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  • Microsoft and OpenAI Issue a Stark Report and a $10M Bounty from the State Department

    Competing cyber capabilities (on a spectrum from nation-state to non-state actors alike) and cyber-based conflict will continue to restructure, reformulate, and transform the very essence of what power, prestige, international governance, and geopolitical strategy are in the 21st century – and large language models are the new force multiplier.  Microsoft and OpenAI have quantified the…

  • Global AI Developers Need to Set Some Standards – Now

    Too many times the world has been caught flat-footed by technological advances.  With generative AI there has been ample expectation of its capabilities for both good and bad not to be prepared for what is already materializing.

  • Rice and Fertilizer are the Linchpins of Global Food Insecurity

    Recent restrictions on rice exports by India prompt this analysis of the on the ground conditions of global food insecurity, returning to some of the themes we explored in The Future of Food (In)Security and Agriculture Cybersecurity: Grain Hoarding, Rice Shortages and the War in Ukraine.  In 2024, we are on the lookout for technological…

  • What You Need to Know About the Convergence of Robot Process Automation (RPA) and AI

    According to the Robot Report, The International Federation of Robotics recently “noted that the stock of operational robots around the world attained a new record of about 3.9 million units in 2022. The average robot density, or number of robots per 10,000 human workers, rose to 151 and the trend of using artificial intelligence in robotics and…

  • Will The AI Safety Institute – and the Consortium Model – Insure an AI-safe Future?

    Consistent with our recent analysis of government regulation (or overregulation?) of AI, and the introduction of the concept of the “decontrol” of AI, the recent launch of the AI Safety Institute (organized as a public/private consortium) begs the same questions:  although a public/private collaboration, is the AI Safety Institute an extension of an overall climate…

  • Contextualizing Advancements in Bioengineering to your Business Operations

    As noted in the first post in this series, it has become increasingly clear that the revolution in biological science will impact most every sector of the economy.

  • The Space Economy in 2024

    The near term opportunities and risks of the space economy and Space Force, innovation, and national security were discussed at length at OODAcon 2023. We return here to the two panels from the conference and a compilation of our space coverage as we head into a year in space ripe with innovation, critical missions, and…

  • Nations Agree to Reign in Commercial Spyware- How Serious Are They?

    ecently, more than 35 nations have signed a new international agreement to collaborate on reigning in the “hacker for hire” commercial market, in which private interests sell tools and services to support offensive cyber activities.

  • Globalization Transformed: Where Should Your Organization “Nearshore” and/or “Friendshore”?

    Various perspectives – on Latin American nearshoring and Indo-Pacific “friendshoring” with allied nations in an effort to secure and shorten global supply chains – as well as the emergence of “China +1” –  four emergent manufacturing hubs – can be found here in this post.  

  • Decontrol AI to Accelerate Solutions

    In a previous post we asked “Is the US Government Over-Regulating Artificial Intelligence?” We followed it with some historical context and a summary of today’s government controls in “Regulations on Government Use of AI.” This post builds on those two to examine an example on how a decontrol mindset can help speed AI solutions into…


OODAcasts

  • Lou Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ, On Reducing Adversary Attack Paths

    Lou Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ, On Reducing Adversary Attack Paths

    Elias (Lou) Manousos is a recognized expert in Internet security and fraud prevention. He has been developing and delivering enterprise protection technologies for more than 15 years. As CEO of RiskIQ, he has spearheaded a new approach that helps Internet, financial services, healthcare, media and consumer packaged goods companies protect their brands from online fraud.…

  • 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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