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  • What We Face

    The Iraqi Perspectives Project report. A good read so far. Jump to page 183 for a nice eye-opener. 700 files out of at least 600,000 (assuming they mean just hardcopy). Sufficient to judge? Add in audio and video tape, computer tapes and the computers themselves. Still sufficient or no? Just asking.

  • Are They For Real?

    Speaking of being gob-smacked, check out today’s WaPo editorial on the CIA leak case. If you can’t bear it, let me summarize: Leaking is bad unless they decide that it is good The CIA trying to mitigate the effect of leaks by keeping a lid on secret programs is bad D/CIA Goss hunting down and…

  • Pay for Performance

    A good post at Secrecy News about changes in how intelligence officers are compensated. Perhaps it is because I can work like a fiend that I find the prospect of breaking free of the General Schedule so attractive. Knowing that the geezer with 30 years tenure who spent his days reading the paper would make…

  • Getting Wiki With It

    Someone besides a General in Omaha talking about operating in the 21st Century: The intelligence community can learn from the behavior of ant colonies to improve information sharing — and it can use wikis and blogs, a CIA official said today. The intelligence community must respond more quickly to maintain tactical and strategic advantage over…

  • Info Sharing Progress?

    U.S. intelligence tsar John Negroponte “is winning his battles” to boost information-sharing, a senior U.S. official said. Dale Meyerrose, the official in charge of information technology for the sprawling collection of U.S. agencies managed by Negroponte, the new director of national intelligence, is defending the Bush administration’s efforts to improve the sharing of vital counter-terrorism…

  • One Solution

    Much flailing about the last two days about Ms. McCarthy and her relationship (or not – ahem) with the press, whether the press has a right to do this or that, and how do we fix the situation? For my $.02: Let the press do what they do. By all means. The more open and…

  • Not Serious XII

    Just days after U.S. troops were ordered to plug a security breach at their base here, the black market trade in computer memory drives containing military documents was thriving again Monday. I’m gobsmacked.

  • Endulge in your fantasy

    I’m reminded that my neighbor Vince Flynn does a fine job portraying in Term Limits the impact of what leaking can do and what a lot of more rash folks would like to do to leakers. A short extract here.

  • Half the Problem

    Big Frank G. points out half the problem with the DNI. The other half, as I have noted before, isn’t the political hacks, but the hiring of the same tired old minds that got us in this mess in the first place. You need new tires and someone gives you a generous allowance. Do you…

  • It is called an “indicator”

    Saying Bosnia still reaps “a bitter harvest of hatred,” President Clinton announced Friday that the United States was prepared to keep thousands of troops in the shattered Balkan nation for an additional 18 months. Nearly one year [1996] after telling the American people that United States troops would serve in Bosnia for about one year,…


OODAcasts

  • Operational Cybersecurity Leader Cameron Over

    Operational Cybersecurity Leader Cameron Over

    Cameron Over leads the Cyber & Privacy service line at CrossCountry Consulting. Cameron has extensive past performance in cybersecurity, including experience advising organizations with transforming their cybersecurity and privacy programs. Cameron has been in the field of information security since the late 90’s. From mid-high school, she was exposed to early network discovery techniques while…

  • Cybersecurity Icon Phil Reitinger, CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance

    Cybersecurity Icon Phil Reitinger, CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance

    Phil Reitinger has been been a pioneer in cutting edge concepts for reducing risks in cyberspace for years. He was a special assistant US Attorney in the late 1990’s, a time when high end nation state attacks were on the rise and the application of US law to help counter threats was in a nascent…

  • Serial Entrepreneur Henry Harrison, CTO of Garrison, On Disrupting Adversary Attack Paths

    Serial Entrepreneur Henry Harrison, CTO of Garrison, On Disrupting Adversary Attack Paths

    In this episode of the OODAcast, Bob discusses the creative process and technology management approaches of Henry Harrison, CTO of Garrison Computing. Henry is a seasoned technology industry executive and serial entrepreneur who has spent the last ten years focused on cyber security both as an independent consultant and as Technical Director for Cyber Security at…

  • Quantum Security Practitioner Jane Melia of QuintessenceLabs

    Quantum Security Practitioner Jane Melia of QuintessenceLabs

    In this OODAcast we dive deep into topics of Quantum Computing, Quantum Security and best practices for ensuring your data remains safe even after quantum computers can break current asymmetric encryption methods. Our guest, Dr. Jane Melia of QuintessenceLabs, is a practitioner who has spent years helping create and bring to market advanced enterprise technologies.…

  • Former CIA CTO Bob Flores on Accelerating Technology Disruption

    Former CIA CTO Bob Flores on Accelerating Technology Disruption

    OODA CTO Bob Gourley was joined by former CTO of the CIA Bob Flores in a discussion on the state of enterprise technology, resulting in this next in our series designed to provide actionable insights to leaders in business and government. Bob is a member of the OODA Network and was one of the scheduled…

  • Tony Cole On Deception In Cyber Operations

    Tony Cole On Deception In Cyber Operations

    OODA CTO Bob Gourley was joined by Tony Cole of Attivo Networks in an interactive discussion on the state of cybersecurity, with a focus on how deception technologies can be leveraged by organizations of all sizes to mitigate risks. Tony is an icon in the cybersecurity community. He is known both as a practitioner and…

  • Lewis Shepherd on Government Mission Needs

    Lewis Shepherd on Government Mission Needs

    In this second of a two part OODAcast, OODA CTO Bob Gourley was joined by Lewis Shepherd, seasoned federal technology executive and a senior director of technology strategy at VMware for an interactive discussion on the actionable lessons we should all be learning from the current crisis but also how the events of today are…

  • David Bray On Today’s Global Risk Environment

    David Bray On Today’s Global Risk Environment

    This is part two of our series with Dr. David Bray of the Atlantic Council’s Geotech Center. This second of two parts covers questions businesses should be asking about today’s global risk environment and approach to knowing what comes next. The session is full of important advice on how to survive and thrive in and…

  • Dan Gerstein of RAND Corporation on The Story of Technology
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    Dan Gerstein of RAND Corporation on The Story of Technology

    OODA CTO Bob Gourley is joined by technologist and national security expert Dan Gerstein from Rand Corporation.  Dan is also the author of the recently released book entitled “The Story of Technology”.

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