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  • 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…

  • Cyber Threat Analysis Report Vol 1, Edition 7

    Cybersecurity’s role in the M&A market. This analysis and more by Mike Tanji in this week’s Cyber Threat Analysis Report.

  • OODA Network Interview: Dan Wachtler

    This post is based on an interview with Dan Wachtler. 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…


OODAcasts

  • Masha Sedova, Co-Founder Elevate Security on Human Risk Management

    Masha Sedova, Co-Founder Elevate Security on Human Risk Management

    Masha Sedova is an award-winning people-security expert, speaker, and entrepreneur focused on helping companies transform employees from a risk into a key element of defense. She has been a part of our OODA Network for years, including speaking at our legacy FedCyber event, where she introduced the behavior-based and gamified cybersecurity training and awareness she…

  • Bob Gourley on Operational Intelligence for Strategic Decision-making

    Bob Gourley on Operational Intelligence for Strategic Decision-making

    In this OODAcast, OODA Network Expert Jen Hoar interviews noted cybersecurity and intelligence professional Bob Gourley, CTO of OODA LLC, diving deep into what makes him tick. Jen asks Bob about his career, including the constants and dynamics in his professional life, starting with a deep background in operational intelligence as a naval intelligence officer.…

  • CEO of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu and Cybersecurity Leader Mari Galloway

    CEO of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu and Cybersecurity Leader Mari Galloway

    Like many others we have observed first hand the positive changes in the cybersecurity community being enabled by Mari Galloway. In this OODAcast we look beyond those changes to find out what makes her tick, revealing lessons applicable to professionals in any stage of their career. Mari is the CEO and a founding board member…

  • Paul Kurtz, Iconic Cybersecurity Leader and Founder of TruSTAR

    Paul Kurtz, Iconic Cybersecurity Leader and Founder of TruSTAR

    Paul Kurtz is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity and the Co-Founder and Chairman of TruSTAR. In this OODAcast we dive into Paul’s views on the cybersecurity landscape today and learn more about his approach to decision-making. We discuss a new concept he has been shepherding in the community regarding how cyber intelligence can be…

  • Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (ret) on leadership in the modern age

    Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (ret) on leadership in the modern age

    Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (Retired), is an author, speaker and board member with extensive experience in intelligence operations.  During his 30 year career as a naval intelligence officer he lead major operational intelligence efforts, rising to the position of Director of Intelligence (J2) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Upon retirement from the Navy…

  • Dr. Melissa Flagg of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology

    Dr. Melissa Flagg of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology

    Dr. Melissa Flagg is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University. Previously she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research, responsible for policy and oversight Defense Department science and technology programs including basic research through advanced technology development and the DoD laboratory enterprise. She…

  • Mark Weatherford On Leading Change As a CISO

    Mark Weatherford On Leading Change As a CISO

    Mark Weatherford is an icon in the cybersecurity field. He is widely known as a mission focused leader who builds teams and gets hard things done. His career included success in the US Navy as a cryptologist, leadership and management in a major defense integrator, CISO for two states (Colorado and California), CISO of the…

  • Matt Devost on Hacking Entrepreneurship and Identifying Threats and Opportunities

    Matt Devost on Hacking Entrepreneurship and Identifying Threats and Opportunities

    In this OODAcast, the tables are turned as OODA Network Expert Jen Hoar interviews CEO Matt Devost and they discuss how Matt consistently identified new threats and opportunities by blending eccentric interests into a career as a serial entrepreneur and become an established expert on cybersecurity, counterterrorism, and technology issues.

  • Kevin Roberts on Leadership, Decision-making, and Focused Action

    Kevin Roberts on Leadership, Decision-making, and Focused Action

    Kevin Roberts has had an illustrious career spanning many industries over numerous continents including serving as Chairman and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s leading creative organizations, where he had responsibility for the effectiveness of several of the world’s leading advertising budgets including for clients Toyota and Procter & Gamble. Today, his…

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

    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…

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