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Crossing the Valley

Ep. 33: Why the F-22 Is Vulnerable...and what this founder is doing to fix it

Feb 19, 2025
38:37

About Josh

Josh Lospinoso isn’t your average hacker. Most hackers aren’t Rhodes Scholars. As a kid growing up in New Jersey during 9/11, Josh was drawn to service - but he had no idea he’d soon be hacking military weapon systems. As an Army Cyber Officer, he discovered critical vulnerabilities in mission essential platforms that revealed a sobering reality: these sophisticated weapons systems (flying computers!) were dangerously vulnerable to cyber threats. So after spending years building cyber tools at the National Security Agency, he founded (and exited) his first startup, a cybersecurity outfit called Red Owl Analytics. And then, he dove into an even bigger challenge, head-on. His background - Rhodes Scholar, PhD in Statistics, veteran - gave him unique credibility with both the defense establishment and the venture community. And today, he’s at the forefront of one of the most important missions: securing our operational technology systems.

For more Crossing the Valley: www.valleycrossers.com

For more on Shift5: https://shift5.io/

Follow Josh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jalospinoso/

Follow Noah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahsheinbaum/



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