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The New York City Cyber Command is a centralized organization that leads the City's cyber defense efforts. They work across more than 100 agencies and offices to prevent, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats. They protect the city and its critical systems from malicious attacks through the use of the latest technologies, public-private partnerships, and regular training and exercises for City employees. RANE founder David Lawrence caught up with Geoffrey Brown and Mike Kenney. They lead NYC Cyber command. They talked about applying their methods to the private sector. Become a member of the largest community of risk professionals today!

The New York City Cyber Command is a centralized organization that leads the City's cyber defense efforts. They work across more than 100 agencies and offices to prevent, detect, respond, and recover from cyber threats. They protect the city and its critical systems from malicious attacks through the use of the latest technologies, public-private partnerships, and regular training and exercises for City employees. RANE founder David Lawrence caught up with Geoffrey Brown and Mike Kenney. They lead NYC Cyber command. They talked about applying their methods to the private sector. Become a member of the largest community of risk professionals today!

In this episode of the RANE Insight podcast series from RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange), Chief Marketing Officer Greg Radner speaks to David Brown, the host of the Business Wars podcast, about his new book, The Art of Business Wars. If you read that closely, you'll note the reference to "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. The world of business is often a matter of survival; one leader conquers another, offering better products, better marketing, more investment, or just plain more sales. The pursuit of success means a business leader must understand the competition, where it is coming from, and how to beat it. t's kind of like, well, war. That’s the idea behind one of the most popular podcasts out today, called Business Wars. Business Wars tells the stories of rival companies; of what drives them and their leaders, inventors, investors, and executives to success — or to ruin. The program’s host, David Brown, has released a new book called The Art of Business Wars: Battle-tested Lessons For Leaders And Entrepreneurs From History’s Greatest Rivalries. They speak about what it takes to avoid risk and beat the competition - or join it - on business. Learn more about RANE and how we help businesses plan for and mitigate the many risks to their business. Visit us at RANEnetwork.com

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, the discussion turns to China's latest 5 year plan. In March, China’s top leaders gathered in Beijing to announce their budget and their big economic goals for 2021, and the next 5 years. The tradition carries back to the days of Mao Tse Tung. They’ve changed as the country’s economy has changed and the latest announced plan is seen as ambitious, given the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Emily Donahue speaks with Chase Blazek, Asia Pacific analyst at RANE.    Receive the Latest Geopolitical Insights From our Team of Expert Analysts. Sign Up for the Free Newsletter from RANE.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, we talk about COVID-19 vaccine passports.  With the arrival and accelerated distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to many industrialized countries, nations and businesses have begun thinking about the possibility of emerging from a pandemic. After more than a year of isolation, industrial, medical and economic fallout, and massive debt accrual. But vaccines are tricky. Many countries have no vaccine supply at all. In those with the vaccine, getting back to business as the workforce gets vaccinated raises different concerns. One is how to accurately track who has received a vaccine. Emily Donahue speaks to Rebecca Keller, Director of Analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical analysis team at RANE. Sign Up for the Free Newsletter from RANE

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks to Rebecca Keller, Director of Analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical analysis team at RANE. For several days in March, the world watched the slow-motion development of an international shipping crisis. First, a large container ship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal, a vital shipping route. Then came a shipping traffic jam, as hundreds of ships carrying goods had to idle while crews worked to free the ship. And then, once the ship was freed, came the questions. One of which was: What will be the lasting impact of the Ever Given?  Sign Up for the Free Newsletter from RANE. 

In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks to an expert panel about the emerging risk and opportunities, and potential consequences of going on the cyber offense. The recent SolarWinds hack has some cybersecurity experts wondering if the best defense might be a good offense. The Biden administration has pledged to take on the country's cyber adversaries and has suggested that it could include offensive cyber actions alongside deterrents like sanctions and criminal charges. These offensive measures could range from destructing the computer networks they use for cybercrime to unleashing cyber weapons on an adversary's critical infrastructure. With the US government considering opening the door to offensive cyber operations, companies may also be interested in ditching the traditional approaches of building bigger fences and focusing on incident response. Organizations may be tempted to turn to more proactive cyber operations in an attempt to protect their architecture from threat actors. Panelists include Jeff Castelli, former managing director at Accenture Federal Services. Jeff has 30 years of national security sector service and deep experience leading the adoption of cutting-edge technology, particularly information technology. Prior to Accenture, Jeff was the executive vice president Endgame Federal, a leading endpoint security solutions provider unifying prevention, detection, and threat hunting. Jeff has worked at the highest levels of the US government and served abroad for more than 17 years in South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Guillermo Christensen, managing partner and the data security and privacy and whitecollar defense groups at Ice Miller. Guillermo combines his experience as an attorney, a former CIA intelligence officer, and a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State to shape and inform the advice he provides to clients on various enterprise risks involving cybersecurity and national security law. His cybersecurity experience ranges from conducting information security risk assessments that take a whole company approach to manage responses to security incidents and breaches, including those where a nation-state or insider threat may be involved. John Ford, cyber strategist at IronNet Cybersecurity. John is a compliance, IT information security, and operations executive specializing in designing, building, and transforming regulated organizations. IronNet Cybersecurity is a global cybersecurity firm that is revolutionizing how enterprises, industries, and governments secure their networks through collective cyber defense networks. John is also a member of the board of directors of the Cloud Security Alliance and an advisory committee member at the University of South Florida Cybersecurity for Executive Education.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with analyst Carmen Colosi, Latin American analyst at RANE. On March 1st, the White House announced that they would not be sharing vaccines with Mexico or any other country, however, just 18 days later the administration announced its plans to share 4 million doses of AstraZeneca stockpile with Mexico and Canada. What changed the White House’s mind? Colosi discusses the appearance of a quid-pro-quo between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

In this episode of the Baker's Dozen podcast series from RANE host Rodger Baker speaks with Prateek Joshi, A Dphil candidate in Modern History at Oxford about the evolution of Indian strategic thought and its geopolitical context. India has long been a regional power center by default. But now the country is facing new challenges as China expands its interests across land and sea to India's near abroad. Since independence from the British Empire, India has struggled with the dual concept of remaining anti-imperial (and non-aligned), and its own strategic interests in the broader Indian Ocean region. Shifts in the global geopolitical order have influenced India’s strategic thinking over time, opening opportunities and imposing limitations.

U.S. President Joe Biden said this week he wanted to distribute 200 million vaccine doses before the end of his first 100 days in office. Some news outlets suggest the US could be getting close to enough vaccines for the adult population. BUT disinformation is still rampant. In today’s episode, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with Drs. Fred Southwick and Bill Lang about the latest statistics and how to identify reliable, science-based information about all of the available vaccines. Dr. Bill Lang is an expert in public health responses to biological incidents, including pandemics. Dr Fred Southwick is an infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Individuals and organizations turn to RANE, for risk intelligence that cuts through the hype to focus on what they need to know, what to expect, and what to do. You can sign up for our coronavirus solution to get critical information on the COVID-19 pandemic delivered daily. Visit us at ranenetwork.com.