Effective organizations in the DevSecOps world

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During this episode, Brian Russell returns to the Cognitive Crucible to discuss his latest article: The Tie that Binds – Cyberspace as the Core of All Domain Maneuver Warfare.

Research Question: Brian Russell asks the following: how to assess the effectiveness and risk of employing AI generated cyber weapons: AI on the AI so to speak. There are two resources:

1. Phoenix Cast Cyber Fires Episode
2. Dr. Christopher Whyte’s piece in the latest Cyber Defense Review titled Beyond "Bigger, Faster, Better:" Assessing Thinking About Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Conflict. 

Resources:

• Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned
  • #13 Brian Russell on Behind Enemy Lines
  • #132 Brian Russell on OIE Truths
• The Tie that Binds – Cyberspace as the Core of All Domain Maneuver Warfare by Brian Russell
• Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA)
• Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations, Paul Schuh, Cyber Defense Review
• Beyond “Bigger, Faster, Better:” Assessing Thinking About Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Conflict by Dr. Christopher Whyte
• Cyber Fires, Phoenix Cast
• PW Singer and Emerson T Brooking, Foreign Affairs) Gaza and the Future of Information Warfare 
• Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification by Gene Kim and Steven J. Spear
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Link to full show notes and resources

Guest Bio: Brian Russell is the founder of Information Advantage and a Key Terrain Cyber Senior Fellow. He is a retired Marine Corps artillery officer, with previous assignments as the commanding officer of II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (II MIG) and 1st ANGLICO. His combat deployments include serving as the Military Transition Team Leader in Habbaniyah, Iraq, the executive officer of Brigade Headquarters Group in Helmand Province, Afghanistan and Plans Director in Bagram, Afghanistan. Some of his notable staff assignments include: Operations Directorate at Marine Corps Special Operations Command, Operations Directorate at United States Cyber Command, and U.S. Plans Directorate at Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. He recently joined Peraton as a Cyber and Information Warfare subject matter expert.

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