Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met on Thursday to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and its rules of operations. The two leaders …
Deep Fakes and National Security
"In 2024, one billion people around the world will go to the polls for national elections. From the US presidential election in 2024 to the war in Ukraine, we’re entering the era of deepfake …
Macron’s Recent Paris Summit Remarks Read Like a Charter Statement for the Ministry of the Future
French President Macron's recent statements - as he hosted the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, which he organized - read like a formative charter statement for the creation of the United …
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 …
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Indonesia moves site of ASEAN military drills away from South China Sea
The joint military exercise for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is scheduled for September 18-25. The drills were originally going to occur within the southern border of …
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Takeaways from the Fifth and Sixth Meeting of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting (which also meets today, 6/22/23)
The CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting is meeting today. Included here are summaries of the 5th and 6th meetings of the Committee, held in December 2022 and March 2023, …
Does a Cyber Industrial Complex Exist?
In his farewell address, then President Dwight D. Eisenhower acknowledged the need to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…by the military-industrial …
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Titanic tourist sub missing for third day with five aboard
One pilot and four passengers remain deep in the Atlantic after a submersible carrying Titanic tourists went missing on Sunday. The vessel has enough oxygen to last 96 hours, and U.S. and Canadian …
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Every Business Leader Should Know About the Recent Deep Fake Experience of Bill Browder
After the murder by the Russian state of his company's lead lawyer in Russia - Sergei Magnitsky - Bill Browder became a sworn enemy of Vladimir Putin. Browder was the driver behind the passage of the …
The Keynote Conversation at OODAcon 2022: OODA CTO Bob Gourley and Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf
As we begin to ramp up for OODAcon 2023 (October 25th in Reston, VA), we return to the Keynote Conversation between Bob Gourley and Vint Cerf at OODAcon 2022. Find the full transcript below, as well …