Jen Easterly, Director Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Victor Zhora, Deputy Chairman and Chief Digital Transformation Officer of the Ukrainian State Service of Special …
DoD CDAO’s “Task Force Lima” to Explore Responsible Fielding of Generative AI Capabilities
Last week, "the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the establishment of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) task force, an initiative that reflects the DoD's commitment to harnessing the …
At DEFCON31, CISA’s Easterly Once Again Offered a “Stark Warning”
In June at the Aspen Institute in Washington D.C., Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly began what now seems to be a prolonged messaging campaign: a stark …
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Director’s Brief: Strategic Intelligence for Senior Leaders
We continuously update this strategic assessment of Geopolitical, Technological and Cyber issues and recommended strategic actions for leadership. Overall Assessment The global economy …
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NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
In the months before the recent 2023 NATO Summit in Lithuania, the NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) opened its European regional office at the Imperial College …
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The Silicon Valley Defense Group “NatSec 100”
The SVDG recently introduced the inaugural version of the NatSec100, a "newly developed, annual ranked list of the top venture-funded defense and dual-use startups. It was developed to offer a …
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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 …
Is it Time for an “AI NTSB”? The Artificial Intelligence Incident Database May Already Foot the Bill
The release and success of ChatGPT have thrown policymakers into a frenzy of AI regulatory activity. Meanwhile, as with privacy and crypto regulation, the EU is setting the global standard with the …
The June 2023 OODA Network Member Meeting: Doing Business in China and Hong Kong, The Future Conflict with China, and the Inherent Flaws in the CHIPS Act
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 …
The Secondary Chip and Hardware Markets: The Strategic Importance of Legacy Chips
In March, researchers at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a report on "The Strategic Importance of Legacy Chips" - which addresses many of the questions we left …