Margie Palmieri, DoD Deputy CDAO, will be in a fireside chat format with Jim Mitre from the RAND Corporation on the standing up of the CDAO operation since it was established in February 2022 and operational by June 2022. Ther are many lessons to learn from this operational case study by the private sector – and the DoD CDAO will be play a key role in risk management of national security issues fueled by AI (deep fakes, etc.)  – which will have a direct impact on business strategy in the months and years ahead.