authors

Brad Meltzer, Bestselling Novelist With Insights To Inform Your Business Strategy

June 26, 2020

Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cupler Ring Trilogy (The Inner Circle, The Fifth Assassin, The President’s Shadow), The Escape Artist, The Book of Lies and many other thrillers loved by millions for their realism and well researched fact based themes and drama filled plots. He is also widely…
Intelligence

OODA Expert John Robb on Global Guerrillas and Frameworks to Drive Decision Making

June 16, 2020

There is hardly a person more suited to speak with the OODA team on OODA Loops that former Air Force pilot John Robb. John has worked successfully in a variety of domains to include the special operations community, as an industry analyst, successful start-up founder, and national security expert. John Robb has distinguished himself with…
Cyber

Bobbie Stempfley of Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

June 12, 2020

The leadership team at OODA have had the pleasure of working with and learning from Bobbie Stempfley since her leadership of the Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD CERT) after she established it in the late 1990’s. This OODAcast captures insights from Bobbie that can inform the action of leadership of corporate and…
Intelligence

Marc Ambinder of USC Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism

June 5, 2020

Marc Ambinder is a journalist, researcher, historian, author of bestselling books and a teacher/mentor to many. We invited him on the OODAcast to help our community as we continue to look for insights that can drive operational decisions. For 20 years, Marc Ambinder has told true and complex stories about the world, revealed some of its…
Authors, Tech

Peter Singer on Burn-In

May 29, 2020

Burn-In is anchored in the realities we see all around us today. Artificial Intelligence is coming fast and changing the nature of many jobs, robots and automation are bringing tremendous new capabilities but also threatening humanity with loss of employment opportunities. Parenting in a world where everyone, including kids, are always connected is already changing…
Cyber, Intelligence

Congressman Will Hurd on AI, 5G, Cybersecurity Risk and Geopolitical Risk

May 27, 2020

In this OODAcast, OODA LLC CEO Matt Devost interviews Congressman Will Hurd in a wide ranging discussion that touches on issues of geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, cyber risk and ways to help ensure our nation is prepared to compete and win in an age of rapid technological innovation. Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Communications (5G) and…
Intelligence

Robert Fink of Palantir on Lessons Learned From Using Data In Crisis Response

May 21, 2020

Robert Fink is on the leadership team at Palantir, where he has helped shape their approach to product design and architecture. He has also played major roles in ensuring the company stays focused on the mission needs of customers today, and, through shaping R&D, is helping ensure the company is better able to serve the…
JC Raby On Creating Value in Disruptive Markets

May 20, 2020

We invited Boston Merdian’s co-founder and partner JC Raby on to the OODAcast do discuss his insights into the market today as well as his views on things companies can do to ensure they position themselves for the best possible transaction in the future. We also asked his advice for the strategic investor/buyer of firms…
Tech

Renowned Business Executive Scott McNealy, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, On Leadership

May 18, 2020

Scott McNealy was a co-founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems and has one of the longest-running tenures as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company in history. He was one of the few businessmen that played a critical role in the emergence of the Silicon Valley technology industry that exists today and is a highly…
CEO of Percipient Balan Ayyar on the OODA Loop in Business

May 15, 2020

Balan Ayyar is the Founder and CEO of Percipient.ai, a Silicon Valley based artificial intelligence firm focused on delivering products and solutions for the most pressing intelligence and national security challenges. We have been tracking this leader for years and have watched him inspire many to achieve great things. His leadership in senior officer roles…