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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Author: OODA Analyst

Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Analysis

Forget a Cyber Force, CYBERCOM is Doing Just Fine

According to recent reporting, the Senate Armed Services Committee has requested a third-party assessment on the potential establishment of an independent military Cyber Force for the Department of Defense (DoD). The six-month assessment would address such areas as the number of commands across the DoD cyber enterprise; the command-and-control relationships of each of these commands; budget and…
The Future of Copyright Law, Fair Use and Generative AI

While the societal and business impact of AI continues to consume the headlines, the reality is the future of AI, to a large extent, will be formally litigated in the legal system. Following is an overview of the recently filed lawsuits with claims related to AI – followed by further resources and recent analyses of…
Growing Risk to International Corporations: PRC Laws Expand CCP Oversight and Surveillance Requirements

This update captures the latest on PRC laws with a special focus on factors relevant to business decision-makers. The content here is tailored to what we recommend every corporate director/board member of international corporations know about these new surveillance laws. These laws post a risk to any company doing business in China, not only including…
For the First Time, DEFCON 2023 “Hack-A-Sat” Includes a Real-time Cubesat Orbiting Space

At DEFCON 2023, “the U.S. military will stage a contest in which competing teams of white-hat hackers will, for the first time ever, try to penetrate and take over computer systems on a satellite actually in orbit. It took four years, but “this year, we are in space for real,” said Steve Colenzo, Technology Transfer…
The OODA Network on the IC, OSINT, the ODNI and Commercially Available Information (CAI)

This is an extension of the initial post from the June 2023 OODA Network Member meeting, with a discussion from the meeting of open-source Intelligence and commercially available Information (CAI).
New Hacking Group Takes Down Russian Telecom Satellite in Support of Prigozhin’s Wagner Group

Last weekend, the primary risk awareness variable we encouraged our readership to track based on the recent events in Russia was the following: “The information threat vectors and cyber attack surface have been expanded: Be on the lookout for how recent events have ginned up the tactical and strategic activity of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)…
CISO receives Wells Notice From The SEC: What corporate directors should know and do

SolarWinds, the enterprise technology company made famous after suffering a nation state directed cyber attack in 2020, has been served notice by the SEC that further action is coming. Not only did they receive their own Wells Notice in October, but now two individuals, their CFO and CISO, have as well. This is the first…
Russian Cyber War: An Elite Russian Hacker Spells Out His Vision for “Information Confrontation in World Politics”

Editor’s note: This post by Dr. Bilyana Lilly provides insights into an aspect of Russia’s information warfare activities. Dr. Lilly, part of the OODA Network, is the author of the book Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West and a frequent contributor to our network membership meetings (see this summary). Hakan…
It is Time to Declare War on Spoofers

The time has come for the United States to mount a major effort to address the finding in last week’s OODA Loop: a new analysis from the FTC showed that bogus bank fraud warnings were the most common form of text message scam reported to the agency and that many of the most common text…
US State Department Puts $10M Bounty on Clop Ransomware Gang Responsible for the Ongoing MOVEit Zero-day Vulnerability Rampage

A quick, anecdotal thumbnail sketch on the cybersecurity threat vectors for 2023: the APT and zero-day activity feel particularly ferocious right now. As a result, on June 1, 2023, we generated a quick, general update on Federal Deadlines for Updates to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and Zero-days Patches in an effort to wrap our brains around…

OODAcasts

Intelligence

Megan Jaffer on Leadership, Intelligence, Innovation and Iron Butterfly Media

July 19, 2024

In this episode of OODAcast, Megan Jaffer joins the conversation to discuss her journey in the intelligence community and the creation of Iron Butterfly Media Group. Megan also discusses the expansion of Iron Butterfly Media, including new podcast series and a documentary on women in intelligence. Megan shares her background, including her studies in international…
Intelligence, Tech

Decision-Making and Deep Tech with Laura Thomas: Insights from a Former CIA Officer

June 4, 2024

In this episode of OODAcast, Bob Gourley interviews Laura Thomas, a deep tech consultant and former CIA officer. Laura discusses her journey from a small town in North Carolina to a career in the CIA, where she served as a case officer. She emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and decision-making under uncertainty, and how…
Cyber

Leading Cyber Change: Allan Friedman on the Revolution of SBOM & Future Cybersecurity Initiatives

December 8, 2023

Allan Friedman is a senior strategist at CISA (the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency) where he coordinates all of their cross-sector activities on the topic of SBOM: The Software Bill of Materials.
Cyber

Joe Sullivan on Managing Complex Security Challenges

October 11, 2023

Joe Sullivan has been at the forefront of managing security risk in rapidly growing high tech companies over the past 20 years serving as the Chief Security Officer at Facebook from early start-up through the IPO, CSO of Uber and CloudFlare, and as a security leader at eBay/PayPal. Learn what motivates him and some of…
Authors, Tech

Joe Tranquillo on the Revolution in Biological Science

July 28, 2023

Joe Tranquillo is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Bucknell University and a provost at the school. He is also and author and speaker with a knack for helping make new and at times complex subjects understandable. In this OODAcast we discuss many aspects of the revolution in biological sciences with Joe including topics like:…
Tech

MITRE Futurist Charles Clancy on our Quantum Enabled Future

June 16, 2023

Charles Clancy has successfully led technology efforts in government, industry, academia and continues to lead and innovate in his current position as Senior Vice President and GM of MITRE Labs. He is MITRE’s Chief Futurist. His role in technology leadership and his tracking of tech across multiple domains made for an incredibly insightful OODAcast. We…
Intelligence

Mark McGrath: John Boyd Is Far More Than The OODA Loop

May 24, 2023

Mark McGrath has applied the teachings of John Boyd to a career that began in the Marine Corps, included leadership positions in financial services firms and consulting with businesses with a need to learn to thrive in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. He co-founded the consultancy AGLX and serves as its Chief Learning…
Tech

Serene – The Hacker Pianist Saving Cyberspace

May 8, 2023

Serene is a hacker in the truest sense of the word. She’s applied a hacker mindset to learn coding, piano, and blend art and engineering in fascinating ways. You’ll find her collaborating on-stage with Grimes one night and coding censorship resistant technologies the next day. As a self-taught coder she was the first engineer hired…
Cyber

Andy Bochman on Countering Cyber Sabotage

May 5, 2023

Andy Bochman is the Senior Grid Strategist-Defender for Idaho National Laboratory’s National and Homeland Security directorate. In this role, Andy provides strategic guidance on topics at the intersection of grid security and climate resilience to INL leadership as well as senior U.S. and international government and industry leaders. Andy is a frequent speaker, writer, and trainer…
Authors

Spencer Ante on Creative Capital and Disruptive Innovation

April 17, 2023

Spencer Ante is the author or “Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital”, which was on my Top 10 book list for 2022. In fact, I found Doriot’s story so compelling that a portrait of him hangs on the wall at the Hack Factory start-up studio in Reston, VA. Doriot is a…

Category: Business

Keyword: China

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Author: OODA Analyst

Analysis

Forget a Cyber Force, CYBERCOM is Doing Just Fine

The Future of Copyright Law, Fair Use and Generative AI

Growing Risk to International Corporations: PRC Laws Expand CCP Oversight and Surveillance Requirements

For the First Time, DEFCON 2023 “Hack-A-Sat” Includes a Real-time Cubesat Orbiting Space

The OODA Network on the IC, OSINT, the ODNI and Commercially Available Information (CAI)

New Hacking Group Takes Down Russian Telecom Satellite in Support of Prigozhin’s Wagner Group

CISO receives Wells Notice From The SEC: What corporate directors should know and do

Russian Cyber War: An Elite Russian Hacker Spells Out His Vision for “Information Confrontation in World Politics”

It is Time to Declare War on Spoofers

US State Department Puts $10M Bounty on Clop Ransomware Gang Responsible for the Ongoing MOVEit Zero-day Vulnerability Rampage

OODAcasts

Megan Jaffer on Leadership, Intelligence, Innovation and Iron Butterfly Media

Decision-Making and Deep Tech with Laura Thomas: Insights from a Former CIA Officer

Leading Cyber Change: Allan Friedman on the Revolution of SBOM & Future Cybersecurity Initiatives

Joe Sullivan on Managing Complex Security Challenges

Joe Tranquillo on the Revolution in Biological Science

MITRE Futurist Charles Clancy on our Quantum Enabled Future

Mark McGrath: John Boyd Is Far More Than The OODA Loop

Serene – The Hacker Pianist Saving Cyberspace

Andy Bochman on Countering Cyber Sabotage

Spencer Ante on Creative Capital and Disruptive Innovation

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