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  • Player Ready? A Third Launch Attempt by Space Startup of First 3D-Printed Rocket Confirmed

    The Next Launch Attempt Window is Saturday, March 11 from 13:00 to 16:00 ET.

  • The Future of Bitcoin and the Exponential Growth of and Risks Posed by Ordinal Inscriptions

    Bitcoin-based ordinal inscriptions are the “new, new thing” and an opportunity to frame and make more accessible issues surrounding designing, quantifying, and measuring exponential innovation. To start: the recent growth metrics of what are being described as the “NFTs of Bitcoin” – Ordinal Inscriptions aka Ordinals – from Jason Nelson at Decrypt: “On Monday, February…

  • What Executives Need To Know About The Annual Threat Assessment from the U.S. Intelligence Community

    The Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community is an unclassified report released each year concurrent with Congressional testimony to Congress by the Director of National Intelligence. The report focuses on what the ODNI believes are the most direct, serious threats to the U.S. during the next year.  OODA leverages the details of this…

  • The DoD Office of Strategic Capital Will Focus on Expanding Capital for Small Business

    Wesley Spurlock, Senior Advisor, Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), reached out via email recently with the following update: “…the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Defense announced the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative. (SBICCT).”

  • Reducing the Risk of the Exponential Growth of Automated Influence Operations

    Of the research outlets we have discovered since the launch of OODALoop.com, the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET),  OpenAI, and the Stanford Internet Observatory are best-in-class sources on topics of vital interest.  A new report  – “Generative Language Models and Automated Influence Operations: Emerging Threats and Potential Mitigations” – is the result of…

  • Webinar: What business and government leaders should know and do about escalating tensions between US and Mexico

    On Friday 10 March at 5:30pm Eastern we are hosting a special OODA Salon featuring the highly regarded expert in international crime and law enforcement (and long term friend of OODA) John Sullivan. John and other special invited expert guests will discuss the geopolitical and business impacts of the kidnappings and killings of Americans in…

  • Pakistan Looking for a Cyber Way Forward

    The Ukraine crisis has revealed how geopolitical conflict can quickly spill over into cyberspace and bring in an assortment of other state and nonstate actors. Geopolitics has always been a powerful motivator in catalyzing aggressive and even hostile activity. Pakistan has been watching the crisis closely, purposefully remaining neutral as to avoid any unwanted attention…

  • Offensive Cyber: Moral Hazards and Externalities

    The world is in a contest for geopolitical advantage. Perhaps that has always been the case. We merely substituted the reconnaissance and surveillance of telegrams, telephones, signal flags, wigwags, and morse code for a continuous cycle of largely uninterrupted destruction, espionage, sabotage, and surveillance in cyberspace. What is certain is that cyberspace is now in…

  • Chips for America Funding Now Available

    The Biden-Harris administration through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology [on February 28th] launched the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity for manufacturing incentives to restore U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, support good-paying jobs across the semiconductor supply chain, and advance U.S. economic and national security. 

  • Semiconductor Innovation is More Than Just Reshoring the Traditional Industrial Base

    Bob Gleichauf, EVP, Global Technology at In-Q-Tel, explains why the legislation needs a “check engine light” to indicate problems and anticipate challenges, as well as maximize taxpayer return on their CHIPS investment.


OODAcasts

  • David Greenberg on Decision-making in Volatile Markets

    While the OODA Loop was been heralded in the domain of conflict, we often find the concept in business and there is no greater business analogy to dogfighting that David Greenberg’s experience as a trader on the floor of the world’s largest physical commodities exchange. David’s job required rapid decision making based on constantly changing…

  • Katharina McFarland on Winning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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    Katharina McFarland on Winning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Katharina McFarland has led change in a wide array of national security domains including Space, Missile Defense, Acquisition and Nuclear Posture. She is a former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (ASD(A) and a former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASAALT).  She currently serves on several corporate boards and as…

  • John Spencer on Connected Soldiers and the Future of Conflict
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    John Spencer on Connected Soldiers and the Future of Conflict

    John Spencer is a writer, thinker, speaker scholar who currently serves as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the US Military Academy. He brings the experience of a veteran who has led in combat to his work, and in his latest book, Connected Soldiers, also provides insights from his time as a stay at…

  • Duyane Norman on Disrupting the CIA to Deal with Emerging Threats
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    Duyane Norman on Disrupting the CIA to Deal with Emerging Threats

    Duyane Norman spent nearly 30 years in the CIA with three Chief of Station and multiple other tours in a variety of interesting geographies and also had a focus on technology issues serving as Deputy Director of the Office of Technical Service within CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology, and as a member of the…

  • First Federal CISO Greg Touhill on Advanced Cybersecurity by Design

    First Federal CISO Greg Touhill on Advanced Cybersecurity by Design

    Greg Touhill is one of the nation’s premier cybersecurity, information technology and risk management leaders. As an Air Force officer he led technology efforts in some of our nation’s most demanding organizations including combatant commands during time of war. He is an accomplished speaker and author and business executive and also served as our nation’s…

  • Former Tenable CEO Ron Gula Applies a Hacker Mindset to Investing, Public Awareness, and Philanthropy

    Former Tenable CEO Ron Gula Applies a Hacker Mindset to Investing, Public Awareness, and Philanthropy

    In this OODAcast, we interview Ron Gula, co-founder and CEO of the highly successful Tenable Security(NASDAQ:TENB) and currently President of Gula Tech Adventures. Ron has a long history in the cybersecurity field that includes starting his career as an NSA hacker and then transitioning into an entrepreneur responsible for multiple innovations in the market and…

  • Jim Lawler on the Art of Espionage and the Perfect Intelligence Operation
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    Jim Lawler on the Art of Espionage and the Perfect Intelligence Operation

    In this OODAcast, we talk with Jim Lawler who is a Senior Partner at MDO Group, which provides HUMINT training to the Intelligence Community and the commercial sector focused on WMD, CI, technical and cyber issues. Mr. Lawler is a noted speaker on the Insider Threat in government and industry. Prior to this, Mr. Lawler…

  • Lifelong Hacker and Experienced Security Executive Alyssa Miller, Author of Cybersecurity Career Guide
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    Lifelong Hacker and Experienced Security Executive Alyssa Miller, Author of Cybersecurity Career Guide

    Alyssa Miller is a life-long hacker and highly experienced security executive who has a passion for security and the security community. She is an excellent advocate for continuous improvement in the community and a frequent speaker to audiences of both fellow business leaders and security community audiences. This combined with her deep experience in the…

  • Dr. Scott Shumate Profiles Russian President Vladimir Putin

    Dr. Scott Shumate Profiles Russian President Vladimir Putin

    This OODAcast is a special edition focused on profiling Russian President Vladimir Putin with Dr. Scott Shumate, who has over 30 years of experience evaluating national leaders, terrorists, spies, and insiders.  Scott shares his unique perspective’s on Putin informed by his extensive experience and insight. Is Putin suicidal? Is he a rational actor? Will he escalate…

  • Chris Butler on the Value of Adversarial Thinking in Product Design and Management

    Chris Butler on the Value of Adversarial Thinking in Product Design and Management

    In this OODACast, Matt talks with Chris Butler about how concepts like adversarial thinking can be applied to product design and management.  Chris is an exemplar of someone who has excelled in his field but also looks to study and bring disruptive ideas like randomness and future framing from other disciplines to determine their value…

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