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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Analysis

Good Cybersecurity is Not Glamorous

One of the more common reasons why most organizations push back on spending for cyber security is the lack of a “return on investment.” All that fancy, shiny cyber-y stuff costs a lot of money without providing a clear benefit that is commensurate with the expenditure. Firewalls are expensive. IDS/IPS are expensive. SIEMs are expensive.…
Cyber Threat Analysis Report Vol 1, Edition 8

We are all targets! This story and many more in the analysis by Mike Tanji in this week’s Cyber Threat Analysis Report.
OODA Network Interview: Jeremy King

This post is based on an interview with Jeremy King. It is part of our series of interviews of OODA Network members. Our objective with these interviews is to provide actionable information of interest to the community, including insights that can help with your own career progression. We also really like highlighting some of the…
We Learn From Death: Sadly what if it will take disaster to really improve cybersecurity

Why are we perpetually surprised (or not, depending on how you look at it) at the failure of so many at both the organizational and individual level to take cybersecurity seriously? I would argue that most people are placing cybersecurity exactly where it should be when it comes to the myriad risks in their lives,…
OODA Network Interview: Mike Tanji

This post is based on an interview with the highly regarded and proven cybersecurity professional Mike Tanji. It is part of our series of interviews of OODA Network members. Our objective with these interviews is to provide actionable information of interest to the community, including insights that can help with your own career progression. We…
What You Should Know About China’s “Destruction Warfare” Doctrine

In 1999 a book called “Unrestricted Warfare” emerged from China and over the past two decades it has served as a good guide for how China views conflict and in particular, cyber and economic conflicts. Businesses that understood Unrestricted Warfare were better enabled to defend their networks and market share. Twenty years later, the U.S.…
Cyber Threat Analysis Report Vol 1, Edition 8

Is FaceApp a privacy breach or a blah? This story and more in the analysis by Mike Tanji in this week’s Cyber Threat Analysis Report.
Cyber Threats to Parks and Rec: There are things we should all be doing to minimize risks to government of ransomware

So much attention has been paid to “election hacking” and the like in recent years, analysts and commentators have effectively forgotten an equally if not more pressing threat to American government at all levels: ransomware. We cannot fix the reading comprehension problems and poor critical thinking skills of more than half the nation’s population, but…
OODA Network Interview: Bryson Bort

This post is based on an interview with Bryson Bort. It is part of our series of interviews of OODA Network members. Our objective with these interviews is to provide actionable information of interest to the community, including insights that can help with your own career progression. We also really like highlighting some of the…
OODA Special Report: The Kinetic Potential of Russian Cyber War

The proliferation of cyber physical systems (CPS) has increasingly enabled cyber actions to have direct kinetic effects on tangible infrastructure, even as cyberspace itself depends on tangible infrastructure vulnerable to kinetic damage. This report focuses on Russia, a particularly important threat actor to track given their track record of brazen infrastructure attacks. It is almost…

OODAcasts

Authors, Tech

Michael Kanaan, Author of T-Minus AI Discusses Artificial Intelligence and Global Power

September 11, 2020

Michael Kanaan has helped a wide swath of decision-makers better grasp the nature of AI. He has a knack for expressing complex topics in clear, accurate and succinct ways and many of us in the national security community have already had the pleasure of hearing from him in person or in conferences. His book, T-Minus…
Intelligence, Tech

Jim Miller on Managing Policy in an Age of Constant Disruption and Dynamic Threats

September 3, 2020

Jim Miller has worked for four decades on a combination of private and public sector initiatives focused on addressing a wide variety of national security threats. He has held numerous positions within the Department of Defense including serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and has been awarded the DoD’s highest civilian award four…
Authors

Chet Richards on John Boyd and applying OODA principles to the business world

August 28, 2020

Chet Richards was a close associate of the late US Air Force Colonel John Boyd. He was there as the concept of the OODA Loop was being developed and constructed the first graphics of the OODA Loop from sketches Boyd drew. Chet is the author of the widely read business book “Certain to Win” which…
Intelligence

Courtney Bowman, Privacy and Civil Liberties Engineer, Palantir Technologies

August 19, 2020

Courtney Bowman leads Palantir’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Engineering Team. In this capacity he works extensively with local, state and international governments and philanthropic partners to develop technology-driven solutions to information sharing needs that respect applicable privacy, security and data integrity requirements. He does so in a way that is informed by experience and well…
Intelligence

Kevin DeSanto On Due Diligence and M&A Transactions and Trust Based Networking

August 13, 2020

Kevin DeSanto is an investment banker delivering advice and execution assistance to high growth businesses preparing for M&A and financial transactions. His company, KippsDeSanto, has developed a reputation for trusted execution support for companies in government contracting, aerospace, defense and cybersecurity. He leads teams that advise senior management, boards of directors and shareholders. The art…
Tech

Bradley Rotter On The Future Of Work, CryptoCurrencies, Quantum Computing and Leadership

August 6, 2020

Bradley Rotter is a visionary investor who has pioneered investments in many new alternative investments classes including having been an early backer of hedge funds in 1982 while speculating on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He was also an early investor in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency ecosystems and at a dinner with OODA CEO Matt Devost…
Tech

Andy Lustig On Legal and Due Diligence Support In The High Tech Era

July 30, 2020

Andrew (Andy) Lustig is a partner at the high tech law firm Cooley, where he focuses on private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions and the general corporate representation of high-growth technology companies in both the commercial and government marketplace. His practice includes a wide range of industry sectors including information technology, national security, cybersecurity, data…
Finance, Tech

Paul Pagnato, CEO and Founder at PagnatoKarp and Author of The Transparency Wave

July 24, 2020

Paul Pagnato migrated from a career as a scientist looking for life in outer space to one of the top financial advisors in the U.S. with a keen eye for tracking innovation, exponential change, and other emerging global issues. He is also the author of the recent book, The Transparency Wave, which highlights the essential…
Intelligence, Tech

Alsop-Louie Partner and Famed Tech Executive Bill Crowell on Technology Due Diligence

July 16, 2020

Bill Crowell is a senior executive with extensive experience in government (rose to the level of Deputy Director of the National Security Agency) and in industry. He has been a CEO of leading companies like Cylink, taking them through growth to acquisition. He has been a director of multiple public and private companies with a…
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…