The Federal Government continues to teeter on the brink of constitutional crisis and threats of violence from foreign and domestic actors - while showing really positive signs of innovation and …
2023 Year-end Review: Geopolitical Risk and Technology
Polycrisis: A cluster of interdependent global risks create a compounding effect, such that their overall impact exceeds the sum of their individual parts. (1) In this era of global polycrisis, …
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Space, Space Force, Innovation and National Security
All indications are that we are entering a new age of exploration and human expansion into space. Explore the new national security and economic realities of this new space rush in this OODAcon 2023 …
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OODAcon Global Risk Briefing for 2024
The annual OODA Global Risk Briefing was the penultimate session at OODAcon 2023. Jen Hoar spoke with Johnny Sawyer about the strategic prism business leaders need to apply to the geopolitical …
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Drones and Port Security
OODA Network Members John P. Sullivan and George W. Davis, along with co-author Tom Adams, have penned a report based on a geospatial security assessment for the Port of Brownsville, Texas (which …
Russia’s Tolerance for Allied Cyberspying Is About Keeping Friends Close
Recently, a Russian cybersecurity company published a report on nation-state offensive cyber campaigns that have been targeting Russia in 2023. Perhaps more surprising were the …
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Applying GPTs and LLMs to Scenario Planning
Jake Sotiriadis, Ph.D. is the Director of The Center for Futures Intelligence at the National Intelligence University. Sotiriadis and his co-authors have penned an impressive article on the potential …
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Active Defense May Lead to a More Weaponized Cyberspace
It appears that more countries are looking to replicate offensive cyber defense, drawing up their own strategies and policies, or else are already engaged in joint hunt forward operations. Examine …
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Cyberscurity Industry Leaders Voice Their Concerns About Proposed CISA Budget Cuts
Since her remarks at Blackhat 2021 - announcing the creation of the CISA JCDC (Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative) we have been vocal in our support of the leadership of Jen Easterly over at the …
Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business Books of 2023
The year 2023 felt incredibly disruptive and my annual reading list probably reflects that fact as I sought out books that focused not only on managing risk and chaos, but recognizing and fostering …
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