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Episode 117: Leading Cyber Change: Allan Friedman on the Revolution of SBOM & Future Cybersecurity Initiatives
December 05, 2023 15:34 - 42 minutes - 80 MBAllan Friedman is a senior strategist at CISA (the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency) where he coordinates all of their cross-sector activities on the topic of SBOM: The Software Bill of Materials. Allan is widely known as a change agent in both the public and private sector. In government he led initiatives that created positive change in major community-wide initiatives around vulnerability disclosure and vulnerability management. He also championed efforts that made dram...
Episode 116: Joe Sullivan on Managing Complex Security Challenges
October 11, 2023 16:16 - 1 hour - 126 MBJoe Sullivan has been at the forefront of managing security risk in rapidly growing high tech companies over the past 20 years serving as the Chief Security Officer at Facebook from early start-up through the IPO, CSO of Uber and CloudFlare, and as a security leader at eBay/PayPal. Joe was also involved in a landmark legal case for a breach at Uber which resulted in a criminal conviction that serves as a precedent for executive liability in cybersecurity going forward. In this OODAcast we...
Episode 115: Joe Tranquillo on the Revolution in Biological Science
July 28, 2023 19:51 - 1 hour - 123 MBJoe Tranquillo is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Bucknell University and a provost at the school. He is also and author and speaker with a knack for helping make new and at times complex subjects understandable. In this OODAcast we discuss many aspects of the revolution in biological sciences with Joe including topics like: New ways of delivering medicines that target specific tissues Discovery of the structure of almost every human protein Methods to synthesize biomolecules...
Episode 114: MITRE Futurist Charles Clancy on our Quantum Enabled Future
June 16, 2023 13:12 - 53 minutes - 101 MBCharles Clancy has successfully led technology efforts in government, industry, academia and continues to lead and innovate in his current position as Senior Vice President and GM of MITRE Labs. He is MITRE's Chief Futurist. His role in technology leadership and his tracking of tech across multiple domains made for an incredibly insightful OODAcast. We review Charles' insights into: Quantum Computing Quantum Security Artificial Intelligence Microelectronics and Friendshoring/Resho...
Episode 113: Mark McGrath: John Boyd Is Far More Than The OODA Loop
June 09, 2023 14:24 - 51 minutes - 97.7 MBMark McGrath has applied the teachings of John Boyd to a career that began in the Marine Corps, included leadership positions in financial services firms and consulting with businesses with a need to learn to thrive in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. He co-founded the consultancy AGLX and serves as its Chief Learning Officer. He is the co-host of the popular podcast “No Way Out” which is dedicated to examining and advancing the use of the theories of John Boyd...
Episode 112: Serene - The Hacker Pianist Saving Cyberspace
May 08, 2023 14:44 - 53 minutes - 101 MBSerene is a hacker in the truest sense of the word. She's applied a hacker mindset to learn coding, piano, and blend art and engineering in fascinating ways. You'll find her collaborating on-stage with Grimes one night and coding censorship resistant technologies the next day. As a self-taught coder she was the first engineer hired into Google Ideas when she was just a teenager. At Google she pioneered work on WebRTC proxies that she continued as a fellow at the Open Tech Fund and was even...
Episode 111: Andy Bochman on Countering Cyber Sabotage
May 05, 2023 10:59 - 52 minutes - 98.6 MBAndy Bochman is the Senior Grid Strategist-Defender for Idaho National Laboratory’s National and Homeland Security directorate. In this role, Andy provides strategic guidance on topics at the intersection of grid security and climate resilience to INL leadership as well as senior U.S. and international government and industry leaders. Andy is a frequent speaker, writer, and trainer who has testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on energy infrastructure cybers...
Episode 110: Spencer Ante on Creative Capital and Disruptive Innovation
April 17, 2023 12:31 - 1 hour - 134 MBSpencer Ante is the author or "Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital", which was on my Top 10 book list for 2022. In fact, I found Doriot's story so compelling that a portrait of him hangs on the wall at the Hack Factory start-up studio in Reston, VA. Doriot is a compelling figure with an incredible story as told in Spencer's book. He was a Harvard Business School professor, responsible for launching the modern American industrial management movement, served as...
Episode 109: Bob Zukis and the Digital Directors Network: Helping corporate boards mitigate systemic risk
March 30, 2023 01:00 - 42 minutes - 79.2 MBob Zukis is a man on a mission to improve the ability of corporate America to succeed in a complex digital world, even when under constant cyber attack. Bob is the CEO and founder of the Digital Directors Network, the global pioneer in helping corporate directors advance their understanding of systemic risk. We consider Bob to be the world's leading advocate for improving cybersecurity governance. His many articles published in major business journals and impactful books on the topic make t...
Episode 108: Adam Shostack on Cybersecurity and What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars
March 17, 2023 14:25 - 54 minutes - 101 MBAdam Shostack is widely known in the cybersecurity world for his pioneering work on disclosing and discussing computer vulnerabilities (the CVE (common vulnerabilities and exposures) list). He also helped formalize and train leading approaches to threat modeling and wrote the foundational book on the subject (Threat Modeling: Designing for Security). In this OODAcast we seek lessons from Adam’s career and experiences (which range from startups to nearly a decade at Microsoft, as well as t...
Episode 107: Sebastian Mallaby on How Venture Capitalists and Hedge Funds Achieve Success
March 03, 2023 13:23 - 59 minutes - 112 MBSebastian Mallaby joined the OODAcast for a discussion about the Power Law in venture capital and the rise of the global hedge fund and private equity industries. Sebastian’s book “The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future” is one of the most insightful books on the venture capital industry I’ve read to date and was included in my Top 10 Security, Technology & Business books of 2022. In this conversation, we discuss the differences between different investment compan...
Episode 106: Former Head of National Intelligence Council and Deputy ODNI Neil Wiley on Intelligence Analysis
February 10, 2023 17:32 - 1 hour - 119 MBNeil Wiley has lead some of the US Intelligence Community’s most important analytical functions. His career in intelligence began as a Naval Intelligence Officer in an operational intelligence center focused on support to critical operational naval missions. He would later serve joint intelligence missions in Europe, would rise to lead all analytical activities at the Defense Intelligence Agency and in DoD Combatant Commands, and would later serve as the Chairman of the famed National Intell...
Episode 105: Michael Gibson Wants to Light the Paper Belt on Fire
February 01, 2023 22:19 - 1 hour - 128 MBThis OODAcast features a fascinating conversation with Michael Gibson, the author of the book "Paper Belt on Fire" who is also the co-founder of the Thiel Fellowship program and the 1517 Fund, both of which focus on identifying unconventional ideas and individuals that can drive disruptive innovation in technology, arts, and science. In this interview we dive into the establishment of the Thiel Fellowship which attracted a lot of attention and detractors with a grant program that paid $100...
Episode 104: Jimmy Soni on Why PayPal Was Successful
January 06, 2023 14:31 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn this OODAcast, we talk with Jimmy Soni, the author of the book "The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley". The Founders was one my Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business books of 2022, and is one of the few books I read last year that qualifies for each category. Jimmy takes a deep, historical look at the founding story of PayPal with detailed analysis, interviews, and access that you won't find in any other telling of the PayPal story. PayPal...
Episode 103: Jen Hoar on Corporate Intelligence and Investigations
November 14, 2022 17:36 - 45 minutes - 85.5 MBIn this OODAcast we interview one of our close friends and OODA network members, Jen Hoar. Jen is a former journalist-turned-corporate investigator who has leveraged the potent act of asking, and listening, to turn strangers into sources and contacts into clients. Her expertise, which is clearly also her passion, is identifying and interviewing smart people about any given topic, to learn as much as possible to inform clients’ executive decision-making. Harnessing her experience as a jou...
Episode 102: Joseph Menn: Observations From Two Decades Of Tech Journalism
September 30, 2022 13:54 - 56 minutes - 105 MBCovering technology issues, and specifically cybersecurity as a journalist is a tough endeavor. Some of these technologies are complex as are the security vulnerabilities often inherent in their deployment and making these topics broadly accessible can be a challenge. Many of the underlying issues touch upon national security and civil liberties creating an interesting nexus that must be highlighted in the proper context. Lastly, it can be a challenge to create trusted relationships with the...
Episode 101: Lawrence Gasman on Assessing the Business Impact of Quantum Technologies
September 02, 2022 14:38 - 32 minutes - 61.8 MBLawrence Gasman has researched and reported on quantum technologies from the beginning of the discipline of quantum computing. He is now the President of Inside Quantum Technology (IQT), which provides in-depth business intelligence for the quantum technology industry. IQT also runs several major quantum technology conferences as well as a quantum industry news service. On this OODAcast we ask Lawrence to provide us with frameworks for understanding the state of quantum computing, quantum ...
Episode 100 - Providing actionable insights for future risks and opportunities.
August 05, 2022 14:40In 2020, we launched the OODAcast video and podcast series designed to provide insightful analysis and actionable intelligence to decision makers. In this 100th episode, co-hosts Matt Devost and Bob Gourley review some of the key insights from the series. Matt and Bob also discuss a OODA's recent assessment of risks and opportunities given the geopolitical and technological environment, leading to a discussion of recommended actions for C-suite leaders. We start with a review of an OODAcas...
Episode 99: David Greenberg on Decision-making in Volatile Markets
June 24, 2022 13:45 - 35 minutes - 66.6 MBWhile 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 information and the mental fortitude to move onto the next decision and rapidly learn from both successes and mistakes. In addition to his work as a tra...
Episode 98: John Spencer on Connected Soldiers and the Future of Conflict
May 13, 2022 18:02 - 46 minutes - 87.6 MBJohn 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 home parent as his wife deployed. His analysis of connectivity and ints impact from multiple angles makes his book a very well rounded examination of how the Internet age is transforming how ...
Episode 97: Duyane Norman on Disrupting the CIA to Deal with Emerging Threats
April 29, 2022 18:42 - 1 hour - 132 MBDuyane 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 CIA Counterterrorism Center’s Incident Response Team. Duyane established a reputation as an innovator and a disruptor looking for ways for the intelligence services to flourish ...
Episode 96: First Federal CISO Greg Touhill on Advanced Cybersecurity by Design
April 22, 2022 15:02 - 38 minutes - 72.9 MBGreg 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 first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Touhill is currently the director of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineeri...
Episode 95: Former Tenable CEO Ron Gula Applies a Hacker Mindset to Investing, Public Awareness, and Philanthropy
April 08, 2022 13:32 - 49 minutes - 92.5 MBIn 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 several successful companies. Ron remains a hacker at heart, and currently focuses his energy on investing in and mentoring emerging ...
Episode 94: Jim Lawler on the Art of Espionage and the Perfect Intelligence Operation
April 01, 2022 14:21 - 49 minutes - 92.5 MBIn 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 served for 25 years as a CIA operations officer in various international posts and as Chief of the Counterproliferation Division's Special Activities Unit. We talk with Jim a...
Episode 93: Lifelong Hacker and Experienced Security Executive Alyssa Miller, Author of Cybersecurity Career Guide
March 18, 2022 14:25 - 44 minutes - 84.8 MBAlyssa 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 industry makes her the perfect person to research and write the Cybersecurity Career Guide. The guide is a much needed resource for our ...
Episode 92: Dr. Scott Shumate Profiles Russian President Vladimir Putin
March 11, 2022 19:06 - 53 minutes - 99.9 MBThis 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. During this session we explore: Is Putin suicidal? Is Putin a rational actor? How would Putin feel about an escalatory use of cyber attacks? What is Putin's primary motivation in ...
Episode 91: Chris Butler on the Value of Adversarial Thinking in Product Design and Management
March 04, 2022 12:41 - 52 minutes - 97.9 MBIn 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 and applicability in product management. As it turns out, he's a big fan of John Boyd's OODA Loop and even made a trip to the Boyd archives where he discove...
Episode 90: John Chambers on Risk and Opportunity in the Modern Age
February 16, 2022 14:50 - 26 minutes - 49.9 MBJohn Chambers is the legendary former CEO of Cisco, a company he helped grow from $70 million in revenue per year when he joined in 1991 to $1.2 billion a year the year he became CEO to over $48 billion a year by the time he retired in 2015. As a leader John was always known for far more than just revenue growth, he was skilled at building an organization that treated people well, including employees, customers and the community. In this OODAcast we discuss John's book, Connecting The Dots...
Episode 89: Simon Clark on Investigating the Key Man and a Billion Dollar Fraud
February 11, 2022 13:28 - 55 minutes - 105 MBIn this OODAcast, we talk with Simon Clark. Simon a British journalist and writer. He previously worked at the Wall Street Journal. His investigative reporting has led him to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, the copper mines of Congo and to many banks in the City of London. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. Simon is the author of the "The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale ". The book tells the story of Arif Naqvi and his Duba...
Episode 88: Charity Wright on China’s Digital Colonialism
January 28, 2022 16:28 - 39 minutes - 72.8 MBCharity Wright is a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 15 years of experience at the US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Charity now specializes in dark web cyber threat intelligence, counter-disinformation, and strategic intelligence at Recorded Future. Her analysis has provided deep insights into a variety of incidents, activities and strategic moves by well resourced adversaries, primarily actors operating in China. In July 2021 she ...
Episode 87: Jan Chipchase on Field Research for Actionable Insights
January 21, 2022 14:06 - 1 hour - 122 MBJan Chipchase is the founder and director of Studio D Radiodurans, a research, design and innovation consultancy. He specializes in identifying nuanced patterns of human behavior. The insight it generates informs and inspires design, strategy, brand and public policy. Jan describes his work in design anthropology in terms of a satellite launched into space that is chartered with identifying new planets, existential threats, but with a lens that can also be turned back on earth to help his ...
Episode 86: Ben Dubow on Detecting and Countering Malign Influence Operations
January 07, 2022 15:38 - 43 minutes - 81.3 MBBen Dubow is CTO and founder of Omelas, a firm that provides data and analysis on how nations manipulate the web to achieve their geopolitical goals. He has a background in research on Russian and Chinese online information operations and is a recognized expert, having appeared on international media including Reuters, Bloomberg and Roll Call. Ben began his career tracking jihadi, white supremacist, and Iranian activity online before joining Google where he played a lead role in removing ISI...
Episode 85: Jahon Jamali On Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Coming Metaverse
December 03, 2021 19:27 - 43 minutes - 82.8 MBIn this OODAcast we talk with Jahon Jamali of Sarson Funds about a range of cryptocurrency issues including his coming book Deep Crypto. We also dive deep into the coming Metaverse. Jahon Jamali is a leading expert on emerging technologies, global risk management and international relations. He began his career as a U.S. Intelligence Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He also has extensive experience in the high tech community creating and growing startups through to successful ...
Episode 84: Maury Rogow: Every Corporation Will Have A Metaverse Strategy
November 19, 2021 14:12 - 42 minutes - 80.1 MBMaury Rogow builds a solid case that your brand will live or die based on the story you tell in the metaverse. Maury is a pioneer in applying the art of storytelling to convey the value of technology in the Internet age. He built a successful approach to storytelling that made direct contributions to the success of some of the most important firms in the early wave of Internet companies. He later leveraged storytelling expertise and insights into a career in Hollywood which included produc...
Episode 83: Alan Cohen of DCVC on Investing in Deep Tech For Humanity
October 22, 2021 19:18 - 56 minutes - 105 MBAlan Cohen is a partner at DCVC, a highly regarded venture capital firm who pioneered the concept of investing in Deep Tech. Alan has helped lead and grow some of the most influential enterprise IT companies in the world. This includes serving as a VP of Enterprise for Cisco. He has also advised companies like Box, Cohesity, Netskope and Mobile Iron. He has been on the leadership teams of breakthrough companies like Nicira and Illumio. At DCVC he tracks innovations across multiple sector...
Episode 82: Digital Self Sovereignty and Avoiding the Long Night with John Robb
October 07, 2021 15:41 - 1 hour - 120 MBOur OODAcast with John Robb in June 2020 has proven to be one our most popular ever, so we were excited to host him for a second interview. John is one of the most disruptive thinkers of our time and is capable of drilling down on critical issues like security, society, and technology with deep authority and insights. In this OODAcast, we discuss a wide variety of issues: The role that networked tribalism played in the election and the events of January 6, 2021, and what comes next. T...
Episode 81: Inman's Rules: The Enduring Principles of Operational Intelligence
September 24, 2021 12:20 - 50 minutes - 95.3 MBIn this OODAcast we ask retired Admiral Bobby Ray Inman for insights into his approach to analyzing complex situation and managing intelligence efforts. Admiral Inman served in the Navy from November 1951 to July 1982, retiring with the rank of four star admiral, the first military intelligence officer to ever reach that rank. On active duty, he served as director of naval intelligence, then later director of the National Security Agency and as deputy director of Central Intelligence. After ...
Episode 80: The Man Who Protects Our Secrets: Bob Bigman on Mitigating Enterprise Risks
September 10, 2021 12:45 - 38 minutes - 72 MBBob Bigman spent a career in the intelligence community. He was the CISO of the CIA where he was tasked with leading efforts to protect the nation's most sensitive secrets. He remains a practitioner. Since 2012 he has provided direct consulting services to CISOs, CIOs, CTOs and CEOs seeking to reduce risk and improve security programs. Through it all he has built a reputation for rapidly assessing the state of enterprise security programs and then working to build action plans to drive conti...
Episode 79: Randall Fort on The Future of the Metaverse And Its Cybersecurity and Intelligence Implications
August 26, 2021 22:19 - 1 hour - 118 MBRandall Fort is a seasoned security, intelligence and technology leader known for his grasp of enterprise mission needs and his ability to track the rapid advancing capabilities of technology to meet those needs. His background includes time as the director of global security for Goldman Sachs. He also led one of the most highly regarded teams of analysts in the world, the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Randy later worked at Raytheon and is now now the COO of QWER...
Episode 78: Amr Awadallah On The Biggest Challenges And Opportunities in Enterprise IT Today
August 20, 2021 16:19 - 50 minutes - 95.7 MBAmr Awadallah is widely known as a founder of Cloudera. Prior to that he was working on extreme scale data solutions for Yahoo. Most recently he was VP for Developer Relations at Google Cloud. Amr has a BS in EE from Cairo University, an MS in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, and a PhD EE from Stanford University. His experiences in tech and company leadership put him in the perfect position to help bring actionable insights to decision-makers today. Topics we discussed include:...
Episode 77: Sir David Omand on Leveraging How Spies Think In Our Business and Personal Lives
August 12, 2021 19:46 - 57 minutes - 107 MBSir David Omand is one of the most respected intelligence professionals in the world and author of the book How Spies Think: Ten lessons in intelligence. His career in intelligence began shortly after graduating from Cambridge in 1969 when he joined the UK's GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). He would later become the director of GCHQ. He also served as the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, the most senior intelligence, counter-terror and homeland security positio...
Episode 76: Jessica Gulick: An accomplished cybersecurity practitioner turned CEO on future focused leadership
August 05, 2021 19:02 - 33 minutes - 64 MBJessica Gulick is widely known for her leadership of the successful growth strategy and marketing firm Katzcy. She is also the Commissioner of the US Cyber Games, a multi-phased cybersecurity program recruiting a US Cyber Team for international competition. She is also the founder of PlayCyber, a new business line promoting cyber games and tournaments. Jessica is also the president of the board at the Woman's Society of Cyberjutsu and a driving force behind their Wicked6 cyber games. In th...
Episode 75: Lance Mortlock On Scenario Planning to Drive Strategic Decisions
July 30, 2021 12:52 - 40 minutes - 76.5 MBLance Mortlock is a Senior EY Strategy Partner. He is author of the book Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for Post Pandemic Future, which explores ways scenario planning can help organizations be more resilient. This is a must-read book for anyone in the Risk Management field. It provides practical advice for strategists, planners, executives and board members on how to ask better questions related to the future, uncertainty, risk and strategy. In this OODAcast, we ask Lance for insights ...
Episode 74: Jer Thorp on Living in Data and Creating Better Futures
July 22, 2021 14:05 - 59 minutes - 111 MBEach year, there are one or two books that deeply resonate with me and become sticky in that I'm thinking about the book often, bringing it up in conversations, and sending out unsolicited recommendations for executives and researchers in my network to check it out. Jer Thorp's "Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future" was that book for me in 2021 so I was delighted to host Jer for a conversation on the OODAcast. Jer Thorp is an artist, writer and teacher living in...
Episode 73: Tony Tether On Technology Leadership and Lessons Learned From DARPA
July 16, 2021 13:37 - 58 minutes - 110 MBDr. Tony Tether was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, from 2001 till his retirement in 2009. DARPA is widely known for being the principle agency in DoD for research and development. DARPA is charged with investing in projects that aim for high-payoff. They fund innovative ideas, develop solutions, provide demonstrations of concepts and systems and take any other prudent action required to move the right ideas from concept to reality. In this OODAcast ...
Episode 72: Cofer Black on Leadership Lessons Learned and Speaking Truth to Power
July 02, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 106 MBIn this OODAcast, we talk with renowned counter-terrorism expert and career clandestine services professional Cofer Black. Cofer is best known for having been the Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center on 9/11 and having been part of the intelligence community warning about the near-term threat of terrorism in the United States prior to the attacks. However, his pedigree in counterterrorism issues was well established with a distinguished career in the field in high-risk areas and ope...
Episode 71: Gaurav Banga On Mitigating Cyber Threats Through Deep Insight Into Things That Matter Most
June 25, 2021 12:38 - 47 minutes - 89.8 MBGaurav Banga is the Founder and CEO of Balbix, and serves on the boards of several companies. Before Balbix, Gaurav was the Co-founder & CEO of Bromium and led the company from inception for over 5 years. Earlier in his career, he served in various executive roles at Phoenix Technologies and Intellisync Corporation, and was Co-founder and CEO of PDAapps, acquired by Intellisync in 2005. Dr. Banga started his industry career at NetApp. Gaurav has a PhD in CS from Rice University, and a B.Tech...
Episode 70: Kim Zetter on Understanding the Realities of Cyberthreats and How Code Has a Story to Tell
June 18, 2021 13:37 - 51 minutes - 96.7 MBThis week's OODAcast is with Kim Zetter, an incredibly well respected journalist who has been covering cybersecurity related issues for two decades. Matt Devost talks with Kim about a wide variety of cyber-related issues including a deep dive into Stuxnet and the implications for today's security environment. Kim also shares details as to how she got into the field and how she developed relationships with the hacker community via her longstanding attendance at Def Con. Kim is an award-win...
Episode 69: Junaid Islam on Zero Trust Architecture
June 04, 2021 14:59 - 12 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this OODAcast we provide insights into Zero Trust architectures from an experienced practitioner, Junaid Islam. Junaid is a senior partner at OODA. He has over 30 years of experience in secure communications and the design and operations of highly functional enterprise architectures. He founded Bivio Networks, maker of the first gigabyte speed general purpose networking device in history, and Vidder, a pioneer in the concept of Software Defined Networking. Vidder was acquired by Verizon...
Episode 68: Scythe CEO Bryson Bort on Enhancing Security with Realistic Adversary Emulation
May 28, 2021 12:09 - 58 minutes - 110 MBBryson Bort is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a boutique cybersecurity consultancy. He is widely known in the cybersecurity community for helping advance concepts of defense across multiple critical domains. He is the co-founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. Bryson is also a Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity and National Security at R Street and the National Securit...