Podcasts about pakistani air force

This week, we bring you the story of Doug Downey, retired USAF Lt Col and Academy grad who flew as a fighter pilot in the F-16 Viper and the F-117 Nighthawk. Doug survived a near disaster in the F-117 that could have ended in a horrific crash in White Sands National Park. With his engines flamed out, it was time for plan B – but there was no plan B.   The story of Doug’s amazing recovery from this catastrophic event and aviation safety lessons that we can learn from it are featured in Dr. Ken Stahls’ articles on aopa.org/pps/stahl, and the retelling is absolutely riveting.    You can find more of Doug’s work on the Convergent Performance LLC web site at https://convergentperformance.com, and Dr. Stahl’s articles on the AOPA e-magazine at this site.       Doug’s Bio info:   Doug Downey LtCol USAF (ret) is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and served over 24 years as a college instructor, Combat Logistician, Commander, and as a Fighter Pilot qualified in the F-16 Viper and F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter.   He served as an instructor pilot, functional check pilot, and air show demonstration pilot. He is a career Safety Officer qualified in Crew Resource Management, Safety Management Systems, Root Cause Analysis and accident investigations with experience as an Investigator, Analyst, Chief of Safety, and Aircraft Mishap Board President. He also served as a as an Advance Agent for Air Force One and President G.W. Bush for five years, and later as a Diplomat to Pakistan. In Pakistan he directly consulted the Government on the redesign of F-16 tactical operations, national airspace use, and safety program management and enterprise risk management for the entire Pakistani Air Force.   Doug joined the Convergent Performance team in 2014, and brought with him a breadth of experience in leadership, training, risk mitigation, safety management systems, and process improvement. He has a Bachelor's Degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In addition to instructing cadets how to fly T-52s (Diamond) and T-53s (Cirrus), he was the Deputy Director of Cadet Training & Education responsible for all curriculum development and strategic planning of assessment and tactical training of over 4,000 cadets.   Doug is recognized as an industry expert in Risk Management, Safety Management Systems, Safety Program Management, and Aviation Accident and Mishap Investigations. He is a successful author of industry research studies and periodical columns. He also is certified by the International Society of Safety Professionals (ISSP) as a Registered Safety Professional. Doug can be reached at ddowney@convergentpeformance.com.

InSecurity Podcast: The White Company: Inside the Operation Shaheen Espionage Campaign The tumultuous inner-drama of Pakistan has been keeping foreign heads of state awake at night for much of the country’s 70-year history. That’s because Pakistan’s story has been one of contradictions. It has enjoyed peaceful civilian rule, but also violent military coups. It has been a key counterterrorism partner in Afghanistan, but also an accused sponsor and enabler of terrorists. It has been outwardly focused on deterring its rival India, but also inwardly focused on managing domestic separatist and terrorist threats. It has been the home of more than 100 nuclear weapons, but also the most notorious terrorist in history, Osama bin Laden. At the heart of Pakistan’s curious and contradictory history has been its military, whose outsized in uence in Pakistani a airs has made it a key actor at home and abroad, playing roles both highly visible and long hidden. Today, the Pakistani military is at the center of shifting geopolitical alliances — and a sustained cyber espionage campaign. Cylance calls this campaign Operation Shaheen, a reference to the Shaheen Falcon which stands as the symbol of the Pakistani Air Force — the branch of the Pakistani military repeatedly referenced in this campaign’s phishing lures. In today’s episode of InSecurity, Matt Stephenson talks with Cylance Advisory Board Member Ryan Smith and Cylance Directors of Threat Intelligence Jon Gross and Kevin Livelli. Their research team unravel the mystery of a campaign in which traditional approaches to analysis, focused primarily on the malware and infrastructure, yielded few clues and misleading assumptions; however, a comprehensive breakdown of the exploit and shellcode revealed insights into a threat actor whose unique way of cobbling together tools may ultimately lead to their unmasking.   About Ryan Smith Ryan Smith is a member of the Cylance Advisory Board. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Research at Cylance, where he lead teams performing both internal and external research. He has spent the last decade leading such teams for consulting, product, and fortune 50 organizations. As an individual contributor, Ryan has discovered and exploited highly impactful vulnerabilities in widely deployed client and server software. His interests include reverse engineering, exploitation, vulnerability discovery, analysis algorithms, and magnets. He has spoken at international conferences and is a two-time Pwnie Award winner for best server and client bugs. About Jon Gross Jon Gross is a Director of Threat Intelligence at Cylance. Other than that… he doesn’t tell us much   About Kevin Livelli Kevin Livelli is Director of Threat Intelligence at Cylance, where he conducts long-term, complex investigations with the Research and Intelligence team. His work there follows ten years at 60 Minutes, where his investigative reporting and analysis were recognized with Peabody and Emmy awards. Before that, Livelli supervised investigations at the nation’s largest independent police oversight agency. A graduate of Dartmouth, he earned master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University.   About Matt Stephenson Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson(@packmatt73) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the InSecurity podcastand host of CylanceTV Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line. Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us wherever you get your podcasts including Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, I Heart Radio as well as ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts: https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/category/podcasts.html iTunes/Apple Podcasts link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/insecurity/id1260714697?mt=2 GooglePlay Music link: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ipudd6ommmgdsboen7rjd2lvste Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

In this candid discussion, Fatima shares her experiences of being in the non-traditional roll of supervising men in the Pakistani Air Force and explains how that experience brought her to come to the United States to learn to fly.  Through her own fortitude, and with the help of a loving and supportive mother, Fatima is now a First Officer with Express Jet.