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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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The OODAcon 2022 Welcome Address by OODA CEO Matt Devost: “Surviving Exponential Disruption”

As we begin to ramp up for OODAcon 2023 (October 25th in Reston, VA), we return to Matt’s opening comments from OODAcon 2022. Find the full transcript below, as well as a link to the audio file. Matt’s slides are also integrated into the transcript. Matt’s opening comments feel like they could have been put…
The OODA Network on the Corporate Governance of Cybersecurity

This conversation took place during the May 2023 OODA Network Member Meeting. A handful of OODA Network members recently attended the Digital Director’s Network (DDN) DOMINO ’23 Conference in Chicago. This is the discussion of the takeaways from the conference. The conversation then expands into a general discussion of the role of the board in…
Space-Based Power Project Successfully Transmits Power To Earth For First Time

Sci-Fi fans and futurists have long envisioned a mechanism that would capture solar power from space, focus it and transmit it to earth as a way of providing more efficient energy for humanity. There are many theoretical potential benefits of this if it can be made to work, including less pollution and no fear that…
Microsoft, CISA, NSA, FBI, and the Five Eyes on the PRC’s Advanced Persistent Threat: Volt Typhoon

In his post earlier this week, OODA Loop Contributor Emilio Iasiello provided the initial coverage of a “cluster of activity” linked to China, targeting networks across U.S. critical infrastructures and Guam: Chinese Cyber Activities Against Critical Infrastructure Raises the Stakes in U.S.-China Relations. As is always the case with Emilio’s weekly contribution here at OODA…
Federal Deadlines for Updates to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and Zero-days Patches

While these deadlines to remediate identified vulnerabilities and patch zero-days are a mandate for federal agencies based on Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, a review of these recent announcements is an excuse for private sector organizations to revisit their current compliance and risk mitigation measures, as “although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA…
Platforms for Sustainable Food Production

Research courtesy of the Blockchain Research Institute explores how the blockchain will be the foundational technology of the multi-sided technology platforms of the future. In this case study, a platform that consists of everything from drones to proprietary connected devices for food production can contribute to a strategic pivot to large-scale sustainability practices in the…
NIST Wants Your Input Now on Two Strategic Challenges: Adversarial Machine Learning and Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

OODA CEO Matt Devost featured the advent of adversarial machine learning in his keynote at OODAcon 2022. In recent conversations with OODA Senior Advisor and Network Member Chris Ward, we discussed the challenges inherent in protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems and organizations. NIST has working drafts available for public comment that address…
Blockchain Technologies are the Future of Food Security and Food Safety

A shout-out and a thank you to the Ontario, Canada-based Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) and the authors of this research. BRI allows for the distribution of a high percentage of its blockchain research of really interesting case studies with real-world applications via a Creative Commons license. The first BRI report we feature as part of…
Chinese Cyber Activities Against Critical Infrastructure Raises the Stakes in U.S.-China Relations

On May 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), as well as the Five Eyes, issued advisories on a “cluster of activity” linked to China that has been targeting networks across U.S. critical infrastructures and Guam. Dubbed VOLT TYPHOON, the activity has been occurring since at least 2021 according to Microsoft,…
Global Food Security, Grain Shipments from Ukraine and Tracking Russia’s Phantom Ships

Bellingcat, aided by satellite imagery service Planet, and CNN, with imagery from Maxar Technologies, both provide evidence that Russia continues to steal grain shipments from Ukraine – rerouting the food shipments through Crimean ports. Since the beginning of the war, Russia has blocked most Ukrainian ports and “maritime opportunities to export food…grain, barley, sunflower and…

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Operational Cybersecurity Leader Cameron Over

May 5, 2020

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…
Cyber

Cybersecurity Icon Phil Reitinger, CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance

May 1, 2020

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

April 29, 2020

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

April 24, 2020

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.…
Tech

Former CIA CTO Bob Flores on Accelerating Technology Disruption

April 22, 2020

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…
Cyber

Tony Cole On Deception In Cyber Operations

April 17, 2020

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…
Tech

Lewis Shepherd on Government Mission Needs

April 14, 2020

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…
Cyber

David Bray On Today’s Global Risk Environment

April 7, 2020

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…
Authors, Tech

Dan Gerstein of RAND Corporation on The Story of Technology

March 27, 2020

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”.