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  • Beijing Reinforces Its Case to Be Global Cyber Leader

    Beijing recently released a white paper, China’s Law-Based Cyberspace Governance in the New Era,  in which it presents its views on the future of the Internet, emphasizing the importance of a rules-based approach and quickly linking China’s successful development to the adherence of such values.  The white paper stresses key areas to include but are not limited to…

  • The Pentagon is Strategically Positioned to Address SVB Bank Failure and Tech Startup Innovation

    The “Why and How” of the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) We are sensitive to the time management constraints of our members and readers, but if your organization has a stake in the evolving national security investment and American competitiveness ecosystem, this archived video provides an up-to-the-minute update from a major player organization and…

  • The Origin of COVID-19: Lessons from the Intelligence Community’s Assessment

    Understanding how COVID-19 emerged is of great importance, and the US Intelligence Community (IC) has produced some of the most important assessments of this topic. Much of the recent coverage of the Intelligence Community’s assessment of the origin of COVID-19 has focused on which agencies hold which view. But the IC’s report has a lot…

  • Another Daunting Dispatch from the Ministry of the Future: ConocoPhillips’ Project Willow Will Freeze Melting Artic

    The signal from the future featured in this post, at least for this writer, is a definitive data point about the accelerated onslaught of the climate crisis.  More so than any of the information contained in the most recent report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the arrival of this signal in…

  • March 2023 OODA Network Member Meeting Tackled Strategy (Mis)Informing Regulation, Systemic Failure, and the Emergence of New Risks

    OODA hosts a monthly video call to help members optimize opportunities and reduce risk to discuss items of common interest to our membership. These highly collaborative sessions are always a great way for our members to meet and interact with each other while talking about topics like global risks, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and current or…

  • After Meeting in Moscow, Will Xi and Putin Combine “IT Armies” and ICT-driven Hybrid Warfare Efforts Against the West?

    This week, the Washington Post reports that China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladamir Putin ended their three-day meeting in Moscow as signatories of “two agreements, one affirming their partnership and one setting out plans for economic cooperation, which they discussed at a joint news conference,”  including, as the WSJ reported, “ten documents on economic cooperation…

  • Maturing HAMAS Information Operations Gives Iran Another Asset in the Region

    On October 13, 2022, HAMAS acknowledged that it had established a cyber unit dubbed the “al-Quds Electronic Army” as early as October 2014.  Since its inception and over the course of several years, the group executed numerous cyber attacks against Israeli security force and army organizations.  The targets disrupted included command-and-control systems of kibbutz communities in the Gaza Envelope,…

  • Tik Tok and the Future of American Data Privacy

    Starting at 10 AM EST, Wednesday, March 23, 2023: Full Hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce – “TikTok: How Congress Can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms”

  • How to Manage Cyber Risk as a Board Director

    The evolving responsibilities of board members to cyber security and cyber risk were highlighted as a theme in the OODA Almanac 2023. While cybersecurity has been a focus of corporate boardrooms in the past, it is about to become a required focus as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks to have companies identify a…

  • The Future of Exponential Growth, Risk, Multi-sided Platforms and Strategic Ecosystems

    Last year, we launched the Opportunities for Advantage Series (which will continue in 2023) to explore how exponential disruption and innovation require organizations to focus efforts to gain advantage. In a recent review of the series, we found that there were patterns and groupings which deserved to be highlighted, including the role of artificial intelligence…


OODAcasts

  • Expert Practitioner of Analysis Carmen Medina on Mental Models and Cognitive Bias

    Expert Practitioner of Analysis Carmen Medina on Mental Models and Cognitive Bias

    Carmen Medina served 32 years in senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency, most of which focused on one of the hardest tasks in the community, that of analysis. Carmen rose to lead the strategic assessments group for the agency, then was deputy director of intelligence, the most senior leadership position for analysis at the…

  • 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…

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