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On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's cybersecurity news: Oracle quietly cops to being hacked, but immediately pivots into pretending it didn't matter NSA and CyberCom leaders fired for not being MAGA enough US Treasury had some dusty corners it hadn't found China in yet, looked, found China in them …which is a great time to discuss slashing CISA's staffing Ransomware crews and bullet proof hosting providers are getting rekt, and we love it And Microsoft patches yet another logging 0-day being used in the wild. This episode is sponsored by Yubico, makers of Yubikey hardware authentication tokens. Yubico's Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Alliances Derek Hanson joins to discuss how the consumer-centric passkey ecosystem has become a real challenge for enterprises. One that Yubico is actually ideally positioned to solve. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Oracle privately confirms Cloud breach to customers Oracle have finally issued a written notification to customers about their cybersecurity incident. Head of NSA and US Cyber Command reportedly fired | Cybersecurity Dive Trump fires numerous National Security Council staff - The Washington Post Trump administration under scrutiny as it puts major round of CISA cuts on the table | Cybersecurity Dive Hackers Spied on US Bank Regulators' Emails for Over a Year - Bloomberg This is how Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the Signal chat Cybercriminals are trying to loot Australian pension accounts in new campaign | The Record from Recorded Future News $500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach | Superannuation | The Guardian Australian regulator pulls licenses of 95 companies in effort to crack down on investment scams | The Record from Recorded Future News Everest ransomware group's darknet site offline following defacement | The Record from Recorded Future News On March 28, 2025, a threat actor leaked internal data from Medialand, a major bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider long linked to Yalishanda (LARVA-34). There's a ransomware group named DragonForce going around hacking its rivals. After Mamona and BlackLock, the group has now hacked RansomHub The DragonForce ransomware group hacked two rivals this month CISA, experts warn of Crush file transfer attacks as ransomware gang makes threats | The Record from Recorded Future News Kill Security Campaign Targets CrushFTP Servers National Vulnerability Database | NIST Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks | CyberScoop Exploitation of CLFS zero-day leads to ransomware activity | Microsoft Security Blog Is The Sofistication In The Room With Us? - X-Forwarded-For and Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-22457)
Jon Herold returns with a loaded Tuesday edition of The Daily Herold, unpacking everything from tariff tremors to CIA blunders. Special guest Gabrielle Cucci joins early in the episode for an intel-packed conversation about Trump's $1 trillion Pentagon budget and what it might really be funding, including missile defense upgrades, Space Force expansions, and Lockheed's next-gen fighter jets. They dive into the recent shakeups in military leadership, the quiet chaos inside Cyber Command, and the potential split of the NSA and CyberCom. Gabrielle breaks major news on a forced CIA vaccine program that risked blowing agent cover abroad, leading to the quiet firing of a senior official. Jon follows with deep analysis on the state of global trade negotiations as 70 countries scramble to adjust to Trump's shockwave tariff policy, including South Korea's fast pivot and Israel's awkward Oval Office moment. Other key stories include the Supreme Court greenlighting Trump's wartime immigration authority under the Alien Enemies Act, Ripple's $1.25B acquisition and crypto ascension, and Trump's 104% tariff punch to China. The show wraps with a look at weaponized prosecutions, IRS layoffs, revived dire wolves (yes, really), and Jon's take on how all these stories signal the regime's unraveling. Buckle up. It's a wide-ranging episode that proves the Herold always delivers.
Trump fires NSA and CyberCom leadership, CISA looks likely to be halved in size, hackers hit Australian pension funds, and NIST gives up on old CVEs in its backlog. Show notes
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Jon Herold wraps up the week from Nashville with updates on the Badlanders meetup and a jam-packed rundown of global and domestic power shifts. He digs into the firing of NSA Director Tim Haugh, what it means for Cybercom, and why Ezra Cohen-Watnick is sounding alarms about America's intelligence leadership. Jon breaks down Trump's escalating tariff war with China, potential 0% vs. infinite tariffs as the new global order, and how these moves could ultimately dismantle the globalist system. Other stories include Trump's $5 million gold citizenship card, Greenland's potential independence (and interest in joining the U.S.), Norm Eisen's eyebrow-raising Czech getaway with Justice Roberts, and Russell Brand facing new accusations. Jon also discusses SignalGate, the EU's war on X, and the strategy behind Trump's rumored stock market disruption. Unfiltered and packed with insight, this Friday edition delivers serious signal through the noise.
Gen. Timothy Haugh, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of NSA, was fired Thursday, according to press reports and lawmakers. It was not immediately clear why Haugh was fired. However, his dismissal comes amid a purge of other national security officials at the National Security Council and NSA. It happened following a visit to the Oval Office of political activist Laura Loomer, who has urged President Donald Trump to fire certain officials due to their perceived disloyalty to him and his agenda. She posted a message last night on X saying Haugh and NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble has been fired for being “disloyal” to Trump. Cybercom's deputy commander, Army Lt. Gen. William Hartman, is in line to lead the command on an acting basis. The Defense Department's top watchdog announced Thursday it will initiate a formal investigation into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's participation in discussing impending military operations on unclassified networks. On March 24, Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a story revealing he was accidentally added to a group chat on Signal, an encrypted but unclassified commercial messaging app, where some of the Trump administration's top national security officials discussed upcoming strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen — including Hegseth. “The objective of this evaluation is to determine the extent to which the Secretary of Defense and other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business,” Steve Stebbins, acting inspector general at the Pentagon, wrote in a memo published Thursday. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.
ChatGPT and Meta face widespread outages. Trump advisors explore splitting NSA and CyberCom leadership roles. A critical vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 has been disclosed. “AuthQuake” allowed attackers to bypass Microsoft MFA protections. Researchers identify Nova, a sophisticated variant of the Snake Keylogger malware. Adobe addresses critical vulnerabilities across their product line. Chinese law enforcement has been using spyware to collect data from Android devices since 2017. A new report highlights the gaps in hardware and firmware security management. A Krispy Kreme cyberattack creates a sticky situation. N2K's Executive Editor Brandon Karpf speaks with guest Mike Silverman, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at the FS-ISAC discussing cryptographic agility. Do Not Track bids a fond farewell. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, N2K's Executive Editor Brandon Karpf speaks with guest Mike Silverman, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at the FS-ISAC discussing cryptographic agility. You can learn more in their new white paper "Building Cryptographic Agility in the Financial Sector." We will share the extended version of this conversation over our winter break. Stay tuned. Selected Reading ChatGPT Down Globally, Services Restored After Hours Of Outage (Cyber Security News) Facebook, Instagram and other Meta apps go down due to 'technical issue' (CNBC) Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA 'dual hat' (The Record) Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug (The Register) Microsoft MFA Bypassed via AuthQuake Attack (SecurityWeek) Nova Keylogger – A Snake Malware Steal Credentials and Capture Screenshorts From Windows (Cyber Security News) Adobe releases December 2024 patches for flaws in multiple products, including critical (Beyond Machines) Mobile Surveillance Tool EagleMsgSpy Used by Chinese Law Enforcement (SecurityWeek) Three-Quarters of Security Leaders Admit Gaps in Hardware Knowledge (Infosecurity Magazine) Krispy Kreme cyberattack impacts online orders and operations (Bleeping Computer) Firefox, one of the first “Do Not Track” supporters, no longer offers it (Ars Technica) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every day, thousands of attacks are directed at U.S. military, government and defense industrial base systems. Protecting those systems is increasingly a key part of the national defense mission and keeping pace with adversaries is critical. Gen. Timothy Haugh leads Cyber Command and the National Security Agency in a dual-hat role. According to him, the ability to adapt and build resiliency is key to building cybersecurity. At AFCEA TechNet Cyber, Haugh broke down how threats are evolving, his plans for combatting them and how cybersecurity impacts national security.
Germany's BSI sues Microsoft for more information on recent security incidents. Julian Assange can appeal his U.S. extradition. AI chatbots may have itchy trigger fingers. CISA warns of vulnerabilities affecting Google Chrome and D-Link routers. Ham Radio's association suffers a data breach. New underground marketplaces pop up to replace BreachForums. An updated banking trojan targets users in Central and South America. Cybercom's founders share its origin story. Examining gender bias in open source software contributors. For our Industry Voices segment, guest Chris Pierson, CEO at BlackCloak, met up with N2K's Brandon Karpf at the 2024 RSA Conference to discuss personal cybersecurity risks for executives. College students unlock free laundering — no money required. Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, guest Chris Pierson, CEO at BlackCloak, met up with N2K's Brandon Karpf at the 2024 RSA Conference. Chris and Brandon discussed personal cybersecurity risks for executives. Selected Reading BSI sues Microsoft for disclosure of information on security disaster (Ground News) Assange Can Appeal U.S. Extradition, English Court Rules (The New York Times) ChatGPT likes to fight. For military AI researchers, that's a problem (Tech Brew) CISA warns of hackers exploiting Chrome, EoL D-Link bugs (Bleeping Computer) American Radio Relay League Hit by Cyberattack (SecurityWeek) FBI seizes BreachForums infrastructure — but successor sites are already popping up (ITPro) Grandoreiro Banking Trojan is Back With Major Updates (Infosecurity Magazine) (PDF) Gender bias in open source: Pull request acceptance of women versus men (ResearchGate) The inside story of Cyber Command's creation (CSO Online) Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free (TechCrunch) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.
Maj. Ashley "Ash" Holzmann is an experienced Psychological Operations Officer serving in the re-established PSYWAR School at the United States Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School. Sgt. Maj. Derek Riley is one of the most experienced Civil Affairs Noncommissioned Officers in the Army Special Operations Regiment. He has incredible deployment experience and serves the Proponency at the United States Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School. From the episode:Persuasive Design of Influential Technology is a term used by several academics and organizations. You can check out this Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasive_technologyArticles on Overhead Persuasive Infrared:https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/overhead-persistent-ir-is-how-hypersonic-and-maneuverable-threats-will-be-tracked/https://www.ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/Article-Display/Article/2744261/united-states-space-force-next-gen-opir-geo-program-completes-block-0-geo-spacehttps://breakingdefense.com/tag/next-generation-overhead-persistent-infrared-next-gen-opir/Use of the French SPOT in Desert Storm:https://www.army.mil/article/161173/smdc_history_25_years_since_first_space_warhttps://spp.fas.org/eprint/mckinley.pdfWhat is Scintillation:https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/scintillationAn article theorizing that Scintillation may have been involved in a communications anomaly in a battle in Afghanistan:https://news.agu.org/press-release/space-bubbles-may-have-aided-enemy-in-fatal-afghan-battle/ Definitions of Army Space and Army Cyber from the FMs:From FM 3-14 ARMY SPACE OPERATIONSNearly every Army operation relies on the advantages provided by space capabilities and effects to enhance the effectiveness of combat forces. Space capabilities permit enhanced situational understanding; provides global communications; enables precise and accurate fires; supports the conduct of joint expeditionary entry, movement, and maneuver operations; and provides a conduit for cyber electromagnetic operations supporting Unified Land Operations. These capabilities directly support large slarge-scalecale combat operations by enhancing command and control, providing secure communications over extended distances and across areas without modern infrastructure.Potential adversaries have identified U.S. reliance on space-based capabilities as a critical vulnerability and will attempt to exploit it in order to deter and degrade our ability to act. Army space operations seek ways to maintain assured access to space capabilities, and when necessary, to achieve its objectives in spite of the adversary's counterspace efforts.Army space operations are conducted around the globe, but engaged regionally. Army space operations often are an integral part of a joint team used to plan, fight, and adapt operations across the range of military operations. Army space operations continue to evolve to meet the requirements of a complex and rapidly changing OE.Army space doctrine refines and expands upon joint space doctrine by defining those space tactics and procedures relevant to unified land operations and applicable to large-scale combat operations. Army space operations applies to the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war, but the results are often challenging to quantify which level or levels benefit as modern conflict may not be easily divided into discrete levels. In an internet-connected world which often exploits social media, theater-level tactical actions may have far-reaching operational and strategic-level impacts. The space capabilities form the framework for how space operations supports the Army warfighting functions. From FM 3-12 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE:Cyberspace operations are the employment of cyberspace capabilities where the primary purpose is to achieve objectives in or through cyberspace (JP 3-0). Electromagnetic warfare is a military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy (JP 3-85).Cyberspace is one of the five domains of warfare and uses a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) for operations, for example, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and satellite transport. Therefore, cyberspace operations and EW require frequency assignment, management, and coordination performed by spectrum management operations. Spectrum management operations consist of four key functions—spectrum management, frequency assignment, host-nation coordination, and policy adherence. Spectrum management operations include preventing and mitigating frequency conflicts and electromagnetic interference (EMI) between friendly forces and host nations during Army operations (refer to ATP 6-02.70). Army Special Operations Recruiting:SOF Recruiting Page (soc.mil)https://www.soc.mil/USASOCHQ/recruiting.html GoArmySOF Site:https://www.goarmysof.army.mil/ The Official Podcast of the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School!USAJFKSWCS selects and trains all Army Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations soldiers. Please visit our website at: https://www.swcs.milBe sure to check us out and follow us at:https://www.facebook.com/jfkcenterandschoolhttps://www.instagram.com/u.s.armyswcs/https://www.youtube.com/c/USAJFKSWCS/videosPlease like, subscribe, and leave a review! And if you enjoyed this, become a member of the underground by sharing with at least one other person. Word-of-mouth is how movements like this spread.
Ryan and Shannon discuss how the US Cyber Command deployed cyber specialists to more than a dozen countries last year to fortify networks and expose tools that hackers are using. These deployments, known as 'Hunt Forward' missions, were conducted by the Cyber National Mission Force. Other countries have also sought assistance from the US in dealing with cyber threats. The Defense Department is seeking $14.5 billion for cyber activities in fiscal year 2025, indicating a growing recognition of the importance of cybersecurity. Article: Secretive US cyber force deployed 22 times to aid foreign governments https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2024/04/10/secretive-us-cyber-force-deployed-22-times-to-aid-foreign-governments/ Please LISTEN
The annual U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) Legal Conference convenes lawyers across government and the private sector working on cyber issues. This year's conference focused on the power of partnerships. Executive Editor Natalie Orpett moderated a panel, titled “The Business of Battle: Navigating the Role of the Private Sector in Conflict,” featuring Jonathan Horowitz of the International Committee for the Red Cross, Laurie Blank of the Defense Department's Office of the General Counsel, and Adam Hickey of the law firm Mayer Brown. They talked about how government and private sector actors bring different frames of reference and different equities when faced with a conflict, and how they can work together to address it.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the latest episode of the Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics. Warm Start · CISA Announces 9th Cyber Storm National Exercise. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is hosting its ninth iteration of the Cyber Storm (CS IX) Cyber Exercise. It's the nation's largest cyber exercise designed to improve the cybersecurity posture of our nation's critical infrastructure. Through extensive planning, this exercise strengthened cybersecurity preparedness and response capabilities through exercising policies, processes, and procedures for identifying and responding to a multi-sector significant cyber incident impacting critical infrastructure. For more information and resources, visit Cyber Storm IX: National Cyber Exercise | CISA & Cyber Storm IX: National Cyber Exercise | CISA FB-ISAO: Best Practices for Securing Your Router / Wi-Fi 'NCSC Cyber Series' podcast now available on Spotify Main Topics: US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas The PRC has made it clear that it considers every sector that makes our society run as fair game in its bid to dominate on the world stage, and that its plan is to land low blows against civilian infrastructure to try to induce panic and break America's will to resist… Director Wray's Remarks at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure Gallagher's ominous farewell Chinese Government Poses 'Broad and Unrelenting' Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure, FBI Director Says UK: Government cracks down on ‘deepfakes' creation “Proactive De-escalation” Quick Hits · Russian US election interference targets support for Ukraine after slow start · Microsoft: Nation-states engage in US-focused influence operations ahead of US presidential election · Information operations will be ‘foundational' to future DOD efforts, Cybercom chief says · How A.I. Tools Could Change India's Elections · Google: Unearthing APT44: Russia's Notorious Cyber Sabotage Unit Sandworm · Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. · RAND: Generative Artificial Intelligence Threats to Information Integrity and Potential Policy Responses · Securing Election Infrastructure Against the Tactics of Foreign Malign Influence Operations · Montgomery Co. student charged with threats of mass violence after police discover disturbing ‘manifesto.' · CISA and Partners Release Advisory on Akira Ransomware · FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims · Hackers Linked to Russia's Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities · FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Strategy to Strengthen Global Health Security · U.S. Government Global Health Security Strategy 2024 (PDF) · Undersea ‘hybrid warfare' threatens security of 1bn, Nato commander warns · Joint Guidance on Deploying AI Systems Securely · UK NPSA: Personal Safety and Security for High-Risk Individuals · 840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack · Cloudflare: DDoS threat report for 2024 Q1 · Hearing - Held for Ransom: How Ransomware Endangers Our Financial System. See the full hearing video on YouTube. · Ex-White House cyber official says ransomware payment ban is a ways off · Top officials again push back on ransomware payment ban · Change Healthcare's New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse · UnitedHealth Group reports that the Change Healthcare ransomware attack has had an $872 million financial hit on its business so far · Congress rails against UnitedHealth Group after ransomware attack · AHA testifies at hearing on health care cybersecurity
Shortly after Army Gen. Paul Nakasone took over as head of U.S. Cyber Command in May 2018, the command's Cyber Mission Force reached what's called “full operational capability,” meaning all 133 teams had achieved training and qualification standards after an arduous five-year build up.Now, as he prepares to retire as head of CYBERCOM and director of the National Security Agency on Feb. 1, Nakasone has had his sights set on what changes are necessary to build “CYBERCOM 2.0.” In a briefing with a small group of reporters at Ft. Meade, Md., on Tuesday, Nakasone described how much things have changed since CYBERCOM first began building out its force structure in 2013.“It was very counter-terrorism, violent extremist organizations-focused,” Nakasone said. “It was very focused on this concept of the Iranians being able to hit our financial network and defending the nation and the financial network. Completely different world in which we live in today.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Shortly after Army Gen. Paul Nakasone took over as head of U.S. Cyber Command in May 2018, the command's Cyber Mission Force reached what's called “full operational capability,” meaning all 133 teams had achieved training and qualification standards after an arduous five-year build up. Now, as he prepares to retire as head of CYBERCOM and director of the National Security Agency on Feb. 1, Nakasone has had his sights set on what changes are necessary to build “CYBERCOM 2.0.” In a briefing with a small group of reporters at Ft. Meade, Md., on Tuesday, Nakasone described how much things have changed since CYBERCOM first began building out its force structure in 2013. “It was very counter-terrorism, violent extremist organizations-focused,” Nakasone said. “It was very focused on this concept of the Iranians being able to hit our financial network and defending the nation and the financial network. Completely different world in which we live in today.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Podcast: The PrOTect OT Cybersecurity Podcast (LS 31 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Dan Gunter: Lessons Learned from Real-World Attack on Ukraine's Critical InfrastructurePub date: 2023-12-14About Dan Gunter: Dan Gunter, founder and CEO of Insane Forensics, is a seasoned cybersecurity professional renowned for his extensive expertise in the field. With a background as an officer in the United States Air Force, specifically with the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) and operational CYBERCOM teams, Dan has a wealth of experience in protecting critical infrastructure sites. His leadership extends to the private sector, where he served as the Director of Research and Development for Dragos Inc. before founding Insane Forensics. As a prominent speaker at major cybersecurity events, including Black Hat and ShmooCon, Dan shares his insights on incident response, threat hunting, consequence analysis, and security operations. Under his guidance, Insane Forensics provides a cutting-edge cybersecurity automation platform and services, catering to the unique challenges faced by industrial sites with limited cybersecurity resources.In this episode, Aaron and Dan Gunter discuss:Addressing the growing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, reflecting on Mandiant's report on attacks in UkraineNavigating the complexities, resource limitations, and timely application of threat intelligenceRethinking industrial cybersecurityThe intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and OTKey Takeaways:In the face of escalating cyber threats to critical infrastructure, exemplified by recent attacks like the Ukraine power grid incident, it is evident that a passive approach alone is insufficient; as attackers grow more sophisticated, understanding and actively monitoring both network and host activities become imperative for effective defense strategies.The evolving landscape of OT cybersecurity demands a nuanced approach, addressing the historical lack of understanding, resource constraints, and the critical need for timely threat intelligence application, highlighting the urgency for industry-wide collaboration and the integration of advanced technologies like AI.To navigate the integration of AI and ML in industrial settings, overcoming fear and resistance is key. Scaling incident response, fostering collaboration, and embracing proactive and reactive measures are essential for building a resilient security foundation in critical infrastructure.In the next 5 to 10 years, the increasing scale and sophistication of cyber attacks, especially in critical infrastructure, pose a significant concern, requiring a holistic approach that combines people, processes, and technology to address evolving threats and vulnerabilities, emphasizing the need for proactive design considerations in new environments and fostering collaborative efforts to share knowledge and solutions. "I worry about how we keep up. We're not going to do it by people alone. We won't do it by process or technology alone. It's going to be all three. It's going to be just us being smart about it and being open to the future." — Dan Gunter Connect with Dan Gunter: Website: https://insaneforensics.com/ Email: dan@insaneforensics.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBx8on8ffSm00kqUcTrRPALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insaneforensicsConnect with Aaron:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrowLearn more about Industrial Defender:Website: https://www.industrialdefender.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDefend_ICSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@industrialdefender7120Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Crow, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Podcast: The PrOTect OT Cybersecurity Podcast (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Dan Gunter: Lessons Learned from Real-World Attack on Ukraine's Critical InfrastructurePub date: 2023-12-14About Dan Gunter: Dan Gunter, founder and CEO of Insane Forensics, is a seasoned cybersecurity professional renowned for his extensive expertise in the field. With a background as an officer in the United States Air Force, specifically with the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) and operational CYBERCOM teams, Dan has a wealth of experience in protecting critical infrastructure sites. His leadership extends to the private sector, where he served as the Director of Research and Development for Dragos Inc. before founding Insane Forensics. As a prominent speaker at major cybersecurity events, including Black Hat and ShmooCon, Dan shares his insights on incident response, threat hunting, consequence analysis, and security operations. Under his guidance, Insane Forensics provides a cutting-edge cybersecurity automation platform and services, catering to the unique challenges faced by industrial sites with limited cybersecurity resources.In this episode, Aaron and Dan Gunter discuss:Addressing the growing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, reflecting on Mandiant's report on attacks in UkraineNavigating the complexities, resource limitations, and timely application of threat intelligenceRethinking industrial cybersecurityThe intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and OTKey Takeaways:In the face of escalating cyber threats to critical infrastructure, exemplified by recent attacks like the Ukraine power grid incident, it is evident that a passive approach alone is insufficient; as attackers grow more sophisticated, understanding and actively monitoring both network and host activities become imperative for effective defense strategies.The evolving landscape of OT cybersecurity demands a nuanced approach, addressing the historical lack of understanding, resource constraints, and the critical need for timely threat intelligence application, highlighting the urgency for industry-wide collaboration and the integration of advanced technologies like AI.To navigate the integration of AI and ML in industrial settings, overcoming fear and resistance is key. Scaling incident response, fostering collaboration, and embracing proactive and reactive measures are essential for building a resilient security foundation in critical infrastructure.In the next 5 to 10 years, the increasing scale and sophistication of cyber attacks, especially in critical infrastructure, pose a significant concern, requiring a holistic approach that combines people, processes, and technology to address evolving threats and vulnerabilities, emphasizing the need for proactive design considerations in new environments and fostering collaborative efforts to share knowledge and solutions. "I worry about how we keep up. We're not going to do it by people alone. We won't do it by process or technology alone. It's going to be all three. It's going to be just us being smart about it and being open to the future." — Dan Gunter Connect with Dan Gunter: Website: https://insaneforensics.com/ Email: dan@insaneforensics.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBx8on8ffSm00kqUcTrRPALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insaneforensicsConnect with Aaron:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrowLearn more about Industrial Defender:Website: https://www.industrialdefender.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDefend_ICSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@industrialdefender7120Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Crow, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
About Dan Gunter: Dan Gunter, founder and CEO of Insane Forensics, is a seasoned cybersecurity professional renowned for his extensive expertise in the field. With a background as an officer in the United States Air Force, specifically with the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) and operational CYBERCOM teams, Dan has a wealth of experience in protecting critical infrastructure sites. His leadership extends to the private sector, where he served as the Director of Research and Development for Dragos Inc. before founding Insane Forensics. As a prominent speaker at major cybersecurity events, including Black Hat and ShmooCon, Dan shares his insights on incident response, threat hunting, consequence analysis, and security operations. Under his guidance, Insane Forensics provides a cutting-edge cybersecurity automation platform and services, catering to the unique challenges faced by industrial sites with limited cybersecurity resources.In this episode, Aaron and Dan Gunter discuss:Addressing the growing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, reflecting on Mandiant's report on attacks in UkraineNavigating the complexities, resource limitations, and timely application of threat intelligenceRethinking industrial cybersecurityThe intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and OTKey Takeaways:In the face of escalating cyber threats to critical infrastructure, exemplified by recent attacks like the Ukraine power grid incident, it is evident that a passive approach alone is insufficient; as attackers grow more sophisticated, understanding and actively monitoring both network and host activities become imperative for effective defense strategies.The evolving landscape of OT cybersecurity demands a nuanced approach, addressing the historical lack of understanding, resource constraints, and the critical need for timely threat intelligence application, highlighting the urgency for industry-wide collaboration and the integration of advanced technologies like AI.To navigate the integration of AI and ML in industrial settings, overcoming fear and resistance is key. Scaling incident response, fostering collaboration, and embracing proactive and reactive measures are essential for building a resilient security foundation in critical infrastructure.In the next 5 to 10 years, the increasing scale and sophistication of cyber attacks, especially in critical infrastructure, pose a significant concern, requiring a holistic approach that combines people, processes, and technology to address evolving threats and vulnerabilities, emphasizing the need for proactive design considerations in new environments and fostering collaborative efforts to share knowledge and solutions. "I worry about how we keep up. We're not going to do it by people alone. We won't do it by process or technology alone. It's going to be all three. It's going to be just us being smart about it and being open to the future." — Dan Gunter Connect with Dan Gunter: Website: https://insaneforensics.com/ Email: dan@insaneforensics.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBx8on8ffSm00kqUcTrRPALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insaneforensicsConnect with Aaron:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrowLearn more about Industrial Defender:Website: https://www.industrialdefender.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDefend_ICSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@industrialdefender7120Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
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We traveled to Ukraine last month to learn more about a hunt forward operation Cybercom and cyber operators from Ukraine secretly launched before the war. This is the first time the Ukrainian side of the story has been revealed publicly.
In today's podcast we cover four crucial cyber and technology topics, including: 1. Cisco warns users of ongoing campaign against ASA and FTD products 2. Ragnar claims attack against Israeli hospital 3. U.S. says nation states abusing Zoho, Forinet in attack against Aerospace 4. U.S. and U.K. sanction 11 in connection to Trickbot I'd love feedback, feel free to send your comments and feedback to | cyberandtechwithmike@gmail.com
The nominee to lead Cyber Command is eyeing new programming and budgeting authorities that will allow CYBERCOM to set training standards, build out its warfighting forces and partner more closely with industry.The bureaucratic but significant change was included more than two years ago in the Fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. The law says that, starting with the fiscal 2024 budget, the head of CYBERCOM will have direct control over the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of resources for the Cyber Mission Force.Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who currently serves as the deputy commander at CYBERCOM, called the forthcoming change a “critical moment” in the 13-year-old command's history that will put it on par with more established warfighting organizations like U.S. Special Operations Command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The nominee to lead Cyber Command is eyeing new programming and budgeting authorities that will allow CYBERCOM to set training standards, build out its warfighting forces and partner more closely with industry. The bureaucratic but significant change was included more than two years ago in the Fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. The law says that, starting with the fiscal 2024 budget, the head of CYBERCOM will have direct control over the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of resources for the Cyber Mission Force. Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who currently serves as the deputy commander at CYBERCOM, called the forthcoming change a “critical moment” in the 13-year-old command's history that will put it on par with more established warfighting organizations like U.S. Special Operations Command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Niklas Flyborg har spenderat sitt yrkesliv inom tjänstesektorn och delar i detta samtal med sig om de erfarenheter och lärdomar han har plockat upp längs vägen som VD för IT-konsulter som bl.a. Mandator och Cybercom. Det blev ett samtal som spänner från mitten på 90-talet till idag.
After years of working as a small shop with most of its requirements outsourced to the Air Force, Cyber Command's J9 acquisition and technology directorate finally has the ingredients for an independent acquisition program. While it may be some time before it can take on big platform acquisitions on its own, it now has the budget, if not the manpower, to increase the scope and scale of what it buys. The plan is part of a five-year build up that will eventually see the directorate operating with more people and more responsibilities. Now it just needs to move forward and develop a track record, said Michael Clark, CYBERCOM's director of cyber acquisition and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After years of working as a small shop with most of its requirements outsourced to the Air Force, Cyber Command's J9 acquisition and technology directorate finally has the ingredients for an independent acquisition program. While it may be some time before it can take on big platform acquisitions on its own, it now has the budget, if not the manpower, to increase the scope and scale of what it buys.The plan is part of a five-year build up that will eventually see the directorate operating with more people and more responsibilities. Now it just needs to move forward and develop a track record, said Michael Clark, CYBERCOM's director of cyber acquisition and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Podcast: The PrOTect OT Cybersecurity Podcast (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Dan Gunter: How Our Growing Ability To Process Data Affects CybersecurityPub date: 2023-03-16About Dan Gunter: Dan Gunter is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with a wealth of experience in the field. As the founder and CEO of Insane Forensics, he is committed to providing digital forensics and threat-hunting services to help organizations protect themselves from cyber threats. Dan's expertise was honed through years of service in the United States Air Force, including as an officer in the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) and operational CYBERCOM teams. He also served as Director of Research and Development for Dragos Inc, where he oversaw detection engineering and reverse engineering efforts to protect critical infrastructure sites. Dan is a highly-regarded speaker and has presented at numerous events, including Blackhat, Schmoocon, S4, and CS3STHLM, where he has shared his knowledge on incident response, threat hunting, consequence analysis, and security operations. In this episode, Aaron and Dan Gunter discuss:The differences and challenges of incident response in IT vs OT environments, particularly in protecting critical infrastructure in OT systemsWhat a typical engagement looks like in an industrial environment for proactive and reactive security servicesHow asset owners of SMBs can secure their assets when they don't have an OT group, and what resources are available to help themHow different factors impact the response and success of a security incident in OT environments compared to IT environmentsKey Takeaways:OT and IT systems are often built with similar hardware and software, but on the OT side, the consequences of a system going down can be much more severe, so it's important to understand both the technical level and how humans interact with it, to protect and help asset owners and preserve life and safety.Industrial sites can work with security consultants to prevent problems by taking proactive measures like threat assessments, network monitoring, and incident response retainers, but it's important to understand the environment and build trust to develop effective strategies.To keep your business safe from cyber threats, consult with equipment manufacturers and follow their security guidelines, implement network monitoring and testing, and take proactive and reactive measures without overthinking.Adapting IT and OT procedures to your organization's assets and requirements is crucial due to the significant variation across industries and sites, and a lack of accurate data sources and asset inventory can cause issues. "Our ability to consume, to process, to push technology forward continues to grow. Whether you look at smart city stuff, both for security and also for power management and others, or you look at other systems like 5g and other things, we're able to move data around a lot easier. This combination of us being able to get more data but also process the data, I think it's going to have huge implications on the security side." — Dan Gunter Connect with Dan Gunter: Website: https://insaneforensics.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBx8on8ffSm00kqUcTrRPALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insaneforensicsCost of a Data Breach 2022 Report: https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breachConnect with Aaron:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrowLearn more about Industrial Defender:Website: https://www.industrialdefender.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDefend_ICSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@industrialdefender7120Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Crow, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
About Dan Gunter: Dan Gunter is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with a wealth of experience in the field. As the founder and CEO of Insane Forensics, he is committed to providing digital forensics and threat-hunting services to help organizations protect themselves from cyber threats. Dan's expertise was honed through years of service in the United States Air Force, including as an officer in the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT) and operational CYBERCOM teams. He also served as Director of Research and Development for Dragos Inc, where he oversaw detection engineering and reverse engineering efforts to protect critical infrastructure sites. Dan is a highly-regarded speaker and has presented at numerous events, including Blackhat, Schmoocon, S4, and CS3STHLM, where he has shared his knowledge on incident response, threat hunting, consequence analysis, and security operations. In this episode, Aaron and Dan Gunter discuss:The differences and challenges of incident response in IT vs OT environments, particularly in protecting critical infrastructure in OT systemsWhat a typical engagement looks like in an industrial environment for proactive and reactive security servicesHow asset owners of SMBs can secure their assets when they don't have an OT group, and what resources are available to help themHow different factors impact the response and success of a security incident in OT environments compared to IT environmentsKey Takeaways:OT and IT systems are often built with similar hardware and software, but on the OT side, the consequences of a system going down can be much more severe, so it's important to understand both the technical level and how humans interact with it, to protect and help asset owners and preserve life and safety.Industrial sites can work with security consultants to prevent problems by taking proactive measures like threat assessments, network monitoring, and incident response retainers, but it's important to understand the environment and build trust to develop effective strategies.To keep your business safe from cyber threats, consult with equipment manufacturers and follow their security guidelines, implement network monitoring and testing, and take proactive and reactive measures without overthinking.Adapting IT and OT procedures to your organization's assets and requirements is crucial due to the significant variation across industries and sites, and a lack of accurate data sources and asset inventory can cause issues. "Our ability to consume, to process, to push technology forward continues to grow. Whether you look at smart city stuff, both for security and also for power management and others, or you look at other systems like 5g and other things, we're able to move data around a lot easier. This combination of us being able to get more data but also process the data, I think it's going to have huge implications on the security side." — Dan Gunter Connect with Dan Gunter: Website: https://insaneforensics.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBx8on8ffSm00kqUcTrRPALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gunter/Twitter: https://twitter.com/insaneforensicsCost of a Data Breach 2022 Report: https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breachConnect with Aaron:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrowLearn more about Industrial Defender:Website: https://www.industrialdefender.com/podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-defender-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/iDefend_ICSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@industrialdefender7120Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
This week on the 31st Episode of the Military Cyber Professionals Association's MilCyberSync Podcast: The 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) partners up to support STEM, United States Space Force sniffs out cyberthreats, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's cybersecurity goals for critical infrastructure, U.S. Cyber Command's Col. Candice Frost on threat intel, plus more!
This week on the 30th Episode of the MilCyberSync Podcast: Cyber Talent Shortage, NSA's Rob Joyce & Russia/Ukraine Cyber Conflict, Space Force & Russia's ASAT, Army Lt Gen. Daniel Karbler speaks Space, plus more!
Let's talk about digital identity with Roberth Lundin, Senior Security Consultant at Knowit. In episode 76, Senior Security Consultant at Knowit, Roberth Lundin, discusses identification services in Sweden alongside Smart Cards – what identification services are available in Sweden and why should someone have a BankID or Freja e-ID as well as what smart cards are and what is interesting about these. [Transcript below] "But if you take a smart card, for example, well, you can't copy a smart card. That's very important." Roberth Lundin is Senior Security Consultant at Knowit. For the last years he has been working with Bankgirot as an IT-security specialist, in which one of his most important duties is to coordinate all security audits using risk-based approach, also worked with SOC/SIEM system, identity governance and administration (IGA). In his vast experience he has seen and contributed to the evolution of eIDs in Sweden including smart cards. Connect with Roberth on LinkedIn. We'll be continuing this conversation on Twitter using #LTADI – join us @ubisecure! Podcast transcript Let's Talk About Digital Identity, the podcast connecting identity and business. I am your host, Oscar Santolalla. Come to meet us in person. Ubisecure are attending Security Leadership Belgium on October the 5th and 6th in Brussels. Come and meet us to find out how Ubisecure can help with your business challenges in cyber security and CIAM. To find out more, take a look at the Ubisecure events page, www.ubisecure.com/events. See you in Brussels. Oscar Santolalla: Thank you for joining a new episode of Let's Talk About Digital Identity. I was thinking, personally, I have been using for accessing many online services, I use many authentication methods, identification services that we have been discussing in this podcast, three years. But one that I have not used is a smart cards. For instance, even though hereby being a citizen of Finland, I have one, but I have not used it before. So that's one of the things we're going to discuss today, how to use a smart card for identification. And also, what are the other identification services in Europe and especially from Sweden that is from where our guest today is coming. Our guest today is Roberth Lundin. He is a Senior Security Consultant at Knowit. For the last years, he has been working with Bankgirot as an IT Security Specialist in which one of his most important duties is to coordinate all security audits using risk-based approach. He also works with SOC SCM systems, Identity Governance and Administration, IGA among all the roles in his vast experience he has seen and contributed to the evolution of eIDs in Sweden, including smart cards. Hello, Roberth. Roberth Lundin: Hello. Oscar: OK, Roberth. So, let's talk about data identity. But first of course, we want to hear a bit more about yourself. So please, you can tell us, yeah, your journey to this world of the that identity. Roberth: I started in 1989 at a company named Bull. The first project I got was to finish a secure login and file transfer tool for UNIX, which use smart cards, high security smart cards, actually. Then I have been working for the next 20 years at Bull, Integris, Steria with personalisation systems for smart cards, issue system for electronic IDs and so on. 2009, I started work at Cybercom, which is now named Knowit. 2014, I started the first signing service using DIGGs framework, which I still work with part-time and been working for since 2015 to 2018 with electronic medical certificate and signing of them as a security specialist. And then for 2019, I worked at Bankgirot to secure their operations. That's my background basically, very shortly. Oscar: Fantastic. We're going to talk about smart cards and also the eIDs in Sweden and Europe. But first, I know something interesting is to think of in a broader aspect all the authentication methods and ways of verifying identi...
Federal cyber leaders want more women in cyber and national security roles, but many women don't know where to start. CYBERCOM Commander Col. Candice Frost discusses the importance of mentorship and offers practical advice for closing the cybersecurity workforce shortage and bringing more women into those roles.
This week on the 23rd Episode of the MilCyberSync Podcast: Army Cloud Migration, Post Quantum Cryptography, USCYTBERCOM Hunts Forward, and more!
A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared and presented by Catalin Cimpanu. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Today's podcast features an appearance from Rob Pantazopoulos, Senior Security Researcher, Secureworks Counter Threat Unit. Show notes Risky Biz News: Clarifying the "DOD can't use software with vulnerabilities" misunderstanding
A criminal talent broker emerges. Developing threats to financial institutions. Phishing through PayPal. Lessons to be learned from LAPSUS$, post-flameout. More spearphishing of Ukrainian targets. US Cyber Command releases IOCs obtained from Ukrainian networks. Johannes Ullrich from SANS on the value of keeping technology simple. Our guests are Carla Plummer and Akilah Tunsill from the organization Black Girls in Cyber. And not really honor, but honor's self-interested first cousin. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/137 Selected reading. Atlas Intelligence Group (A.I.G) – The Wrath of a Titan (Cyberint) 'AIG' Threat Group Launches With Unique Business Model (Dark Reading) Buy, Sell, Steal, EvilNum Targets Cryptocurrency, Forex, Commodities (Proofpoint) Sending Phishing Emails From PayPal (Avanan) Brazen, Unsophisticated and Illogical: Understanding the LAPSUS$ Extortion Group (Tenable®) Evacuation and Humanitarian Documents used to Spear Phish Ukrainian Entities (Mandiant) Cyber National Mission Force discloses IOCs from Ukrainian networks (U.S. Cyber Command) The Evolution of Cybercrime: Why the Dark Web is Supercharging the Threat Landscape and How to Fight Back (HP Wolf Security)
A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared and presented by Catalin Cimpanu. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Gen. Nakasone asked to remain in charge of NSA and CYBERCOM for one more year
The conversation on Geopolitical Implications of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine during the International Studies Association 2022 Annual Convention featured Audrey Kurth Cronin, distinguished professor in the School of International Service and director of the Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology at American University; Charles A. Kupchan, CFR senior fellow and professor of international affairs in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University; and Kori Schake, senior fellow and director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. James M. Lindsay, senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at CFR, moderated the discussion. LINDSAY: Good afternoon everyone. I am Jim Lindsay, senior vice president at the Council on Foreign Relations. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to today's on-the-record CFR luncheon discussion on the geopolitical implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is also my great pleasure to introduce a stellar set of panelists: Audrey Cronin, Charles Kupchan, and Kori Schake. I am going to keep my introductory remarks short even though I could talk at great length about each of them and the wonderful work they have done. Immediately to my left—at least geographically; not necessarily politically—(laughter)—is Audrey Cronin. She is distinguished professor in the School of International Service and director of the Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology at American University. She is the author of How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns. Her most recent book, Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow's Terrorists was short-listed for the Lionel Gelber Prize and won the 2020 Airey Neave Prize. So congratulations on that, Audrey. CRONIN: Thanks, Jim. LINDSAY: In the center of the stage—not necessarily politically—(laughter)—is Charlie Kupchan. Charlie is a senior fellow at the Council, and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University. From 2014 to 2017, Charlie served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the National Security Council under President Barack Obama. Charlie's most recent book is Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World. Finally, to my far left—again, geographically; not necessarily politically—is Kori Schake. Kori is senior fellow and director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute. She has held policy positions across government including on the staff of the National Security Council, and at the U.S. State Department where she was deputy head of policy planning. Her most recent book is America vs. the West: Can the Liberal World Order be Preserved? So Audrey, Charlie, Kori, thank you very much for joining me. We have agreed that we will engage in a conversation for about twenty-five minutes. At that point we're going to open it up to everyone else in the room. Given that the title of our session is Geopolitical Implications of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, I'd like to focus our conversation more on what the invasion means or doesn't mean for global order rather than focus on why Russia invaded or why Putin didn't get the quick victory that he anticipated. So where I'm going to start is a question for all of you. Vladimir Lenin once remarked that there are decades where nothing happens and weeks where decades happen. Now it certainly feels like we are in the latter situation right now, but is this really an inflection point in the global order, and if it is, is the best historical analogy for the current moment 1815? 1857? 1905? 1914? 1939? Pick whatever you want. Since I introduced you last, Kori, you get the first crack at the question. SCHAKE: No, I decline. I give Charlie the first crack at the question. (Laughs.) KUPCHAN: I was—you were going to buy time for me to think, so—(laughter). The era that most resembles—I'm going to— LINDSAY: I'm going to ask you the first question. Is this an inflection point? KUPCHAN: It's definitely an inflection point, and I guess the decade that most immediately comes to mind would be the 1890s, and that's because I think it's in the 1890s that a series of developments took place that enabled us to actually see the changes in the global balance of power that were taking place slowly, but it brought them to the surface. And that's because during that—it was during that decade the United States came online as a power with geopolitical ambition outside its neighborhood, picked a fight with the Spanish, turned into a colonizer of the Philippines and other places. Germany embarked on its High Seas Fleet in 1898. And so there was a kind of consolidation of a multi-polar setting that I think looked similar to today. And there was also a lot of domestic change and political fluidity that was the product of industrialization in Germany, in the United States. This was the progressive era dealing with large corporations, trusts, how do we tame them. This resonates with our age, both in terms of what's happening in other places, but also in here. There's a lot of economic or socio-economic dislocation that is taking place because of globalization. So that's—I think I'd say 1890s. SCHAKE: So can I now confess that I was actually reading the ISA tribute to the Trail of Tears so I had to punt to Charlie because I actually didn't know what question you were asking. I wasn't listening, Jim—(laughter)—and now that I know it's is this an inflection point—thank you, Charlie for stepping forward when I was unprepared—I don't actually think it's an inflection point. LINDSAY: Why not? SCHAKE: I think we are still litigating the end of the Cold War, that we assumed that the end was 1991 and 1992 with the unification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the expansion of freedom, but in fact, Russia is more continuous with the Soviet Union than it is different from the Soviet Union under Vladimir Putin. And so, I think what we are seeing is a resurgent effort by the countries of the West to restrict Russian power when it is used for the suppression of the sovereignty and freedom of others. So I think we are still litigating the end of the Cold War. I hope it will be an inflection point because we succeed and we will end up with a Russia that either lives within the existing rules of the Western order or changes. LINDSAY: OK, Audrey, so we have a vote for an inflection point. We have a vote for no inflection point. Where do you weigh in? CRONIN: Well, I think that whenever we talk about historical analogies, I get really nervous because Ernest May's book had a huge impact on me early in my career—Thinking in Time—and I think personally I'm going to split the difference, and we can choose from different analogies. So I think we do have a lot of what Charlie has talked about; certainly at the end of the nineteenth century you had globalization, you had inequality at tremendous levels. You had a huge monopolization of major companies that were controlling more and more. You had the maturation of fossil-fuel-based economies, which is quite similar to the maturation of digitally based economies, and also the equivalent to oil, I would say, is—many have said—the equivalent to oil and coal is data. The data economy is becoming quite mature. And so I think the broader context is more the way that Charlie laid it out. But I also agree with you, Kori, because I think that, you know, 1947 is a period where I would look back and say we were—I mean, I did write my first book on the negotiations over Austria, so I see that as being very comparable to what we're thinking about in some ways with respect to Ukraine—or what the Ukrainians are thinking about. So I can certainly see the continuation with respect to the Soviet Union and Russia there, too. So I think we—you know, we have to pick and choose a little bit. LINDSAY: OK. Kori, I want to come back to you, and you can throw this question to Charlie or Audrey if you want— SCHAKE: (Laughs)—I'm listening now, I promise. LINDSAY: OK. You know, you have written a book asking about whether the liberal world order can be preserved, and you have mentioned that we have seen a remarkable show of unity and action in the West. I think the West as a term has sort of gotten a new lease on life. But the fact that there is unity at the start of the crisis doesn't mean there will be unity at the end of the crisis. How do you assess the chances for Western cooperation to continue to be sustained? Do you think it's temporary? Or is there an opportunity here for it to be long lasting? SCHAKE: That's a really good question, and the honest answer is I don't know. But I do see—and things are about to get a lot more painful for the countries of the West economically and possibly even politically to sustain the very hard line we have taken, and not just because it looks like Russia is going to turn off the gas pumps unless Western countries will pay in rubles to get Russia around some of the creative economic sanctions that the West has put forward, but also the inability to export wheat from Ukraine and natural resources from Russia. This is going to be a huge humanitarian crisis. We are going to have a food crisis, most particularly in the developing world. And that, too, will put pressure on Western governments. The good news is the amazing creativity of the treasury departments of the Western countries to come up new tools to try and impose economic costs on Russia. The bad news is it's not yet clear what the second-order effects of those tools are going to be, and who they're going to hurt, and who they're going to help as they—as they sink their roots. So we have set sail in very choppy waters. We did it for very good reasons, and I think, though, that two things will help Western countries hold together. The first is Russia is so obviously in the wrong here, and in a way, that's dangerous—not just to Ukraine; it's dangerous to this system of rules that have made the West safe and prosperous; namely borders only changed by consent, and sovereignty is inherent in any state—large, small, weak, powerful. So having the German SPD chancellor almost triple German defense spending this year, to commit to the NATO 2 percent next year as opposed to 2035, which was Germany's opening position, to start sending arms to Ukraine, and to agree to wean Germany off of Russian oil and gas by the end of this year—I don't see how you walk that back. He planted his sword, and I think that will hold—since Germany is one of the weakest links in Western unity on the sanctions that have been taken against Russia, it will be very hard for others to walk back if Germany holds the line. And the second thing is the war in Ukraine is taking on the trappings of a moral crusade, right? There are good guys in this and there are bad guys in this. And it will be very hard for a country of the West to—after all they have already said, look in the face what Russia is doing—you know, kidnapping mayors from towns they have occupied, shelling apartment buildings, and it was easier for us to look away in Afghanistan, in Syria, and in other places. It will be harder for them to look away in a neighboring country as it takes on this overtly moralistic overtone. LINDSAY: Let me ask you, Audrey, since you have written about Austria, do you see the potential for a negotiated deal that could stick, particularly in light of the point that Kori just made that this is starting—at least in the United States—to turn into a moral crusade, and it's very difficult to compromise when you are supposedly fighting over good versus evil? CRONIN: Yes, well, neutrality is not necessarily good versus evil. I mean, it's a different plane altogether, right? So you're talking geopolitics. You can have good or evil regimes that are neutral. So I don't really see the question of whether Ukraine could be neutral in those kind of crusade terms. I think it's all up to the Ukrainians and whether or not they can negotiate a deal that serves their interests. And there's a bunch of key things that I'm really worried about. One of them is they are talking about not joining any kind of foreign alliances. So the details on that are very, very important. So if that's part of an agreement, who decides what a foreign alliance is, is going to be very important. The second thing is that security guarantees—they want security guarantees, and they're saying from the United States, France, and Britain, and that's essentially an Article 5 commitment. That is quite potentially dangerous to NATO, so it could be quite destabilizing depending upon the details. What if the security guarantor were China, as well? What if Russia were insisting upon that as the agreement. So the devil is in the details in this agreement and to what degree are the Russians going to insist that there be demilitarization? I think that if the Ukrainians become neutral, it's going to have to be very important that they maintain robust defenses. And then the last thing I'm really worried about is what's it going to look like. What is the territory going to be? Because there is going to be partition, probably. They are going to have to give something up, and it would be the Donbas and Crimea probably—I'm guessing—and this is up to the Ukrainians, not us. But, where is that line going to be? Some people think that it could be along the Dnieper River. Some people think it could only be the Donbas region in Ukraine as I've just said. But exactly what it is that they're neutralizing is crucial. We could have actually a divided Ukraine that begins to look a little bit like the divided Germany after the Second World War. LINDSAY: Charlie, you have written in the pages of Foreign Affairs just last year, that there is a need for a great power concert. But given what we've just talked about and Kori's notion that we're really sort of moralizing this conflict, what are the prospects for a concert of great powers, and what would they cooperate on in this current context? KUPCHAN: Let me tie that question back to Kori's comment because you all—you clearly want us to disagree to get some friction here. LINDSAY: I want you to disagree nicely. (Laughter.) KUPCHAN: I will be very nice, but I—you know, I think there are some differences that should be delineated. Is this a moment of Western rejuvenation? Yes, on some level. But I also think it is a wake-up moment that will force us to confront the prospect of liberal overreach that we, at the end of the Cold War, thought that the order that we built was going to be universalized, and to some extent I think we are seeing blowback from that assumption, and may need to take a more conservative approach to the expansion of the liberal rules-based system that is more focused on us than it is on bringing others in. And I would point out that there is a big liberal democracy out there called India that has not decided to stand with the liberal democracies of the world in this conflict. Second point: I'm more worried than you are, Kori, that this kind of resurgence of moralism and Western strength will last, and that's because all the problems that we were concerned about before February 24 are still there, and in fact, they're getting worse. Gas prices are going up, egg prices are going up, grain and bread is going up. What—four million or close to four million refugees have arrived in Europe, and not too far off the Europeans are going to wake up and say, holy crap, most of these aren't going to go home. Where are we going to put them? How are we going to deal with this? And immigration has been really one of the toughest issues for Europe. So I do worry that as this clock moves forward, as we head into the midterms here in the United States, this kind of burst of bipartisanship will be just a burst, and that the Republicans are going to get their knives out—I'll defer to you on the Republican Party—but I don't think the America First crowd is gone; it's just quiet for now because it doesn't play well. I expect it to come back vocally as we get closer to the midterms. Final comment: I think the impulse, Jim, is to say forget a global concert; it's over. And to some extent I agree with that because Richard and I wrote a global concert depends upon the absence of an aggressor state. We have an aggressor state. It's called Russia. It has invaded its neighbor. But I would also point out that we cannot afford to go back to a world that looks like the Cold War. We are in the boat together on pandemics, on climate change, on proliferation, on global economic interdependence. So I do think we need to talk about either a post-Putin Russia or even a Putin Russia, and what can be done after the dust settles in Ukraine to figure out how to make sure that the broader global agenda that we face doesn't go by the wayside. LINDSAY: Kori, I want to get you to respond to Charlie's point that India has not joined in the effort to sanction. And I should note it's not just India; it's Brazil, it's South Africa. Indeed most of the countries of the global south have not rallied behind Western sanctions and in fact have criticized them. So what does that mean for the future of the rules-based order that you have spoken about? SCHAKE: I think it's a fabulous challenge. So I have a couple of reactions to it. The first is I would be doing exactly what they are doing if I were a developing country, an emergent economy because Germans can have the luxury of paying double gas prices. It's an incredibly wealthy country. The government can float bonds and pay for things in the future because there is a lot of confidence in the dynamism of the German economy. That's not the case for most emergent economies, and they have more pressing problems than the problems we are worried about. And so I think the first thing is we need to not be so judgmental about the fact that they are solving other harder problems than what we are trying to recruit them to help us with. Second, I also think that's good alliance management because allies very often disagree. They even disagree on really important things, so it's reasonable that people who are not tied as tightly into the benefits of the liberal international order are questioned more what they're going to offer for its continuation. So that's the second thing. The third thing is I think there's a difference between not wanting to be counted on something and opposing it. And India is an interesting case in this point—example in this case, sorry—because on the one hand they get a lot of their military equipment from Russia, and they have a budding, burgeoning relationship with the United States, Australia, and Japan; not because of Russia but because of China, and trying to figure out how to synchronize the gas pedal and the clutch on their series of concerns is actually genuinely difficult. And so, again, I don't think we should be too judgmental about this. But we should work hard to win the argument and explain to them why it is in their interest that countries cannot change borders by force. That's what Pakistan has attempted to do to India. That's what China is attempting to do to India. And they have a stake in a system in which all of us work together to prevent that. LINDSAY: Do you want to jump in here, Audrey? CRONIN: Yes, I was—so jumping off of that point, actually, Kori, isn't it interesting that China, the great defender of sovereignty, does not seem to be interested in defending Ukraine's sovereignty, and is quite interested in supporting the aggressor in this case. But getting back to India, I think the fact that only within the last two years the Indians have been fighting the Chinese in the Himalayas. You know, they have a lot of other things to worry about. And the other thing I would say is that, what major power war can you think of where what is essentially the non-aligned movement in the world has ever aligned with those who are currently defending the global order. And then the last thing that I'll say—to disagree a little bit since I think that's what you want—disagree a little bit with Charlie is that I don't think we could have a concert of Europe right now or a concert of great powers because we have a lot of new actors that are as powerful as great powers are in certain dimensions, including the major tech companies who are having a massive influence geopolitically on this crisis. So, we are not in 1815. We are in a different situation with a lot of new stakeholders and a different economic situation than the one that existed then. LINDSAY: Audrey, can I draw you out on that point about technology companies and the role they are playing? Can you just sort of spell it out for me—how you see them influencing or being influenced by the conflict? CRONIN: Yeah, so in some respects the tech companies have been—have sort of been bunged by reality because they have been very poor at dealing with situations of war. So you've got Meta that has been—you know, Facebook, and Instagram, and WhatsApp have all been shut down in Russia, and now Meta is being criminalized by the Putin administration—Putin regime—and so, because Meta claimed that they would go to an exception of their moderation rules and allow the Ukrainians to cry for blood against the Russians, this made them seem hypocritical and gave the Russians the excuse to criminalize them within Russia. So this whole concept of neutrality where—neutrality in terms of communications that they have sort of tied their whole identity to for many decades is proving to be extremely frayed. Meta is now being, you know, as I said, criminalized, and it's giving the Russians a greater argument for why it is that, you know, they can clamp down within Russia. And so, as a result, the Russian people are getting less information. For the first time that I can remember, the New York Times has pulled its people from Moscow. All of the major bureaus have either closed down or pulled people. You've got a, you know, crackdown that started to occur before this crisis where Google and Apple representatives were being harassed and, you know, very, very severely. There is kind of a hostage-taking approach to making sure that there were people there that the Putin administration could control. So I don't see Meta as having been very successful. However, then you've also got Elon Musk and Starlink. Look at the role that Starlink has played in Ukraine. I mean, he's the one who in many respects are keeping the Ukrainians connected, and that's not unrelated to how this crisis is going. Starlink, with its two thousand individual-sized satellites which are very difficult to shoot down—this has been a huge boon and a support for Ukraine. So I think that major tech companies are an important stakeholder in the international geopolitical realm that we don't put enough emphasis upon. LINDSAY: Kori, did you have a two-finger? SCHAKE: Yeah, I wanted to tag along on Dr. Cronin's very good—Dr. Cronin's very good point and say that it's not just— CRONIN: Kori, call me Audrey. We've known each other for decades. (Laughter.) SCHAKE: Thank you, my friend. It's not just the big tech companies. What we are looking at is a war in which civil society—business, private charities—all these different dimensions are playing extraordinary roles, right? Chef José Andrés is not only buffeting Poland and other countries that are taking in enormous numbers of refugees, he is also running aid convoys to Odessa. We could be in a point before this war is over where you have private charities breaking sieges of Ukrainian cities and the Russians trying to hold the sieges. You see the hackers group, Anonymous, going after the Russians something fierce, and that's where the values, the moral crusade part of this matters because civil society in free societies are taking it upon themselves—often beyond the control of the government and without the government's blessing—to do things that they think will help the people they think are good guys in the war. LINDSAY: I see you've done a two-finger, Charlie. I'll let you do that, but I'm going to ask one last question of you before we bring the rest of the room in. And it is what do you make of President Xi's decision to back Russia rather than to stand up for the principle of sovereignty? Are Russia and China now joined at the hip? How should U.S. statecraft respond to that? But I know you wanted to get a two-finger first. KUPCHAN: Yes. One quick two-finger to Dr. Professor Cronin. CRONIN: Oh, please. (Laughter.) KUPCHAN: And that is that—and this will just be in defense of the concert system, and I just came from a roundtable—I see Chet Crocker and others who were there—on concerts, one of their assets being the flexibility to put at the table Google, and Meta, and International Rescue Committee, and other groups precisely because they are not formal U.N. Security Council bodies. But you seem skeptical— CRONIN: You are—you are redefining the terms. KUPCHAN: —so let's not let you talk. (Laughter.) To your question, Jim, I think that the Chinese were a little bit uncertain at first, and they said some things that suggested that they were going to back Russia and some things that said they weren't so comfortable with the disruption that's being caused. My sense is that they have now coalesced around standing fairly firmly behind Putin. And I think that's because this is a war that, on balance, is probably good for China. And that's because it pushes Russia more fully into China's embrace and turns Russia irretrievably into the junior partner. It distracts the United States and Europe from the Asia-Pacific. We're going to be focused on the new central front for the foreseeable future, and I think the Chinese like that, just like they like the fact that we were spinning our wheels for twenty years in Afghanistan and Iraq. The big question mark in my mind is will they go the next step. Will they provide economic assistance and military assistance? Will they bail out a Russian economy that could be collapsing? And I don't know the answer to that. My guess is they're going to be careful not to see secondary sanctions get imposed. But one issue that I do worry about—and then I'll throw this out for discussion—is, are the Chinese going to look at what's happening here, and are we going to look at what's happening here, and say globalization and interdependence has become too dangerous, and as a consequence, we're moving into what could become an era of deglobalization? That's scary in a world in which two-thirds of the countries in the world already trade more with China than with us. So deglobalization may be unstoppable, but it's not necessarily good for the U.S. LINDSAY: OK, fair enough. On that note, I'm going to bring the rest of the room into our conversation. I want to remind everybody that this meeting is on the record. If you would like to ask a question, raise a hand, and please stand. Wait for the microphone to arrive, then state your name and affiliation before asking your question. And I do ask that you ask a question. Right here in the front—right here. CRONIN: (Laughs.) The race is on. Q: Thank you. Victoria Hui at University of Notre Dame. These days people talk about today it's Ukraine, tomorrow it's Taiwan. So do you think— LINDSAY: Can you hold it a little closer? Q: Oh. LINDSAY: Thank you. Q: People say today it's Ukraine; tomorrow it's Taiwan. So do you think that today it's Ukraine means— tomorrow it's Taiwan means that there is a bigger chance that there will be a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or Ukraine—the experiences that we are seeing is actually going to make Taiwan safer? Thank you. LINDSAY: So have the chances of an invasion of Taiwan gone up or gone down? SCHAKE: So I honestly don't know. Let me tell you the two arguments. The first argument would be what the Chinese could learn from Russia's invasion of Ukraine is it's shocking that the Western world actually can pull together when it's serious. Second, the diabolical creativity of Western financial institutions to develop new tools in market—to affect markets, again, should be scary to them. Third, the only way to tell whether a military is any good at what it's doing is to fight it, and I—like a whole bunch of other people thought the Russian military was an awful lot better than it is. And China hasn't fought in a long time, and so whether they would have the grit for this fight or the ability to do the orchestration of logistics and air power, getting across a hundred miles of choppy water in an amphibious operation on Taiwan—that's a pretty sophisticated military task. So lots of reasons they should take caution from that. Not at all clear to me that Xi Jinping will take caution from that—that he may very well be arrogant enough to think, well, of course the Russians are terrible at this, but my military is great at this. And of course the Ukrainians feel Western. The Taiwanese are starting to feel Western; we'd better shut this down before it goes much further. Like I could see arguments where he would think the West would never have the stomach to impose on China the kind of economic restrictions they are imposing. So it's touch and go I think. KUPCHAN: Two quick thoughts: the first is that I think on balance it makes a Chinese attack less likely, and that's simply because the Chinese are watching what's happening to Russia, and they're probably going to calculate we don't want to go down that rabbit hole; that does not look good to us. My second observation is that I think it probably makes sense for the United States to end strategic ambiguity—not to change the One China policy, but to say we're going to defend Taiwan because I think part of what happened in Ukraine is we were ambiguous, and the Russians called our bluff. So if we intend to defend Taiwan, let's say so. If we don't intend to, let's say so. But living with this ambiguity, it seems to me, invites trouble. We just learned that in Ukraine. LINDSAY: Charlie, how do you square that with your observation earlier that you worry that the America First movement is just sort of in abeyance right now and will come back with great force? Because that would seem to be the kind of commitment that they would oppose. KUPCHAN: You know, it is a huge and interesting question, and if Trump is reelected, I don't know what the future of NATO and U.S. alliances in Asia will be. I do think, though, that the impetus for the America First movement came out of the forever wars, and that if you look at the Trump administration, they were actually pretty tough on China and supportive of Taiwan. LINDSAY: The administration was; the president wasn't necessarily— KUPCHAN: President not so, but the Republicans are—you know, they're pretty gung-ho on China, and so I think that this geopolitical realignment that we have been undertaking: out of wars of choice in the Middle East let's focus on meat-and-potatoes issues in Eurasia is good because I think that's the sweet spot in American politics. LINDSAY: Audrey, do you want to jump in here? CRONIN: Just two things on the Taiwan question and also the relationship between Russia and China—I think firstly that China is going to find that it has developed a kind of a vassal state now and, you know, the Russians are going to be depending upon China for weapons, for buying their oil, for technology, for evading sanctions, and I'm not sure that China, over time, is going to find that this is a good deal for them, so I think that may—in theory—change the desire that they might have had to take aggressive action against Taiwan. I think you can see it both ways, though. I agree with Kori. I'm not sure that it's possible to say definitively that way. But the second thing I would say is that Taiwan has a lot to learn from what Ukraine has done. So, you know, urban warfare; using easily accessible and cheap technologies; engaging in, you know, skirmishes; fighting forward; not depending upon huge legacy systems—instead using the kinds of tactics that we associate with insurgents. I think that Taiwan would be extremely good at that, and they're going to learn from Ukraine. LINDSAY: I think it's a really important point that both sides can learn from the events in Ukraine. If you want to ask a question in the back of the room, you're really going to have to stand up and wave because I'm not sure I can see that far back. But we have a question right here. Q: Hi. Jim Morrow, University of Michigan. LINDSAY: Go blue! Q: It's clear that the Europeans are going to come close to meeting their commitments to increase their military spending. My question is do you also think that they'll go further to create something like a really unified European military, and also to take the political changes to have a coherent European foreign policy? And then the other part of the question is should the United States encourage this because it seems to me there's two sides to this. One is greater burden sharing—the Europeans can carry more, but at the same time, it will decrease U.S. influence on security and defense issues. SCHAKE: Those are great questions. So I think the result of Russia's aggression is going to be Europeans clinging more tightly to the United States because when we are scared, we like to hold hands with each other. And even watching how awful the Russian military is at the profession of arms doesn't appear to be making our European friends and allies any less desirous of having the United States in the mix of it. So I don't anticipate that the increased spending is going to be external to NATO or to build European capabilities autonomous of the United States. I do think, however, we should be encouraging closer political and even military cooperation among the Europeans for exactly the reason you said, which is after watching the performance of this Russian military, the Poles could defeat the Russians pretty easily. And once you start mixing all the NATO countries in, our opposition to greater European autonomy has actually encouraged the Europeans to think of themselves as weak, and they are not. And we should want allies that feel their strength and are confident in their strength as a way of better balancing the risks all of us run together. KUPCHAN: I would just add, Jim, that I think what's going on in Germany is an inflection point because if there were to be a development on the European side that changed, in a consequential way, Europe's defense capability, it had to happen in Germany. And Germany was the laggard. I mean, its military has atrophied, deteriorated in a way that's hard to overstate. And if there is to be a kind of European pillar, it has to start with Germany, and it looks like they are starting. But I agree with Kori that this is not the beginning of Macron's strategic autonomy, and that's because France is alone in having a view of Europe as standing apart from the United States and flexing its muscles on the global stage. Just about every other EU member state wants a stronger Europe that's tethered to the United States; not that goes off on its own. That's good for them, and I think it's good for us. CRONIN: Yeah, the only thing I would add is let's look at what the non-NATO members have done to get a sense of how important this shift is. I mean, if you look at the tremendous increase in spending—defense spending in Sweden, increase in defense spending in Finland; the fact that Switzerland, which is not a member of NATO or the EU is now abiding by the sanctions—you know, this is an inflection point if only from that perspective. The Europeans are drawing together in anger and frustration, and it is unprecedented. LINDSAY: We'll go over here to the right side of the room. Q: Hi, deRaismes Combes from American University. Thank you so much for an interesting conversation. I'm still thinking about this notion of historical analogies that you started with, and I'm wondering if you think Ukraine is teaching us anything about 21st century geopolitics in the digital age that we just haven't really grasped before in terms of where this is heading, both specifically with Ukraine, but also with Taiwan and with the broader geopolitical system and the liberal world order. So thank you. LINDSAY: Do you want to take first crack at that, Audrey? CRONIN: Yes, I mean, that's a huge question, and the answer is yes—(laughs)—it's teaching us a lot about geopolitics in the digital age. Some of this I've already talked about. I think that major digital actors need to be parts of this Concert of Europe that we're talking about, the concert of the great powers, because I think they play an enormous role in affecting the future and how things are evolving. You know, I think that we see a lot with respect specifically to Ukraine, which is that the fact that Ukraine had a pretty advanced technology element to their economy; they are very advanced in aeronautics; they had their own drone industry, and their use of drones has come very naturally to Ukrainian citizens—you know, those who are volunteering. You know, this shows you that—again, getting back to the question on Taiwan—countries that are advanced in terms of their digital capabilities, and their populations are able to use digital technologies effectively, are going to be, I think, more successful as we move into the 21st century. LINDSAY: Kori, you want to jump in here? SCHAKE: Yeah, two quick, additional points. One is that one of the surprises of this war was that we all expected it was going to start with a cyber Armageddon, right, that power stations were—power systems were going to go down all over Ukraine, that the government wouldn't be able to communicate. All of these fancy cyber things were supposed to happen, and they didn't. And it looks like they didn't happen for three reasons: first, is the Russians gave us so much lead time of what they were potentially doing that NSA and CYBERCOM were able to forward deploy to Ukraine and other places teams to assist in the defense of the architectures. Second, the Russians—for reasons I don't understand—were evidently more restrained than anybody anticipated. Maybe it's the nature of cyber tools that once you unleash them your adversaries can use them back against you. Maybe we are seeing an assured destruction leveling. And the third thing is it's just easier to blow stuff up—(laughter)—and so the Russians blew stuff up. And so one big thing we expected was going to happen actually turns out not to be as significant in modern warfare. But Audrey's point about the technological sophistication—I mean, the Ukrainian government dispensing an app so that people can identify Russian troops as they come. That gave them country-wide situational awareness. A couple hundred thousand people are actively using the app, so you get societal resilience and you also get better information. It is really extraordinary. LINDSAY: Did you want to— KUPCHAN: Just one quick sentence on the—how important the information space has been. You know, the Biden administration I think deserves credit for stealing the march from the Russians, right? The Russians have spent the last five, ten years cleaning our clocks in the information space. I think that the Biden people reversed it. They got out ahead. They released intel that they probably shouldn't have released, but they did it anyway, and I really think it has made a difference. LINDSAY: Going to go all the way to the back of the room. Q: Thank you. I'm Chandler Rosenberger from Brandeis University. And I wanted to follow up on this point about resilience because I think we've talked a lot about tactics. We've talked a lot about specific things that the Ukrainians have done. But I think the most impressive thing about them is how resilient they have been militarily and as a society. And I wonder if that tells us something about the advantages of a kind of, you know, liberal, democratic, civic order in which people feel deeply invested and its ability to survive an assault from an authoritarian states where the soldiers seem not to know what they are fighting for, that there's—maybe we can have more faith in that kind of democratic social resilience than we might have had otherwise. LINDSAY: Who wants to take first crack at the question? CRONIN: I will. LINDSAY: OK, Audrey, you're closest, got your finger up first. CRONIN: All right, well, so yes, I think that we are going to learn a lot about societal resilience, but I think we have to wait. I think we have to wait and find out how this plays out because Kori's point about it being a lot easier to just blow things up, that is also still true. So if all you want to do is crush a country and, you know, occupy that country by killing a lot of civilians and, you know, targeting corridors of humanitarian fleeing civilians, if all you want to do is kill a lot of people, I think the Russians are capable of doing that. And I don't think we can yet come to full conclusions about how strong that resilience is going to be to stand up to that. We're still pretty early in this fight. I hope from my heart that what you are saying is what we learn from this conflict. But we're only, what, about a month and a half into it—five weeks into it, so I hope that resilience is what we get out of it. SCHAKE: So it clearly makes a difference in the willingness of soldiers to run risks in a fight, right? We see the comparative difference in Russia and Ukraine, and I do think that that's partly about societal resilience. In better militaries than the Russians there's also the professionalism that gives resilience, right? They're not fighting for me; they are fighting for the guy standing next to them kind of resilience. Temperamentally I want so much to believe it's true, and yet, I think there are a couple of factors that make Ukraine uniquely resilient against a Russian invasion. First, the terrors of Soviet occupation. There are still Ukrainians alive who experienced the Holodomor that Russia—the Soviet Union imposed on Ukraine. They feel like they are fighting for survival. They don't feel like they are fighting for a particular kind of government—in addition to a particular kind of government. The second thing is that I think it matters that the World War II generation is still alive in our countries because I think they have a slightly different perspective. But let me add one hopeful note. When Jim Mattis and I did the surveys of American public attitudes about military issues for our book, Warriors and Citizens several years ago, the weirdest anomaly in the data was that the attitudes of people under twenty-five most closely approximated the attitudes of people who had lived through the Great Depression and World War II: that the world feels fundamentally uncertain and unsafe to them, and that does give a kind of resilience that I think the intervening generations might not have to the same extent. LINDSAY: Charlie? KUPCHAN: Yeah, what I'm sort of ruminating on, vis-à-vis this question, is how did Putin get it so wrong, right? Because we will look back at this crisis and say Putin made Ukraine great again. The Ukraine that he envisaged did exist, but it was—it was pre-2014 and probably all the way going back to the Orange Revolution. You know, you used to go to Mariupol, or Donetsk, or Lugansk, and it was full of Russians, and they felt like Russians, and they affiliated with Russia. That's gone, right? They have come together around a strong Ukrainian national identity, including the president, who grew up speaking Russian, right? How did he get elected? He got elected by, you know, pro-Russian and Russian speakers in eastern and southern Ukraine. That's gone, right? He's now a rock star because he's giving his middle finger to Putin. And so the country has really come together as a consequence of Russian aggression. It's a kind of blowback that the Russians are going to have to live with forever. LINDSAY: This gentleman here with the dark jacket. Q: Fen Hampson from north of the border. The panel—I've forgotten who it was—raised the interesting question about Russia with Putin and Russia without Putin. And I'd like to ask you, if and when this crisis ends, what sort of relationship do we have with Russia if Putin is still around? Do we walk back sanctions? Do we take oligarchs off Magnitsky? Do we stop proceedings in the International Criminal Court? Do we welcome them back to the various organizations they've been thrown out of, and that includes the G-20? And if he leaves—for whatever reason—you know, is Russian going to be easier to deal with or more difficult to deal with? And I would say, you know, be careful what you wish for because he has provided stability—and I'm not defending him—but one can envisage a scenario where the security vacuum extends now to Russia as others see weakness in Moscow. LINDSAY: Charlie, do you want to take a first crack at that? KUPCHAN: A lot depends, Fen, on how this ends, and my best guess is that it will not end cleanly, and it will not end well. Audrey already mentioned some of the provisions that are tentatively on the table. I have a hard time imagining them seeing the light of day. Who is going to guarantee Ukraine's security? Is Zelenskyy going to get the support of the Rada to change the constitution? Is he going to have the domestic support to recognize Crimea, Mariupol, and Donetsk, and Lugansk as Russian? So I'm guessing that what will end up here is another frozen conflict in which Russia takes a big bite out of eastern Ukraine, probably doesn't go into Kyiv because it's not going very well, and then we sort of have to say, well, the fighting is over. They did more, they took more; now what? And I guess I'm enough of a realist to say that, you know, we're going to have to go back to something that looks more like the Cold War which mixes containment and engagement. And that's because there is simply too much at stake to put Russia in the penalty box and throw the key away. And so I would say that even in a post-war Putin Russia as opposed to a post-Putin Russia, we're going to have to find ways of getting some difficult hedging cooperation on arms control, on the question of energy issues—I mean, there's a lot of stuff here that we can't just throw away. LINDSAY: I want to get in one last question because we're nearing the end of our time, so we'll go to that young lady over there, if we can, and then I'll have to ask the panelists to be short in the response. Q: Hi, I hope this won't be too long. My name is Eve Clark-Benevides. I'm from SUNY Oswego. And I—there was an editorial in the New York Times yesterday that infuriated me, but it has been really coming up during this whole talk. Bret Stephens argues maybe we're being a little bit too premature, kind of celebrating that Putin has miscalculated. Maybe actually Putin really only wanted eastern Ukraine all along. He never really thought—and that a lot of the goals that Putin has wanted over time—getting rid of the free press, getting the moderates to move out, and really having full power over the Russian society—is really coming to pass. So this is kind of a piggyback off the last question that, really, are we going to see sort of these steps to disengage economically and politically with Russia—you know, Britain realizing that maybe having Russian money completely floating their economy—we're trying to divest. Do you think that maybe in this new Cold War—whatever occurs—that we're going to continue to really try to get away from oligarch money in the political systems in the West? LINDSAY: OK, Audrey, you had your hand up first so— CRONIN: Yes, so when it comes to our analyses of Putin, I think it's a mistake for us to personalize this as much as we are. You know, put aside this unfortunate comment about potentially regime change in the way that it was interpreted. I think that the Russians have always, throughout their history, gone back and forth between kind of a Slavophile approach and a Westernizer approach, and Putin is a Slavophile. So what we're seeing right now is a reawakening of Russian nationalism, a move back exactly along the lines that you just suggested to having greater control over their domestic population, getting rid of some of the threats that Putin personally feels are quite dangerous; you know, domestic movements within Russia. I hate to see all of this happen, but yes, it does feel quite familiar. I mean, I spend my—some of my teenage years living in Moscow in the American embassy. I remember the Cold War; I'm old enough to remember all of that. And I think we are going to have to move back to that kind of relationship where sometimes we can deal on certain things and at other times we can't deal on those things, we deal on other things. But the worst thing that we could do would be to make Russia a complete pariah because, if you understand European history, you also know that anytime you have a complete pariah that is aside from the whole system, you are more likely to end up in a major war. LINDSAY: Charlie or Kori? SCHAKE: So Putin—I don't buy the argument that Putin is a grand strategic genius and invaded Ukraine in order to crackdown domestically for two reasons: first because he is already cracking down. It was just a slow strangulation—CREF, Nemtsov, and Navalny—and so he didn't need the Ukraine invasion to be more repressive domestically. But the second thing is I think the failure of Russian force and arms in Ukraine is actually making his domestic position much more tenuous in ways that I think are unpredictable from the outside to understand. My answer to—just quickly, my answer to the what do we—how do we deal with Putin still in power, I think it would be a good thing for us to find ways for a strategically smaller, weaker, and humiliated Russia to have a U.S. counterparty on some things that are important to them and to us. It will make Ukraine's longer-term future and Russia's longer-term future easier to handle if we, who have had so little invested in this fight, step forward and help integrate Russia in ways that we can. KUPCHAN: To the question of was Putin a grand master and he intended this from the beginning, I don't see it, and that's because he could have done the eastern bit at any time, and he wouldn't have needed to put almost two hundred thousand troops all around Ukraine, including in Belarus. He could have just gone into the separatist territories, turned south, gone to Mariupol and connected to Crimea, and called it a day. I think what's happening here is he's changing the goalposts because his original goal of regime change and the occupation of the country, it does not look feasible anymore, although I agree with my colleagues that he might just keep bombing for another few months. Who knows what will happen? But the key question in my mind is whatever that ultimate disposition is, can he portray it as a victory? Can he sell it—not just to the Russian people, but to the Russia elite system, which is showing more discontent than I think we've ever seen in modern Russia. I don't think Putin is about to go, but I do think that this is a war that is going to loosen his grip on power, and anything could come of that. It could mean he goes and we get a worse outcome. After all, a lot of the people around him share his views. It could also be that we get a more benign outcome. We don't know, and as a consequence, I think we just have to hedge our bets. LINDSAY: Well, that brings us to the end of our time here. I want to thank everyone in the room for joining us for this conversation on the geopolitical implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I want to do a shout-out to Irina Faskianos and her team— AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yay, Irina! (Applause.) LINDSAY: —for arranging today's thing. And I want to say thank you to our three guests: Kori Schake, Charlie Kupchan, and Audrey Cronin for their expertise. (Applause.) (END
In this episode, A'ndre and Ryan talk with Admiral (Ret.) Mike Rogers about the cyber aspects of Russia's war against Ukraine. Admiral Rogers, who served as NSA Director and CYBERCOM Commander (2014-2018), breaks down Russia's cyber capabilities, how Ukraine can defend itself, and the potential implications of NATO involvement in cyberspace. Admiral Rogers points to Russia's NotPetya cyberattack that crippled Ukraine in 2017 as a baseline to understand what we may see. He also discusses vulnerabilities both within Ukraine and the United States and delves into the importance of information operations during the present conflict.
How To Buy NFTs What is a Non-Fungible Token NFT How To Make Your Own NFT Best NFT InvestmentsEpisode Summary:Today's episode of The Roadmap:NFT HeadlinesHosts:Chris KatjeBrian MoirProducers:Alyssa ColeFollow The Roadmap on Twitter!Disclaimer: All of the information, material, and/or content contained in this program is for informational purposes only. Investing in stocks, options, and futures is risky and not suitable for all investors. Please consult your own independent financial adviser before making any investment decisions.Unedited Transcript:all right, everyone. Yet, this is the roadmap Benzinga NFT show. We've got so much to talk about as we previewed last. We had one of the biggest sporting events, the super bowl. And there was tons of rumors, tons of conversation about what was going to happen during the big game. So without further ado, let me bring on the man who I talked to about all those rumors and all that news we have Benzingers oh, Brian Moore Hola. Brian, before we get started today, I have to remind everyone that today's show is sponsored by FPX U S one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world in terms of trading volume and daily use. The FTX app is used by over 6 million people that buy crypto and NFTs, no transaction or withdrawal fees from your phone or computer.And that FTX us trading platform offers NFT trading on both the Ethereum and Solano blockchains with no gas fees. You can find out more by clicking on the link in the description below and also pinned to the chat right now. And Brian, speaking of FTX we talked about this last week, right? That our friends from FTX, we're going to have a super bowl commercial and they were also going to be giving away Bitcoin based on what time that commercial aired.So Brian. That commercial was the FTX featuring Larry David. It was one of the most talked about commercials and I thought really well done and really funny. What'd you think of that commercial? Yeah, I really liked it. I liked the other coin based one where I had no idea what was going on with it, the bouncing around on the screen. So Brian I was way off with my guests on a FTX. I thought that commercial was going to error like nine o'clock. And it actually, I shared the tweet here. 7 54 was the actual time. So they're giving away 7.5 for a Bitcoin to anyone who retweeted and entered that contest. Fingers crossed here, of course, but again, props to our friends at FTX for getting that Superbowl commercial out.And then Brian, you of course mentioned the other one that I've heard so many people talk about. Coinbase not a 32nd ad. They did a full minute, right? Yeah. What seemed like it would last forever, which was probably good because it gave a lot of people time to figure out what was going on. So $14 million is the estimated cost that they spent for that 60 seconds to have a QR code bounce around. And. For many of us in the crypto space, in the NFT space, I think we knew what was happening right away. I grabbed my phone so fast, Brian. I already had it out because I was live tweeting commercials during the super bowl, but I scan that QR code and I was hoping, Hey, it's going to be the Coinbase NFT marketplace.Let's go, let's start buying NFTs. It wasn't but still just disappointed. Like I even, I ran into. As I was in the kitchen, fixing, finishing what were made for dinner because my wife and I stayed home and I saw it on my phone and of course I couldn't do anything for my phone. So I ran into the bedroom, we were watching it and then I started scanning it and got it.And I was like, really disappointed, but she had no idea what the hell was going on. And she was like, I don't get it. That was stupid. Why? And I was like I bet a lot of people scan that. And then a lot of you are disappointed like me because we didn't really get anything. Yeah. And that's the key point, and I, as my, my takeaway is that I scanned as fast as I could. And what did I get out of it? Nothing, possibly something. So on the top of it, something to talk about, there you go. And what did they get a ton of new users potentially. And that's what they spent money on. Of course. And also Brian, I saw the data yesterday, there.Chief product officer actually said that they had 20 million visitors to their website in one minute. So one minute after that commercial aired or during 20 million people last or in the month of December, they had 77 million visitors. So around a quarter. Of what they normally get in a month, they got in one minute, thanks to the power of the Superbowl.So obviously $14 million is no small amount, but it looks like potentially money well spent and also their app. It went all the way up to number two, I believe on the U S app charts for downloads. So again getting their word out there, we also saw. Crypto.com. So FTX, Coinbase, crypto.com.All doing ads. And then Brian, the surprise one for me. And the one that I think a lot of people loved because it had so much going on was the E Toro one, right? So the equatorial commercial, it featured a Sheba dog, that we saw lots of different crypto communities fight over which coin it was actually supposed to be.But then also hidden in that commercial, which no one seemed to find until each Toro tweeted out. There was a board ape from the board ape yacht club, NFT collection. Brian, I didn't see this the first time there it is on screen. You have to really slow down zoom there. Yeah. So they tweeted out and said that they brought a friend along.So that is a board ape that belongs to their founder and CEO. So here we have the the. Of the actual NFT, right? So there it is. That's his, and he featured it in the commercial. Brian, there was all kinds of talk, that we were going to see board apes in a commercial, we were going to see board apes as part of the halftime show.That stuff didn't happen. But instead we got a one second image of a board ape in a commercial. Is that kind of a small constellation prize or just a non-event. Yeah. It's just here you guys go quit talking about it. Yeah. Now people can't say that aboard wasn't in the Superbowl commercial. Cause technically so I guess on a technicality we'll take it, but has also mentioned that maybe they're going to get into the NFT space. So maybe this was just a glimpse of what they have coming. So again watch out open, see, there is tons of competition out there or coming your way soon. But the super bowl is very exciting. We also saw the bud light next commercial that featured the nouns. Which is something we talked about, those nouns glasses. That was really cool for me to see. And technically that was the first time. And Ft ever featured in a Superbowl commercial. So a bit of history there.What did you think of that bud light ad? That was, it was really neat. I saw bits and pieces of it. Then I had to rewatch it because it. I wasn't really paying attention when I first saw it, but it was, it w it was what you expected, I guess it was pretty neat. I still go back to what I was saying on the episode before the super bowl in hope and hoping that this will push the nouns Dow out there a little bit more.And we'll have more Dow's actually. Follow what they're doing. Cause I don't know why, but I really liked their style. I really like how they have done everything and just the fact that it's never going to end and it's a daily auction. Maybe a couple years from now when people might forget about or whatever, you might be able to snack one for really cheap, just out of nowhere kind of thing.So I don't know. I think it's really cool. And I, hopefully they, we see a lot more of them because of the commercial. And the. Yeah, definitely. And something else, Brian is we gotta give a shout out. We talked about a couple players, right? So winning the super bowl and it wasn't his first super bowl ever Von Miller defensive player for the Los Angeles Rams.And we highlight. Because he is the owner of a couple of board apes. So let me get this cowboy on the screen, right? This is his board aid that has been his profile picture before. He also owns two mutant serums that he has not used yet to make those NAPE yacht club NFTs. I'm wondering when we get news or anything on that, but cool to see someone who's so heavily involved.In the NFT space, as far as athletes win a Superbowl tweet about it, be congratulated by the community. And then also we saw Odell Beckham Jr. Who has a dead fellows and FTS his profile picture. He also owns a crypto punk. And Brian, I don't know if you saw this picture. I just actually remembered about it to add it in here.During the celebration he wants again, war his crypto punk. So here it is. I didn't see that the Lombardi trophy there is Odell Beckham Jr. On the right with his crypto punk on his shirt. I mean talk about a flax Superbowl champion, crypto punk owner. I love. And not the first time he also wore this way before. We talked about that last week, Brian. Odell was having a great game. I was really rooting for him. I had, I may have had some money on him to win MVP. And then of course he got her. Which was very unfortunate. Sounds like it is a score one. So I was fine. I know he did get that touchdown yet.So good call Brian. I did get some money off of that, but he didn't hit the over on the yards I needed. He didn't win MVP, so that would have been cool to hit those things. But again, my hats off to him, he has now a super bowl champion. But Brian, I think that's what we've got for Superbowl.Anything else that really caught your eye or to talk about what the super bowl here? The halftime show was really awesome and it made me think about back when I was a kid listening to rapper a teenager listened to rap and all those people were. My favorite.So I really liked that in sneaking Kendrick Lamar, but yeah, it was overwhelming on the sense of, we, we definitely maybe got a little over excited about how crypto and empty focus it would have been. But then if you look back on retrospect, it makes sense. There's not really much else to do besides commercials and stuff like that.I was just hoping. I would have seen a lot more stuff, maybe on social media and different announcements, different drops, and just see a lot more trending stuff than just the usual just to have a halftime show, blah, blah, blah. It's a little underwhelming on just that small aspect of it. Overall. I thought it was good. Yeah. And looking back now, I feel like maybe we should have thought that all along the fact that there were so many performers that there wasn't going to be room or time to really do anything NFT related. And also it's not like it was just Eminem and Snoop Dogg, performing who both owned board ape.There were other performers who, to my knowledge don't own any NFTs. So what would that have Look would they have just stood on the stage watching, would they have bought some before? Would that have been part of it? And that, that performance Brian, you mentioned it.Yeah, it took me. Years ago, listening to all those songs and I could've listened to that halftime performance for so much longer. And then it ended and it was like, oh shit, it's over. They all performed, so there probably wouldn't have been time to really get into anything crypto or NFT related. But it was a great game and also a great halftime performance. And again, we did get some NFT and crypto connections via the commercials, at least. So a lot for us to talk about last week and of course today to wrap it up. But I think that's going to do it for Superbowl talk. Brian let's get into something we talk about a lot is the top 10 from last week.So the top 10 and FTS by sales volume, we did have a couple, a new ones on the list here. So we had Kara Fu Ru was number one at 54.3 million pixels. Number two at 52.7 and then criminal punks came in third. Cool pet fourth ACCE, five board, eight, six, no surprise. A Zuki fell from one down to seven and then Clonex and mutant, Abe.And then number 10 I believe it's CRA Bata. So Brian, I'm going to break down a couple of these cause they caught my eye. So Kara Fu topping the list. This one came out around 12 days ago. Now it's a collection of 5,555 floor price of 3.15. So it's an interesting one. And then pixel mine, it has really been talked about a lot and we might get to that later on in today's episode of these NFT projects with huge followings starting their mint price way too high. So pick some on, had a Dutch auction. The starting price was three east. And now we have a floor of around 1.4. So people are literally underwater from where they got in depending on when they bought in this Dutch auction and then crypto punks. Brian, did you see the record?Crypto punk 5 8, 2 2. For anyone out there watching or listening? It's one of the rare alien punk. So there are only nine of these alien punks in existence. And it sold for 8,000 EAs or $23.7 million. Brian, that is a huge price tag. And with that, we then saw a little bit of a run on a crypto punks.And then of course cool cats and cool pat saw good volume because of the cool pets launch. The surprising one for me though, Brian Kirabati coming in at 10. This is based on the avalanche blockchain. It's a plater earn game sales volume, 18.2 million Brian, I don't know a ton about avalanche, but this game.Tell me more about avalanche? I just saw an article that avalanche is now trending up because a DFI is coming back and I've actually seen a lot more mentions on different parts of Twitter that Defy's kind of making, not necessarily the same kind of run, but we're seeing the NFT.Pretty much only focused now expand back to inclu, include a tokens and crypto into NFT and both or vice versa or NFTs with tokens or tokens with NFTs. So finally, we're having this mesh that. It should have been all along and maybe we'll see a lot more of these EIP or ERC 1, 1, 5, 5 protocols where you can have fungible and nonrefundable and tokenized assets all in the same. Avalanches. Yeah, just another defy protocol with staking and all that kind of stuff. Just like Solano. We're just seeing a lot more rise in it. And that probably is why this and if T project had a big boom because AVX shot up 40% or something like that, the last little bit in a very short time.Yeah. And I have the website pulled up in my browser because I've been meaning to do some research on this game and find out if maybe I want to get involved, but play to earn, we've got the typical mining, looting, breeding, and battling. Obviously looks a little bit similar to ACCE 64 breed types.It looks like we're still in the early phase here though. So they have a demo for windows, Mac, and Andrew. They have a token, their own token, their own in-game currency. And then also the NFTs that are playable. This is interesting. I'm going to need to do some more research on it. Brian, but it's always nice to see something non related, pop up in the top 10. Usually it's just ACCE. Occasionally it'll be something on like the wax black chain, right? Yeah. But lately we've been getting these other ones. Solana now, avalanche it's nice to see some difference and some diversification. And that's why when we did our interview recently with Solana legend, which we actually replayed yesterday, too Those NFTs have been kicking it. It's an area I want to get more exposed to because I want more diversification in my portfolio. I'm definitely going to be checking out Kubota, anyone out there listening or watching has experience with avalanche NFTs hit us up, let us know. Cause maybe we can feature that in a upcoming episode.Brian, I tuned into a Kula Twitter spaces yesterday. It was actually hosted by a Coinbase, I believe. And it was with a bunch of the women in the NFT space. So it actually featured a Reese Witherspoon. Known actress and entrepreneur, and then women behind So we had like dead fellows, world of women, long neck ladies.And it was really cool just to hear like their perspectives, the different inspirations for their artwork and really get a spotlight. And from an investment perspective, Brian, we've seen a run on a lot of these women led projects. So to me, I was able to take notes right.And less than, and see, okay. Which of these projects have taken off. People know about, but they still haven't taken off all the way. Because obviously world of women. Out of my price range right now, it's taken off a ton, but some of these other ones, I still think there's room to grow because they have that that factor, they have a good community, a good roadmap.So a something I'm interested in. What do you think of some of these women projects? Brian? I think they're awesome. I liked the the. Ah, it's, it'd be really weird to say no, I don't like projects that are headed by women, but I really do that fact that we're having a lot more projects that are focused, headed up by women.And they're making this a. I would agree that the crypto space has been inclusive over the past couple of years to be mainly male dominated, because it's just, maybe it's because of like how it all is laid out or I couldn't really tell you why I'm not. A social scientist or someone that could really explain the difference, but they're just not as many women led projects are really women in the space.So it's really awesome to see a lot more of them. Kinda take charge, take ownership and kick ass because it, this crypto and blockchain empty any part of this space, it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from. You could be part any part of the country, any part of the world. Any demographic, any, anything whatsoever, and you can make a name for yourself in this space, and you can either tell people who you are, or you can be completely anonymous and be the creator of Bitcoin.And no one knows who it is, but has changed every single person's life that you'll ever talk to for the rest of your day for the remainder of time. It's pretty cool. I really liked that, that we were seeing a lot more and they're taking charge of it and being. All I said that. Yeah. Yes.Love it. Yeah. No, and a good, another good use case of Twitter spaces, right? An area that we've tried to grow with. Benzinga Brian, I know you're so active in the Twitter spaces. I've been trying to listen in on more, right? Obviously. I spoke on some weed co-hosted, but sometimes it's cool to just listen, and get that perspective from other people which is what the NFT community can be so much about. Different opinions, different artists, different perspectives. That was really cool for me. Brian one of the areas I've mentioned was that we had.Some controversy in the NFT space. So we have some of these projects. Yeah. Nothing new, but it seems like it's really coming heavily lately. So the biggest things I see are a lot of these projects have large followings and then they're doing these high mint costs. And it's something that they're doing because they have the demand, or they think they have the demands. But then they end up not having as many people maybe as they thought, or some of these NFT well-respected names say, no guys like this isn't right. You shouldn't be doing this high mint costs. I've seen a couple lately. We had a serial club mint today and they did a Dutch auction and it just seemed like it was really high.Squiggles, which we talked about not too long ago, they're meant they actually ended up getting delisted from open C they had some transactions that were questionable from team members, weather report, which we'll get into on the upcoming mint. Their former artists published a document today saying that he was only going to get 5% of royalties and the two co-founders.Split 50%. So now there's a debate on whether or not weather report is going to make it. And then we also saw jacked ape club, which was another ape derivative project where we actually had some influencers not disclose that they were influencers. The project manager. But then we saw the founders kinda walk away with the money. Which is something we never liked to see was it a rug poll time will tell because then we saw some other people start to buy him up and the floor price actually rose Brian what do you make of all this? I know I just rattled off a bunch, but there just seems so much controversy to where, if you're new to this space, how do you get into some of these mints?You're almost better off. Going to existing projects, rather than trying to get in one and find one, that's not going to rug. I think you almost nailed it. Whenever you go into a mint and a not financial advice, of course, but everyone, you need to keep something like this in mind, if you're going to be trading stocks, assets options in MTS grip to anything with NMT is especially if you're going into a mint. Just know that at that moment is the most speculative. The asset will ever be, especially in MTS, that being said, MTS are on their own. Are speculative in general because unlike cryptocurrency, unlike say we'll take a one ether. For example, one ether equals one ether, but one board API club token does not equal another board come together.Everything's really subjective. So when you go into the minting aspect say the mint price is 0.06. They mint out, then they're on open sea and now they're going to be trading at 0.03 for the next six months. Do you hold onto it to goes back up to 1.3 or do you get rid of it and try to move on because you don't really want to hold something for six months unless the project keeps your attention, keeps you involved and keeps you motivated to stay in.So I always wait until see things on open seat. See how much left is in the mint, and then go from there. I've mentored a couple of things, but I think of. Done to in my whole time where I made money off the mint, specifically over buying or minting and holding for awhile yeah. You know what we're trying to provide some education and guidance and Brian, that's where I try to be as honest as possible and we don't provide financial advice and I don't want to see anyone get hurt.I don't want to see anyone lose money. And that's where I almost want to call people new to this. To look at existing projects that have been established. We know who the founders are. We know that they didn't walk away with the money. They're still active. The discord still active. The community is still active or they're projects that maybe you can buy in with the USD. And get some some early experience with NFTs, right? Like dapper labs with top. Some of these other drops, right? It's just, it's so hard to get behind some of these projects that have these large followings. And then all of a sudden they say, Hey, our mid price is going to be four ease or our mint price is going to be one ether.With the exception of cool pets, right? Cause cool. Cats was established their mint price was 0.5. I get that when Newton API club launched, everyone got a serum, but they also did a Dutch auction or a launch public launch. And that was a couple EAs. But again those people have clearly made a lot of money that meant then, but I think that price was warranted because they had that community, they had already done a successful launch.I just really don't think some of these. Can a do these ones. Yeah. And we got nifty hunters in the chat saying, I believe in jacked, a club Bradley Martin took over the projects, Bradley Martin. I believe has a huge following on Twitter, a fitness person, I believe. He was active in that project and now seems to be in charge and again, the floor price did go up, but they did have some questionable influencers and questionable group of founders. And sometimes red flags are enough to just get me to steer clear of a project. And Brian, it's not like we only have five projects to choose from. We got thousands. I get a number. So if I pass on one, there's more to choose from and that's. Anyone new to the space. I just want to remind you guys again, to be cautious out there. I've seen a lot of people get burned over the past couple of weeks. And unfortunately when people are new to the space and they get burned, usually that turns them away forever. And that's not something that. For the space and to see NFTs, continue to grow, we need to get more people involved in the space as well. So just a word of caution, Brian, I didn't even put it in my notes, but I was actually thinking that metaverse right. You missed Thursday's episode.Last week I had Mitch from Benzinga with me and we opened some packs from MBA, top shot and up all day, but we also spent some time in the metaverse. So we played around in decentral land and Brian, it's a date a day. Doesn't go by that. I don't see a headline or get to write about decentral land. So today. I actually got to write about the metaverse. The Atlanta Braves are going to be the first baseball team to put their stadium in the metaverse. So they are going to create a virtual copy of their park. And the really cool thing here is for fans is they're going to have some Easter eggs and some scavenger hunts.And if you're able to complete puzzles and win games, you can win. Maybe some tickets, maybe some memorabilia. And again, it's not like it cost you money. You're just hanging out in the metaverse. And then also J JP Morgan, one of the largest financial institutions out there, they launched a bank in the metaverse this week.And they also put out a 18 page report, which Brian I'm still reading and working on articles about it. Talking about growth of the metaverse. They see it as a $1 trillion. I know market size. That is insane. But something we've heard other say, but to hear JP Morgan say yes, metaverse $1 trillion and they talk about the growth of work in the metaverse. Even saying people in other countries could work from the metaverse and not have to worry about moving. To the U S or to other areas. So we could help some emerging markets, it could also help with gaming companies, which obviously we've seen all these. But what do you think Brian?$1 trillion. Is that just hogwash or is JP Morgan onboard here and that's a legit number in the. No, I think that's absolutely legit number in the future. It's speculative, we say that word a whole lot, but yeah it was JP Morgan first off, so there is a little bit of credibility behind that whole conglomerate. But also. Yeah, there's no telling like $1 trillion. I that's almost on the low end, in the whole grand scheme of things of what it can be worth in the next 20 years. Within the next five to 10 years, we're going to see probably double one. 2 trillion and who knows it's going to be its own entire ecosystem and decentral and the central land up land sandbox.And there's maybe a few others, but those three, I think are the forefront of this whole thing. And yeah, it's no telling where they're going to be. And they're definitely going to be way bigger than Facebook and all these other ones. Yeah, but easy Chilean, easy. Yeah. And for those looking looking for more information, like I said, I'll have a couple articles out.We have one up on Benzinger right now about JP Morgan opening that bank in the metaverse. So you can find a link to that report with that article. Brian. So metaverse huge talk obviously. I want to get to some upcoming mints, right? That's something we always like to do on the show. And again, I stress, right?Not financial advice, Brian and I are not telling you to go out and mint these or buy these right. We're providing the data, the date, the mint cost, right? Some some information. Oh yeah. You reminded me of the New York stock exchange. They filed a couple patents and they are possibly exploring the metaverse right.I actually spoke to a representative from the New York stock exchange it's spokesperson. And this is the quote that they gave me. Brian, the New York stock exchange has no immediate plans to launch cryptocurrency or NFT trading. The New York stock exchange regularly considers new products and their impact on our trademarks and PR protects our intellectual property rights.According to. So a vague statement, right? That they don't have immediate plans, but they filed trademarks. So for those of you out there listening or watching the New York stock exchange, one of the largest exchanges in the world, they filed trademarks to potentially launch virtual currency, a NFT marketplace, NFTs, virtual events.That's huge. And we've talked about it recently with McDonald's Panera. All these companies where they file and it doesn't mean that they weren't. But normally if you file a trademark, either means you want to block other people from using your brand or you have intent to do something with that. So to me, I feel like there's intent here, right? Brian, that maybe. I see them launch if, Hey, they can make money off of people buying and selling stocks. Maybe they want a piece of people buying and selling NFTs. What do you think is the New York stock exchange going to take on open sea and Coinbase down the road?Yeah, I think so. I think one, they be stupid not to form like kind of a. A tokenized version of stocks on their own anybody who is in any ticker that goes through the NYC it has a tokenized version to it. And then there, you open up this is legality and stuff like that.We're not lawyers or anything, but you can open up a futures. You can open up a fractional. Shares, you can open up a ton of different things, even collateral against your tokenized stocks, because you have all your stocks in your portfolio. Then you also have a tokenized version of them. You get the tokenized version of them as collateral against a loan or may your margin and stuff like that. There's endless possibilities, what they can use it for. And you know what New York stock exchange that's free. It doesn't consultants. Yeah we got Brian in the house giving some advice to the NYC and Ryan, you made some great points there. And I would highlight with what you said, the IPO process, right?When a company decides to go. They can choose between listing on the New York stock exchange or the NASDAQ, are the two major ones and there's disadvantages and advantages to both. But what if the New York stock exchange has an NFT marketplace and can make that fractionalized trading option of your symbol, your ticker, your company, right as shares and the NASDAQ can't right.That's a competitive advantage. And then. AMC, right? They did where everyone who owned shares got an NFT, it was part of their investor connect program. And what if the New York stock exchange could be like the. The middleman for something like that, right? If you're publicly traded we know who all your shareholders are, we can get that data and we can give all those people in NFTE.So I really think there's strong use case here. And I was pretty excited to see at first, Brian, when I saw the headline, I was like, oh this is fake. The New York stock exchange files for NFT is I was like, no way. So I had to dig in and like I said, I was on the phone yesterday with the NYC. Cause I wanted to hear it from them. We were able to get an article out and to get that source, that spokesperson in the article, that's something Benzing always tries to do. Is get the source, make sure they're reliable, but a great point there, Brian, on the New York stock exchange thing that they could do, which is something I thought might be interesting.I'm just coming up with it. But they could also take the tokenized version and different time zones can all sync up to be like there. Preferable eight or nine 30 to 4:00 PM open and close. It could be on all their times, but you can also have the amounts of trade and volume, everything match up to where it wouldn't change anything throughout the country, but everyone's on the same thing.I was just saying, there's so many possibilities that I'm just so many now we're excited and that would give us a ton more to talk about in a future episode. Let's get this some upcoming minutes. Brian, I mentioned this, we missed you on Thursday show. I had Mitch fill in one of Ben's thing is great video team members here.I'm sure people had seen him before, across other shows. And one of the things we did was we opened up some packs, right? So I had some NBA top shot and an NFL all day past. Brian. I ripped open the NFL all day pack and I actually had a rare Patrick. My home's a moment. They don't have a marketplace yet, so I can't sell it.But people in the chat were saying all that's going to be worth a thousand. That's going to be where 2000. I don't know what it's worth yet, but I was pretty excited. Guess what? There is another NFL all day pack drop happening this week. And this isn't just any old pack, right? So at 4:00 PM today, for anyone on the closed beta list.So not if you're new, you had to already be on the. They are dropping 32,400 packs, $59 each. And you get four moments in the pack and at least one moment will be from the super bowl that we just watched on Sunday. So the very first ever super bowl moments from NFL all day. And then on Friday, they are also launching a premium pack, which will be $259.No real details on this yet. But two drops this week and the most they had done before, that was one. So it looks like maybe NFL day getting ready to fire on all cylinders and maybe closer to a public launch. Brian, what do you think? Sports NFTE seemed like they're really here to stay. NBA top shot led the way.And now we have these NFL moments launching is part of the problem here though. Could it be a timing? The super bowl is over the season's over. Are we going to cool off here? And maybe they they're going to see not as much demand as they thought at the end of the season.What do you take on that? We'll see cause each sport has their own diehard fans. So now maybe we'll run over to basketball and we'll see a lot more like with top shot and stuff like that. And another thing that we're I saw that LeBron or not LeBron, maybe Dwight Howard, I'm gonna, I'm gonna make sure you get the name right.Who it was, did a made like 330 something thousand dollars betting Bitcoin on the super bowl. And they, he only bet a big, oh, Drake, it wasn't a basketball player. It was Drake, sorry, but a Drake made a $381,000 from Superbowl Bitcoin bets. And so I think we're going to see a lot more crypto game.It, now that there's a whole lot more sports betting because I like football more than basketball, but I like to bet on basketball more than I like to bet on football. Cause this is a lot more predictable. And I think with NFTs in this whole thing, not just remembering Billy and not just for collectors items, but with NFTs and cryptocurrency in general, we're going to see a lot more betting move towards crypto, as opposed to just or that secure.A ACH transfer, all that nonsense. That's outdated and whatnot. You'll be able to verify people's location, age, all this other stuff. So I think we're going to see a big influx of that within this year. Yeah. And speaking of tickets in the blockchain, Brian, I hadn't even looked yet. I'm going to have to look after the show.But we did have where everyone who attended the super bowl got that free Ticketmaster, NFL, NFT. And I hadn't looked to see what those were selling for yet. But again, sports NFTs I think are definitely here to stay and just gonna grow another mint that's coming up soon. This isn't per se a mint, but.I don't think you had joined the show yet when we talk or no, I think you did. When we talked about crypto bats, the Ozzy Osborne and smattered. Yeah. Okay. So remember how we talked about how they had partnered with a couple of other NFT groups and eventually you were going to be able to do like this bite process, create a mutant bat. I don't think you've seen this yet, Brian, but before you joined backstage today, we actually where to watching this video and having a good one. Brian, I want to share this crypto bats video. And to me, this is how you make a NFT hype video. Let's take a look at this guys. I really enjoyed this and I'm an Ozzy Osborne fan hats off to him to.Do you hold NFTs, but don't know what to do with them. Do you wish your JPEGs have a little bit more powerful? Introducing the new muni bats, biding utility brought to you by using lines of code in the ERC 7 21 smart contract. You can have hours of fun. Simply visit crypto bats.com. Connect your wallet and select the NMT victim you'd like to buy.The blockchain will magically create a mutant bet that you can call your own. Wow. On it. Doesn't stop there. Your cool new music fat who share the traits of both your cryptos and the victim might have a selection of blue chip projects, including foreign API club crib. Self ducks, alien friends and Cybercom street, the crypto bats floor today on open scene, but for, to learn to bite off more than you can.Launches February 20th, crypto bats can only bite warrants visit crypto bats.com/ for more information. This is not investment advice. Brian, how about that? What an NFT commercial, right? And they even got Ozzy Osborne or participate. He probably has no idea what NFTs are wa you know, an ERC token is, but they did get him to participate. Look at that. He looks so excited, Ryan. He is ready. He is ready. I didn't get into crypto bats cause I didn't make the white list and that project took off. I think the floor price now is 1.25. But I think it's really cool that they partnered with these projects. And you're going to be able to combine.So if you have a crypto bat and you have a board ape you can do the biting process. And I just want to see what these look like. The mutant bats, I think they're going to look so cool. So I'm very excited about that. So that is February 20th. So that is first here on our list of some upcoming things February 21st sneaky vampiress syndicate, which is from sneaky vampire syndicate who were on a past episode.Oh, this is their next project, Brian and a 0.16. Ease is the mint cost. But if you own a sneaky vampire, you have been collecting or earning the blood token. So you will actually be able to pay less by utilizing that blood token. So I liked that, you're rewarding existing members. The 0.16, I do think is a little high, but again, it's a well-established project. They're been successful. The new collection will have a supply of 12,545. I don't remember if I put any of these pictures into the overlay here, but they look really cool. The sneaky vampire syndicate always reminded me a bit of Oh here's a vamp. Yeah, there we go. The sneaky vampire syndicate all released reminded me a bit of Adam Sandler's character in a hotel Transylvania the artwork, but I always thought this was really cool. Brian. I'm interested in this. If I'm able to mint and get in at 0.16, or maybe a little bit more, that has been a nice community, right? The sneaky vampire. They also have that blood token, which they can continue to utilize. So that's one that's on my radar. What do you think or know about sneaky bay? Not much besides what we talked about, we covered the I thought that they were really cool. I liked the art. They have a lot of this neat utility and I think the bats project is one of the cooler ones out right now because they've collaborated with a few other projects. I'm pretty sure wall street bulls has a similar aspect to theirs and.Talked on the show and like on Twitter spaces with different projects that do have some sort of connection to other projects and written in the smart contract to where it's open-ended to where you can, if you hold this token address in your wallet, you'll actually get either. This NMT, this token will change.This NMT will change or that one will do, or you'll get a whole new one, that kind of stuff. So I think that's really cool to include in your projects because you not only get your community, you get their community and you get different ones and everyone's coming together, driving the price up and always have a good time.If you're a smart NFT token developer or a project, this is what you want to. Because you're eliminating yourself just by only your community, might as well join forces or have other people in. I think it's really cool. I like it. I can't wait to see what's next on the evolution of what's going to be the next hot topic as every other week, every other project.There's something new and cool and exciting. And this is the last one. I think that's the most exciting to me so far. Yeah, no shout out to Gilberto Rodriguez in the chat. I know we've talked to him before with wall street bulls during the, those interviews and the chat and saying. They partnered with a lot of female projects.So he got white list spots due to owning world the women. You heard me mentioned that Twitter spaces, and now we have sneaky vampire doing a female trait project. And that's one of the things with board apes is the board apes were all these male traits for the most part, which has led to some derivative projects that have been female.Because board apes, hasn't done a female launched themselves. So I really liked sneaky vampire doing this themselves, creating a whole nother way. Also crypto dads, which I own, they did the crypto moms mint, where you got a free mom for holding a dad. There eventually we're going to have the crypto taught down the road, but I really am looking forward to this.Brian. And another one we talked about recently with star catchers, right? So star catcher is very cool artwork. A big hyped project. Their mint date now is out February 22nd, a MC cost of 0.1, one, one east supply of 10,000. They just did a spaces recently with robotics and I know the robotics team. I like that, that gives me some nice validation of the team because the last couple projects that we've seen that have these huge Twitter followings have ended up not being the greatest ones to get in. So star catchers has over 77,000 followers. But we actually have a hundred and common right. Between me and them. Which I like seeing that, that means a ton of people in the NFT space. Follow them, look at that image right there. We got the backpack, the jacket and that star and that, even that background that is PFP a bowl right there. What do you think.Yeah, I like it. I like the colors. I like the pastel aspect to it. Yep. Yeah. So again, that is star catchers and that is February 22nd 0.1, one one. All right. So February 23rd Brian, this is probably the biggest project that I have heard about or seen since makeover launched a couple of months ago. Invisible friends. So invisible friends, February 23rd 0.25 Eve is the ma costs 5,000 supply. Their discord is now locked because they want to fight off any possible, but attempts when they do their mint. Last I looked invisible. France has 470,000 followers on Twitter. And I have 230.Followers in common. Again, this is the biggest, most hyped and Ft project I've seen in a while, but Brian, there's only 5,000 and they're meant costs is 0.2, five. What do we think is going to happen? I know they have a big white list. So those people are going to be able to get in and probably avoid gas wars, but I don't know how many are going to be left for public.But I just have the feeling that floor is going to go up significantly. And I actually respect this team a lot for keeping it at 0.2, five. Again, that's higher than we've seen other products. But the last couple projects that have had this big of a following have done a much higher mint costs.So what do you think? Point two, five mint cost with this big of a following and only 5,000 supply. Was that the right call? Is it too high, too low? That's going to probably sell out very quickly and the floor price will be between on and to eith within seconds of it selling out. If if, even if it's that low I'm thinking higher.I, this one has been really hyped and yeah. It's gonna, I think it'll explode. It might dip a little bit when people try to sell, get out. Cause it, if you are going to mint, one thing that I would do again, not financial advice. If you're. Try to always get multiple of them. Try to get more than one and do it at the same time.So you don't pay ridiculous. You're not paying for one and just gas he's alone. Keep doing that more meant more than one. And then take your profits off one of them, or try to flip at least one of them. And if you have multiple more, but if you only buy one don't just flip it right.When you get. I wouldn't flip it right when I got it. That's what I meant to say. You just hold it do what you gotta do. Maybe by more than one. Yeah. This project. Again, it's so hyped, I'm looking forward to it a 0.25. I'm not on the white list. I don't think I have any chance of getting one.So I'll be looking at open C for secondary sales, but again, I just think that they're going to be too high pre reveal and I might get priced out of this. But the fact that it has this many followers and this big of a a community and hype I'm still going to take a look, and see and then Brian, on February 24th we have weather report. So weather report, I can't remember if we've talked about on the show. It's one that I've been following for a while. Another one where people are really drawn into the artwork. So they announced their mint date, February 24th.I have not seen a mint price yet. Look at these images though. Really cool. Really unique. And the thing with this though, Brian, of course, as I said in the drama segment, they have. Some drama out there. The former artists took to Twitter today, released a paper, saying he was let go from the project. He was promised 5% of royalties. The founders were going to get 50%. There was a huge disagreement. They stole his artwork and the list goes on. They did a Twitter spaces today. I don't know if the former artist was part of that Twitter spaces, if they all cleared the air, if they came to any agreement, my guess is that was probably one sided. But who knows? So if anyone out there listening or watching knows, let me know, but otherwise I'll be sure to play the recording on that Twitter spaces later tonight. But Brian the fact that there's a little bit of a a phot on this project going into the, I don't love it. When there's other projects that we could find a. But again, it should be on everyone's radar that the mint date is February 24th and we'll definitely keep everyone updated. And then last on the list, February 20. We have wonder pals, minting wonder pals the wonderful artists MENA a collection of 10,000. Brian, look at those. They're so cute. They remind me of some of these other projects. And the thing I love about this project is that when we had like toy boogers on and some other. They love this artist. They love the project. Look at that mid price 0.08. Let's get cement back under 0.1.I love it. This one's on my calendar February 26, 10000.08. What do you think? Have wonder pals here, Bri? Yeah, like that. I liked the price. I liked the art and I liked the. Just the whole aesthetic. Cause that's kinda my style. I really liked those like the cartoony, but like the pastel colors kind of thing.I like it just on a aesthetic. Just by looking at it. That's what I like. So I'm down with them. I like, I don't know if I'm going to get into them yet. I got to see more about it, but from just the way it looks, I do really like it. Definitely. All right. We're running out of time here, so I just want to recap, cause that was a some big projects that are coming up over the next two weeks.So again, today we have NFL all day dropping packs where you get a guaranteed Superbowl moment inside those packs for moments $59 32,400 packs available on February 20th, we have crypto bats being able to bite and another NFT project for the first time to turn into a mutant bat floor price on crypto bads.Currently 1.25. February 21st, we have sneaky vampiress syndicate launching from sneaky vampire syndicate 0.16 east mint price. Or you can utilize your blood token for a cheaper cost. That collection 12,545. A supply. On February 22nd star catchers, 10,000 NFTs 0.1, one one east mint price, February 23rd, invisible friends 0.25 east 5,000 supply.Their discord now lacked over 700,000 followers on Twitter, February 24th weather report. And then February 26th, wander pals, 10,000 NFTs 0.08. There I got through on Brian. That was a lot to rattle off, but again, a big part. What we want to do of the show is letting everyone know what's project should be on their radar and they should be looking forward to, so we'll let everyone know. If any more pop up. Brian, one thing I do know is I saw an update from Photofinish the Solana based horse racing game. And I think maybe we're going to have to talk about that on an upcoming episode and get more into some of these Solana projects, because I wrote an article about that interview with legend. And there was I listened to it again, Brian, when he named his top five and man, that guy is so smart and those five that he named. Yeah. I got to get some Solana and I got to start getting into these projects, especially getting my stable setup and photo finish. What do you think Brian?We're we're going to have to buy some Solana enough to use right now. I'm two steps ahead. All right. Brian, anything else to add before we wrap for the day? All right. We will see everyone tomorrow, as Brian said to take care of 2:00 PM Eastern time tomorrow, again, shout out to everyone watching us live, watching us on replay and listening in on the podcast.Be sure to smash that like subscribe to Benzing as YouTube. A big, thank you to our friends at FTX for sponsoring this episode and getting that killer commercial in the super bowl. Shout out to Ruelle in the chat right now, too. I see him there. He has a show talking crypto and NFTs and Benzinga as well. And we will catch everyone tomorrow. Stay tuned, take care. Every one.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-roadmap/donations
On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's security news, including: US sanctions NSO, Candiru, COSEINC and Positive Technologies We wrap up the action in ransomware Why exploit tournaments are boring in America and exciting in China More malicious npm packages in the wild Pentagon updates CMMC to 2.0 Much, much more We'll hear from Corelight's CISO Bernard Brantley in this week's sponsor interview. We're talking about how attackers think in graphs and defenders think in lists.. Microsoft's John Lambert wrote a post about that back in 2015, and Bernard joins the show this week to talk about why it's just as relevant as ever. Stick around for that one. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that's your thing. Show notes U.S. sanctions Israel's NSO Group over Pegasus spyware - The Washington Post Risky Business #310 -- Export exploits? Wassenaar says no - Risky Business Positive Technologies says US sanctions had little or no effect on its business - The Record by Recorded Future Hungarian official confirms government bought and used Pegasus spyware - The Record by Recorded Future NSO's Pegasus spyware found on the devices of six Palestinian activists - The Record by Recorded Future “A grim outlook”: How cyber surveillance is booming on a global scale | MIT Technology Review Spyware providers are flocking to international arms fairs to sell to NATO foes Ukraine discloses identity of Gamaredon members links it to Russia's FSB - The Record by Recorded Future PRC says FCC decision to pull China Telecom license was ‘based on suspicion,' not facts - The Record by Recorded Future China says a foreign spy agency hacked its airlines, stole passenger records - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers with Chinese links breach defense, energy targets, including one in US Pwn2Own Austin 2021: Synacktiv crowned Masters of Pwn after Sonos One, WD NAS exploits | The Daily Swig House approves massive infrastructure plan that includes $1.9 billion for cybersecurity - The Record by Recorded Future Malware found in coa and rc, two npm packages with 23M weekly downloads - The Record by Recorded Future Pentagon issues revised cyber standards for contractors - The Record by Recorded Future Hacker steals $55 million from bZx DeFi platform - The Record by Recorded Future Suspect in scheme to breach major Twitter accounts is now charged with hacking crypto executives Scammer Convinced Instagram That Its Top Executive Was Dead GitLab servers are being exploited in DDoS attacks in excess of 1 Tbps - The Record by Recorded Future Dangerous XSS bug in Google Chrome's ‘New Tab' page bypassed security features | The Daily Swig US offers $10 million reward for info on Darkside ransomware group - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers Apologize to Arab Royal Families for Leaking Their Data A ransomware gang shut down after Cybercom hijacked its site and it discovered it had been hacked - The Washington Post BlackMatter ransomware says its shutting down due to pressure from local authorities - The Record by Recorded Future CERT-France: Lockean ransomware group behind attacks on French companies - The Record by Recorded Future The ‘Groove' Ransomware Gang Was a Hoax – Krebs on Security Ransomware crackdown spreads in U.S., Europe and Asia US Treasury sanctions crypto-exchange Chatex for links to ransomware payments - The Record by Recorded Future Shared/Defenders think in lists. Attackers think in graphs. As long as this is true, attackers win.md at master · JohnLaTwC/Shared · GitHub Compare to open source Zeek
Hosts Harbinger (Jeremy Miller) and TJNull catch up with Max Kelly, Founder and CEO of [redacted], a threat intelligence and response platform. Max starts by describing his interesting professional story with nation-state level defense from the highest levels of the private and public sectors at organizations including Facebook and U.S. CyberCom. With the level of sophistication used in cyber-attacks increasing, they discuss how this has changed how organizations need to defend themselves. Specifically, they dig into whether purely defensive playbooks apply anymore. They also get into how this changes the skill set that infosec professionals need to be successful. Finally, they chat about Max's recent feature in the Wall Street Journal on how it's possible for companies to work within the confines of the law to take action against attackers, stopping short of hacking back. Enjoy the episode!
Martin Thorborg. Et navn, som man med sikkerhed har hørt med mindre man har levet under en sten siden midt 90'erne. Vi har haft fornøjelsen af at tale med serieiværksætteren, som er til stor inspiration for os alle i det danske økosystem. Martin startede sit iværksættereventyr i 1993 og i de første år var han med til at stifte både MTH Data, cybernet.dk, CyberCom og Jubii. Senere er det blevet til talrige foredrag, virale videoer, deltagelser i diverse paneler og tv programmer, investeringer, stiftelse af virksomheder, salg af virksomheder og listen bliver ved. I dag er Martin adm. direktør for Dinero, som han var med til at sælge til norske Visma i 2016. Hele tidslinjen for Martin Thorborgs karriere fra 1993 kan du finde her. Dette er hans iværksætterhistorie. Hør mere i vores podcast. Artiklen er skrevet af Ulrik Varela Greve Produceret af Podtribe media. Episodens annoncør er Lunar. Hvis du vil støtte vores lille medie, så kan du gøre det her på Patreon. De tidlige år Martin Thorborg er serieiværksætter i tech-området og har været med til at starte virksomheder som Cybercom, Jubii, Spamfighter, Amino og altså senest Dinero, en online regnskabs- og bogføringsplatform. Han er også en markant stemme i den offentlige debat om iværksætteri. En del af forklaringen på Martins succes skal findes i, at han altid udfordrer status quo. Hvis man dykker ned i forklaringen på hvorfor Martin blev iværksætter, så får man et meget interessant svar. Martin har altid været interesseret i iværksætteri og har haft mange små projekter. Det kommer dog ikke fra familien, for det nærmeste de kommer på en iværksætter var en slægtning der for flere hundrede år siden smuglede spiritus. Martin ville følge faderens fodspor og blive ingeniør, men det droppede han hurtigt, da det ikke passede så godt sammen med en dumpekarakter i matematik. Martin fik derfor et job ved tankstationen overfor og oplevede som ganske ung at skulle vaske det lokale politi's patruljevogne. Her oplevede Martin en respekt og autoritetsfornemmelse, som han godt kunne lide. Da Martin Thorborg blev iværksætter Martin blev opslugt af ideen, men skulle vente nogle år inden han kunne søge ind på politiskolen. Efter lang tids forberedelse søgte han ind, men missede lige præcis chancen. Det blev i stedet til et år på HF og her opdagede Martin en mulighed for at sælge computerspil. Efter lidt tid oplevede han at få en større ordre fra Metro på et par tusind spil. “Det var der jeg blev iværksætter, tror jeg. At se sine spil på hylden. Det var mig der havde fået ideen til, at det kunne blive et kommercielt produkt. Der var ingen der satte røde streger under, sagde det så dumt ud eller gav en dårlig karakter.” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero Det gav ham en enorm stolthed, men supermarkederne slugte næsten alt overskuddet og det synes Martin ikke gav mening, så nu måtte han have en butik i stedet. Martin fandt en medstifter i en studiekammerat, de lånte 50 tusind af hans forældre og lejede et lokale. Så var CyberCom i gang. Det gik dog først ret skidt, da deres leverandøraftaler mildest talt var dårlige. De kørte derfor henholdvis taxa og gik med morgenaviser, for at få det til at løbe rundt. Brugte spil blev vendepunktet CyberCom tog først fart, da de begyndte at medbringe deres brugte spil og sælge dem i butikken. Så gik det stærkt og advancen var langt større. Konkurrenterne måtte lukke nogle år senere og de overtog markedet. De gik fra at omsætte 100-200 kr. om dagen til op til 35.000. Der var dog ikke nok udviklingspotentiale for Martin og han havde desuden fået øjnene op for "det der Internet". Det blev til Cybernet, hvor man bl.a. kunne ringe op til en computer og få hjælp til at komme videre med sit spil. En teknikker nævnte at de kunne bruge internettet til meget andet og så stillede Martin sig ned på gaden og fik en kvart million ved at love folk adgang til nettet indenfor 3 måneder. Denne nye idé var federe end at stå og sælge computerspil, så Martin ændrede sin fokus. Jubii var blot en "brugsanvisning" Den tekniske support blev hurtigt til en form for telefonisk Google. Så Jubii blev i forlængelse af det stiftet, som en af de første søgemaskiner. Yahoo var på dette tidspunkt blot et halvt år gammel. Det var dog ikke med tanke på at tjene penge. “Det svarer til at lave en brugsanvisning til en barbermaskine, fordi du er træt at at folk ringer og spørger hvordan man tænder den.” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero CyberNet blev solgt grundet en del problemstillinger og Martin arbejdede i stedet videre med Jubii, som blev en stor succes og solgt for et stort millionbeløb. Næste kapitel i romanen om Martin Thorborg og hans arbejdsliv hedder Spamfighter. Det blev kæmpe stort med kunder fra alle steder i hele verden undtagen Nordkorea. Martin flyttede med Spamfighter til USA og boede der en årrække. Ejerskabet fungerede dog ikke optimalt mod slutningen og derfor stoppede samarbejdet. Martin har både startet flere virksomheder (bl.a. Amino), investeret, holdt foredrag og meget mere, men hvis man dykkede ned i alle detaljer, så kunne vi have lavet en 24-timers episode. Vi springer derfor hastigt videre til Dinero. Regnskabsprogram til Hr. og Fru. Danmark Martin havde mistet overblikket, da han havde ansat en dyr bogholder til at stå for sit regnskab og når en serieiværksætter ser et problem, så er der ikke langt fra tanke til handling. “Enten så kan man lave regnskab selv og forkert eller også kan man få en bogholder til det og miste overblikket. Medmindre du tager et regnskabskursus og det er spild af tid hvis du f.eks. er hundefrisør.” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero Martin fandt en virksomhed, som havde tegningerne til at blive godt, men som var kørt fast. Det blev starten på Dinero. Det gik vildt hurtigt med at få de første brugere, da de frigav deres produkt gratis. Lige så stille kom der flere features til i takt med at brugerne efterspurgte dem. Da pengene var ved at slippe op og folk efterspurgte hjælp til moms, så måtte de bede dem betale på forhånd. Det gav dem luft til at drive projektet videre og skabte grundlaget for pro versionen. Konceptet var simpelt. Produktet skulle kunne bruges og forståes af Hr. og Fru. Danmark ... Og Martin selv. Jeg kan ikke bogføre en skid. Jeg har ikke forstand på regnskab. Hver gang de andre var skeptiske, så kom de selv med svarene. Jeg var bare den der blev ved med at sige: “hold nu kæft mand”. - Martin Thorborg, Dinero. Et barn kan lave dit regnskab Dinero Crowd var den store innovation, som for alvor adskilte (og stadig adskiller) Dinero fra konkurrenterne. De tastede folks vaner ind i et excel ark og smed det ind i en algoritme, som var med til at automatisere bogføringen for deres kunder. Det blev smartere dag for dag og det har gjort Dinero og deres produkt så simpelt, at selv et barn kan stå for bogføringen. “Jeg vil lægge hovedet på blokken. I kan tage enhver enkeltmandsforretning og et 10-årigt barn. Jeg vil vædde den dyreste flaske whiskey på at det barn, mere eller mindre uden hjælp, kan sætte sig ned og bogføre hele lortet for et år, lave momsregnskabet og afslutte med at lave skatteregnskabet. Det væddemål vil jeg tage any fucking time.” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero Siden da har væksten været eksplosiv og i 2016 blev Dinero solgt til Visma. Men Martin har stadig kæmpe ambitioner, fordi: “Bare sidde og drifte, for at vækste 10 % om året.. jeg ville fucking dø” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero Martin er som sagt stadig adm. direktør for Dinero og ambitionerne som han nævner konkretiserer han også: “I dag kan en bogholder i Dinero klare 80 virksomheder. Vores moonshot er at om et år så skal den medarbejder kunne klare 5000.” - Martin Thorborg, Dinero. Vært Mette Bloch og gæst Martin Thorborg taler også om at levere en ekstraordinær service, altid gå forrest som leder, og meget mere i dette afsnit af Iværksætterhistorier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this week's episode, A’ndre and Ryan dig into Russia's SolarWinds hacking with Javed Ali. They discuss what happened, the implications, and potential responses by the United States. The conversation concludes with Javed's take on the "dual-hatted" leadership of CYBERCOM and the NSA and why it may be beneficial to split the two. Today's conversation is based on Javed's recent op-ed in Defense One and quotes from Mother Jones, WaPo, and ABC news.
On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Jay Healey, senior research scholar at Columbia University and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank, discusses the recent offensive operations undertaken by CYBERCOM to prevent foreign election interference and what it means to persistently engage. While not a specific acknowledgment, Gen. Paul Nakasone, who leads NSA and CYBERCOM told the Washington Post he was “very confident in actions” his team had taken against adversaries “over the past several weeks and the past several months to make sure that they’re not going to interfere in our elections.” Predicting cyber attacks before they happen is impossible. Until it’s not. Visit https://www.northropgrumman.com/cyber to learn more.
It's been well accepted by now that we're all humans and if you want to incentivize developers to do well in terms of security then you should recognize them! So, today on The Secure Developer, we will be having another one of our mix episodes, where we compile a sequence of snippets from conversations out of different episodes of the show and our theme for this episode is celebrating success! We feature segments from our interviews with Kyle Randolph, Zach Powers, Siren Hofvander, Mike Hanley, Leif Dreizler, and Eric Ellett, who talk about how success is celebrated at Optimizely, One Medical, Cybercom, Cisco, and Segment. A common theme from our show today is the idea that a little bit of swag goes a long way! Cash rewards tend to incentivize developers to only perform for the money, whereas surprise gifts like shirts, mugs, and hoodies keep things interesting and retain more association with the success they award than money in the bank. Some other interesting methods for celebrating success are public acknowledgments, ‘Cake for No Reason Day', awards in the form of training and certifications, gamification, and a whole lot more! Tune in and hear how the few firms that do celebrate success are upholding this much-needed tradition.
Coronavirus put fire under the feet of CYBERCOM to accelerate its testing of its prototype cyber training range. The result was a surprise. Joining the Federal Drive with more on this story, Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione.
Let's talk about digital identity with Bengt Berg, Head of Compliance Management Services at Cybercom. "The most common system or platform to get hacked is the system you didn't even know you had." We all know the importance of regulatory compliance in any Identity and Access Management (IAM) scenario. What we don't always know is how to make colleagues engage with compliance, to ensure they sit up, listen and remember to always keep compliance front of mind. In episode 21, Bengt Berg fills us in on the new alternatives to the dreaded compliance management handbook that sits on the office shelf collecting dust, taking inspiration from the finance industry. Oscar and Berg also cover other key topics such as how to convince the board that IT security is important with easily accessible metrics, specific cases of IT security compliance in IAM and Cybercom's approach to compliance management. Bengt has been in the IT security industry since 1994, when building encryption systems for people in uniforms, have been a manager in an American big firm, has taken some time in the finance industry and today works as a do-all guy at Cybercom. Some sales, some consulting, some business strategy, and is also a member of the steering group of Cybercom Secure. He is also the proud father and protector of Cybercom’s products and services in the Compliance Management area. Connect with Bengt on LinkedIn or at bengt.berg@cybercom.com. Enjoyed this episode? Listen to episode 10 with Bengt's colleague, Cybercom’s Head of IAM Solutions, Robin von Post. Find out more about Cybercom at www.cybercom.com. Cybercom is a Ubisecure partner. Get the details here: ubisecure.com/news-events/cybercom-partnership. We’ll be continuing this conversation on LinkedIn and Twitter using #LTADI – join us @ubisecure!
In episode 543, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Marcella Arguello to discuss food trends of 2020, Nancy Pelosi planning a vote on a war power resolution, Trump's unclear Iran strategy, John Bolton planning on testifying if he is subpoenaed, a coalition of congress asking Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade, military leaders threatening Russian oligarchs, Goop getting a Netflix show, the Golden Globes, a palm reader's scam, and more! FOOTNOTES: The hottest food trends of 2020, or chicken sandwiches are soooo last year Pelosi plans war powers resolution over Iran. Here’s how Congress could limit Trump What Is Trump’s Iran Strategy? Few Seem to Know For Trump, the Burden May Be Proving This Is Not the Moment His Critics Predicted Defenders of History Take Aim at Trump’s Threat to Strike Iran’s Cultural Sites Bolton Will Testify In The Senate Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed Here Are the 207 Members of Congress Who Just Asked SCOTUS to Consider Overruling Roe v. Wade U.S. Cybercom contemplates information warfare to counter Russian interference in 2020 election Goop Crawls Into a Vagina to Promote New Netflix Show WATCH: the goop lab with Gwyneth Paltrow | Trailer | Netflix The Goop Lab Trailer: It’s Dangerous, It’s Unregulated, and It’s Gwyneth Paltrow Goop has a Netflix deal – this is a dangerous win for pseudoscience Golden Globes: 15 things to know, from ‘The Irishman’ shutout to that racy Obama joke Somerset Police Arrest and Charge Palm Reader with Stealing Over $70,000 from Client Daily Zeitgeist at SF SKETCHFEST tickets WATCH: Sade - By Your Side (CottonBelly Remix) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former NSA Director and CYBERCOM commander Admiral Mike Rogers
US Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections through hacking election systems or sowing widespread discord, according to current and former U.S. officials. How long will they continue to run with this?The White House has stepped up warnings to the UK about allowing Huawei into its 5G telecommunications networks, saying that any such move would pose a risk to MI5 and MI6, the British secret intelligence services. Washington has repeatedly urged the UK to completely ban Huawei, but the warning from Mr O'Brien raises that pressure to a new level. It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to decide whether to ban Huawei from the country's 5G networks. Sen. Bernie Sanders' recent surge in national and early-state polls, enthusiastic progressive base, and resilience in the aftermath of his heart attack have reportedly forced some within the Democratic establishment who were previously dismissive of the Vermont senator to concede—both in private and in public—that he could ultimately run away with the party's presidential nomination. This while 'Bernie Blackout' Strikes Again? Despite Iowa Poll Average Showing Sanders in Solid 2nd, CNN Uses Old Poll to Show Him in 4th. Are the Dems trying to set us up for something? The government estimates ending homelessness would cost around $20 billion, less than Americans spend on Christmas decorations, yet there appears to be little appetite to address the growing problem. How can the wealthiest country in the world, a country that just passed via 188 Democrats in the House a $788B NDSA be unwilling to address this internal threat?According to Alan Macleod at Mint Press, “While millions of Americans celebrate Christmas this year with loved ones, carving turkey and sharing gifts, others are not so fortunate.“ According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, over half a million of us will spend Christmas on the streets. Benjamin Netanyahu has faced a serious challenge for the leadership of his Likud party in a primary election today, capping a year in which the Israeli prime minister's authority has been tested as never before. What's really going on here?GUESTS:Jim Kavanaugh, political analyst and commentator and editor of The Polemicist.Eugene Craig III — Republican strategist, former vice-chair of the Maryland Republican Party and grassroots activists.Joia Jefferson Nuri — Political strategist and CEO of In The Public Eye Communications.Miko Peled — Israeli-American activist and author of "The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine."
Let's talk about digital identity with Robin von Post, Head of IAM Solutions at Cybercom. In episode 10, Oscar talks to Robin about digital signatures - what are they, what challenges do they solve/pose, and why businesses should be taking advantage of their benefits now. They also talk about the issue of trust between organisations and internationally - particularly from Swedish (where Robin is based) and pan-European perspectives. "Digital identities and digital signatures are one of the basic building blocks of making the transition to pure digital." Robin has a deep interest and experience in the IT-security domain. He has for the last 20 years been involved in the development and deployment of high assurance encryption systems for European government and defense customers, with the last year's focus on securing national civilian critical infrastructure. Last year, Robin took on a role at Cybercom Secure as the Head of IAM Solutions, including advanced electronic signature services, directory administration and governance, and other IAM and security related services. On a private note, he weekly curates a newsletter – 'The von Post' - covering IT-security related events. He supports the Swedish “Säkerhetspodcasten” as a freelance reporter. He is also a private pilot & passionate photographer. Find Robin on Twitter @rvonpost and on LinkedIn. Cybercom is an innovative consulting firm that enables leading companies and organisations to benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation. It provides innovative, secure and sustainable solutions in IT and communications technology by combining technical edge and strong business insight. This applies whether the issue is transforming products into services, developing new business models or helping the public sector get closer to citizens. It is a highly diverse company, with a large age range, 45 nationalities and assignments in 20 countries. Cybercom’s domestic markets are the Nordic region and Poland, and in addition the company offers global delivery capacity for local and international business. Find out more at cybercom.com. Read about Ubisecure and Cybercom's recent partnership announcement at ubisecure.com/news-events/cybercom-partnership. Listen to episode 21 with Robin's colleague, Bengt Berg - Head of Compliance Management Services at Cybercom, here: www.ubisecure.com/podcast/bengt-berg-cybercom-iam-compliance/ We’ll be continuing this conversation on LinkedIn and Twitter using #LTADI – join us @ubisecure!
Välkommen till After Talk, den delen av HR Talks Podden där vi svarar på fler av lyssnarnas frågor. Några dagar innan inspelning lägger vi ut ämnet och profilen som gästar i sociala medier så att du som lyssnare kan kommentera med just din lyssnarfråga. Under inspelningen försöker vi hinna svara på alla frågor som vi inte redan berört i avsnittet.Bonusavsnittet med After Talk är normalt 10-20 min långa.Cecilia Westerholm Beer är sedan 2017 Chief HR Officer på data- och analysföretaget Bisnode. Dessförinnan har hon en bakgrund som managementkonsult och affärsutvecklare och har de senaste 15 åren haft HR-direktörsroller på företag som Fortum, Euromaint och Cybercom.
Hur sätter du mål och följer upp en organisation i transformation, som ska styras mot att skapa nya affärer? Varför ska du implementera OKR metoden för målstyrning och hur gör du?Tommie Cau pratar med Cecilia Westerholm Beer, Chief HR Officer på Bisnode och en mycket van HR-direktör i förändring och transformation. Under tiden på Bisnode har hon initierat den mest omfattande kursändringen i företagets transformation: att byta ut företagets vattenfalls KPIer till mer modern, tydlig, transparent och agil målstyrning med OKR-metoden (Objective & Key Results).I detta avsnitt pratar vi om utmaningar och möjligheter med att sätta mål, följa upp och styra en organisation i transformation. Vi diskuterar Bisnodes transformation mot högre “vitalitet” och nya affärer, går igenom varför och hur de konkret har jobbat med att byta ut traditionella KPIer till den allt mer populära OKR-metoden. Vi pratar öppet och transparent om utmaningarna, motståndet och vinsterna med det nya sättet att jobba. Cecilia ger (i det längre avsnittet) även sina tips till andra HR-ledare, berättar kort om sin egen resa i karriären, ger sina tydligaste HR-spaningar och svarar på utvalda lyssnarfrågor. Lyssna även på After Talk i bonusavsnittet för att höra Cecilias svar på alla lyssnarfrågor. Cecilia Westerholm Beer är sedan 2017 Chief HR Officer på data- och analysföretaget Bisnode. Dessförinnan har hon en bakgrund som managementkonsult och affärsutvecklare och har de senaste 15 åren haft HR-direktörsroller på företag som Fortum, Euromaint och Cybercom.Läs mer på hrtalks.se
Hur sätter du mål och följer upp en organisation i transformation, som ska styras mot att skapa nya affärer? Varför ska du implementera OKR metoden för målstyrning och hur gör du?Tommie Cau pratar med Cecilia Westerholm Beer, Chief HR Officer på Bisnode och en mycket van HR-direktör i förändring och transformation. Under tiden på Bisnode har hon initierat den mest omfattande kursändringen i företagets transformation: att byta ut företagets vattenfalls KPIer till mer modern, tydlig, transparent och agil målstyrning med OKR-metoden (Objective & Key Results).I detta avsnitt pratar vi om utmaningar och möjligheter med att sätta mål, följa upp och styra en organisation i transformation. Vi diskuterar Bisnodes transformation mot högre “vitalitet” och nya affärer, går igenom varför och hur de konkret har jobbat med att byta ut traditionella KPIer till den allt mer populära OKR-metoden. Vi pratar öppet och transparent om utmaningarna, motståndet och vinsterna med det nya sättet att jobba. Cecilia ger (i det längre avsnittet) även sina tips till andra HR-ledare, berättar kort om sin egen resa i karriären, ger sina tydligaste HR-spaningar och svarar på utvalda lyssnarfrågor. Lyssna även på After Talk i bonusavsnittet för att höra Cecilias svar på alla lyssnarfrågor. Cecilia Westerholm Beer är sedan 2017 Chief HR Officer på data- och analysföretaget Bisnode. Dessförinnan har hon en bakgrund som managementkonsult och affärsutvecklare och har de senaste 15 åren haft HR-direktörsroller på företag som Fortum, Euromaint och Cybercom.Läs mer på hrtalks.se
Vi behöver digitaliseringen för att målet att Sverige ska bli ett av världens första fossilfria välfärdsländer. Vi behöver även göra något här och nu! För konsultbolagen är det oftast resor som belastar klimatet mest men den största skillnaden gör konsulterna genom att rådge sin kunder. Konsultens makt att påverka kundens affärsmodeller och strategier framåt är stor. Gäster är Kalle Nilvér medgrundare av GoClimateNeutral och Ingemar Jansson, senior rådgivare och strategikonsult inom digitalisering & hållbar utveckling på Cybercom.
In episode 34 of The Secure Developer, Guy speaks with Siren Hofvander of Cybercom about her enlightening journey from the digital medical space to running a secure developer consulting team, as well as her empathy-driven ethos in the one-size-fits-all security world. The post Ep. #34, Positive Security with Siren Hofvander of Cybercom appeared first on Heavybit.
In episode 34 of The Secure Developer, Guy speaks with Siren Hofvander of Cybercom about her enlightening journey from the digital medical space to running a secure developer consulting team, as well as her empathy-driven ethos in the one-size-fits-all security world.
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former NSA Director and CYBERCOM commander Admiral Mike Rogers
Turla is back, and with a clever backdoor called “LightNeuron.” Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report shows that the C-suite remains a big target of social engineers, that crooks are following companies into the cloud, that ransomware remains popular, and that people seem warier of phishing. Bad actors peddle influence in the EU. Binance gets looted, Baltimore gets hacked. Meny Har from Siemplify explains SOCs, SIEMs and SOARs. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS considers emojis in the courtroom.
Gen. Paul Nakasone currently leads both organizations in a relationship that has existed since CYBERCOM was first created a decade ago. Asked whether he believed it was time to appoint separate leaders, Nakasone said recommendation is "classified".
Med Jocke på mässa får Fredrik assistans av Iller och Macmattias! Vi värmer upp med bland annat stark mat, sous-vide-matlagning, små serveräventyr, att bråka med Telia, och att handla på Webhallen. Sedan blir det genvägar i IOS 12, boktips och strulande nät. Vi diskuterar problemen med samlande på spel, och att hinna spela moderna spel över huvud taget. Macmattias rapporterar om soliga Karlstad och Cybercom summit - lagom långt bort och med allt från uppkopplade bilar till fräck magi med Ipads. Linus Torvalds ska bli snäll och tar paus? Vi gör ett kort nedslag och kommer sedan tillbaka till gamla fina spel som Spy vs spy. Jakten på bra handkontroller. En hög robusta filmtips, och problemet att köra fast i Netflix. Länkar N-track studio Setapp Ubar Macpaw - företaget bakom Setapp Bartender Cleammymac Gemini Ulysses Unarchiver Avsnittet med Illers fantastiska chipsreklam Den tyska recensionen av samma chips Inumbo SPF - sender policy framework Smash bros ultimate Skotsk dam försöker prata med Alexa Apple Scotland - having a wee bit of a problem Sous-vide Sous vide everything Slow cooker Sichuanpeppar Carrot weather Applescript Macstories Workflow - föregångaren till genvägar Federico Viticcis IOS12-recension Automator Creative selection Bitlocker Guardians Nörd:igt-podden Kerbal space program Eurotruck simulator Holedown, igen! Arkham-spelen Gamelengths.com No man’s sky Assassin’s creed-serien Witcher 3 Karlstad congress culture centre Bluego Oscar D1gits - Ipadmagi Linus Torvalds ska bli snäll Fe Spy vs spy Tetris effect Lumines Rez Tetsuya Mizuguchi - speldesignern bakom ovanstående spel Eittris Nintendo 64-kontrollen 60%-tangentbord Ergodox Room Captain marvel Brie Larson Spotlight Whiplash Funny games Fargo Mike Leigh Tommy Wiseaus the room finns nu på Youtube Greta gris Två nördar - en podcast. Fredrik Björeman och Joacim Melin diskuterar allt som gör livet värt att leva. Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-140-vi-har-kort-fast-i-netflix.html.
Key Points From This Episode:Discover how Lisa entered the field of cyber security.How Lisa came to work as a “bureaucracy hacker” at the Pentagon.Learn more about the aims and direction of the DARPA program.Lisa shares more about DARPA’s flagship program titled PlanX.Find out more about the intricate links between Cybercom and the NSA.Hear what Lisa believes is the problem with standards and compliance.How to ensure mature cyber security ecosystems today? Lisa’s thoughts.Hacking the Pentagon: How, why, when did this happen? Because it did.Also, hacking the defense travel system, the Army and Air Force (twice).How Hacking the Pentagon saved over a million dollars in defense.The effects of the demonization of hackers in popular media today.Why you cannot tell the world you are secure if you aren’t!How Hack the Pentagon created a culture shift in security practices.Lisa shares her view on vulnerability disclosure and policy.See something, say something: The importance of reporting vulnerabilities.And much more!
Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Gen. John E. Hyten and Colin Clark sit down in the Pentagon and discuss the next generation ICBMs, how to speed acquisition, the B-21 bomber and his working relationship with CyberCom. In these podcasts, Colin brings his dulcet tones and sharp wit to bear interviewing top Pentagon officials, members of Congress and defense experts. He'll bring the Farnborough and Paris air shows to your headphones, along with visits to bases and defense plants. Links and Resources from this Episode For additional information of this episode go to https://breakingdefense.com Connect with Colin Clark https://breakingdefense.com/author/colinclark https://twitter.com/colindefense https://twitter.com/breakingdefense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Hyten Show Notes Why builders should have a voice in testing. Working with cybercom and how his position has changed. How he describes his job and responsibilities to the general public. What goes through his mind when they receive a missile warning.
Three years after coming into existence, the cyber defense arm of U.S. Cyber Command says it will reach a milestone in the journey toward shoring up vulnerabilities across the Defense Department. That'll happen this spring, with the departmentwide cybersecurity order is known known as Operation Gladiator Shield. Federal News Radio's Jory Heckman joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more of what's going on.
In today's podcast, we hear that North Korea may have hacked into South Korean defense plans. Facebook and Google receive increasing scrutiny for Russian ad buys during 2016 US election season. A dissident Chinese billionaire, exiled to New York, says he's been under cyberattack from Shanghai. OilRig is back, with new and improved cyberespionage. Forrester market research reports accessed by hackers. Kovter malware gets an upgrade. Chris Poulin from BAH on medical device safety. Yassir Abousselham from Okta on challenges establishing and managing identity. And we offer some observations from the Cyber Pavilion at the Association of the United States Army meetings. Thanks for listening to the CyberWire. One of the ways you can support what we do is by visiting our sponsors. If you’d like to learn more about how small nuances in how artificial intelligence and machine learning are used can make a big difference, check out E8’s white paper. Cylance uses cutting edge artificial intelligence to help protect your systems. If you are a woman in cyber security and want make connections with others in the field, check out our own Women in Cyber Security event.
The question of whether or not to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a full unified combatant command has been under discussion for years. But the president and Congress have finally made the decision, putting CYBERCOM on an even playing field with the rest of the Defense Department's combatant commands. Kate Charlet, program director for Technology & International Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin there are several other important implications to the decision. Until recently, she was the acting deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy.
On this weeks show, we discuss three cyber topics: President Trumps long-awaited decision on the future of U.S. Cyber Command, the results of Hack the Air Force, DoD's latest bug bounty, and a federal lawsuit which claims a DoD-operated website is putting servicemember and veterans personal data at risk.
I avsnitt 31 kommenteras tisdagens sista handelstimmar i Fingerprint. Utöver det diskuteras uppköpen av King och Cybercom samt potentiella uppköpskandidater bla SAS, Finnair, Arcam, Rezidor, Enea och Sobi. Poddarna vänder blickarna till Norge och pratar om Skandiabankens IPO och när dom ändå är i Norge så väljer oljeexperten Lone_ Wolf att berätta om sin syn på oljan. Dessutom kommenteras indexförändringarna som stundar och avslutningsvis veckans Fill or Kill samt indextävlingen. Enjoy!
This week on the show we wish a very happy 75th birthday to pop and theme tune composer extraordinaire Tony Hatch. Of course, this does mean that Tony isn’t quite eligible for entry into the Moonbase Hall of Fame (which … Continue reading →
In this podcast Aisling Conlon from IAPI and Sinead Dennis from Cybercom are in studio to discuss the Post-Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Digital Communication and the related One to Watch initiative....Plus Declan Mc Loughlin, Policy Officer at BAI describes the background and consultation process of their new code on advertising of food and drink products to Children.
In this podcast a special report from the 2009 Digital Media Awards where I interviewed a number of the winners covering digital marketing topics - Cybercom, Customerminds.com. Plus I speak to the manager of the Spanish Tourism Office in Dublin about the prospects for how the sector there is faring in 2009 and the activities of the office to attract Irish tourists. Plus an interview with Neil Horgan from Abbey Travel who was a speaker at a recent Travemedia.ie Netowrking event.
In part one of this podcast we talk to three of the participants at the Irish Direct Marketing Association digital media conference, Tom Bazeley, Managing Director, Lean Mean Fighting Machine, Jonathan Forrest, Cybercom and Jay Stephens, Myspace.com In part two an interview with Justin Kirby, writer on word of mouth marketing from DMC who writes the Connected Marketing blog.
Internet Marketing Debate from the Empathy Internet Marketing Conference held in Dublin on October 2007. On the side proposing the motion that Irish Marketers are Ready for the Internet were Jonathan Forrest of Cybercom, Rob Price of Diffinity and Simon Ferguson of SalesOnline.ie The press team was led my yours truly with Richard Delevan, journalist and blogger and Conor Brophy of Newstalk 106-108fm. Michael Dwyer chaired the proceedings. NOTE: Given the length of this podcast, I encoded it at a lower rate than ususal in order to save on download time - I hope this does not affect your listening experience. Key Timelines Jonathan Forrest - Cybercom 3'25" Alex Gibson - The Persuaders 10'10" Simon Ferguson - Salesonline 16'15" Conor Brophy - Newstalk 106-108fm23'30" Rob Pryce - Diffinity Ireland 31'50" Richard Delevan 38'00" Audience Questions 51'00" Douglas Mc Arthur Comments on best speaker and question 59'00"
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