

Phoenix Cast
Task Force Phoenix
A podcast about cybersecurity, technology and innovation issues in the military.
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Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 5min
Project DYNAMIS and the Future for Comm
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Jason Quinter and the team talks JADC2, Project DYNAMIS, and comm architectures of the future.
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Links:
Palantir vs DCGS-A: https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/03/29/palantir-who-successfully-sued-the-army-just-won-a-major-army-contract/
MC Times JADC2 article:
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/02/23/how-jadc2-is-like-a-grill-according-to-one-marine-colonel/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb&SToverlay=de88742f-46f7-4f2c-819d-3b36a47d6a7e

Mar 10, 2023 • 37min
Marine Corps Software Factory announcement
In this episode of Phoenix Cast - recorded in Austin TX during SXSW - hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest LtCol Charlie Bahk, and the team discusses the announcement of the Marine Corps Software Factory.
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Links:
https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/mcswf

Feb 24, 2023 • 49min
VMware vuln, Twitter makes SMS Premium
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about a new(ish) VMware vulnerability, Twitter making SMS MFA a paid feature, and some strange things about Bing AI.
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Links:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-warns-admins-to-patch-esxi-servers-disable-openslp-service/
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/attackers-can-exploit-flaw-in-vmware-esxi-hypervisor-in-multiple-ways
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/global-ransomware-attack-vmware-exsi-hypervisors-continues-to-spread
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisa-releases-recovery-script-for-victims-of-esxiargs-ransomware
https://github.com/cisagov/ESXiArgs-Recover
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/twitter-two-factor-authentication-acting-up-how-to-secure-your-account
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23605073/twitter-blue-charge-sms-2fa
https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/87/
https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-chatgpt-tells-all

Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 6min
Comm Battalion Commanders
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guests LtCols Dave Burton and Jeff Rohman - the Commanders of 8th and 9th Comm. They discuss planning for Command, how they’ve organized their respective battalions, and all other things Comm Bn.
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Jan 13, 2023 • 49min
ChatGPT, DoD Cloud Contract, Google Management Traits?
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle discuss the award of Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and ChatGPT.
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Links:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT#cite_note-code_red-37
Google on ChatGPT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-search.html
https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2022/12/top-chat-gpt-examples.html
JWCC: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3243483/department-names-vendors-to-provide-joint-warfighting-cloud-capability/

Dec 30, 2022 • 55min
On Tactics, On Operations
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Brett Friedman and the team talks about tactics, whether or not the operational level of war exists, and even a bit of force design.
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Links:
https://www.usni.org/press/books/tactics
https://www.usni.org/press/books/operations
https://www.amazon.com/American-Way-War-Military-Strategy/dp/025328029X
https://www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Ellis-Operational-Strategic/dp/1612518079/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=21st+century+ellis&qid=1671484665&s=books&sprefix=21st+century+ellis%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1619&context=monographs

Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 3min
Return of Clausewitz
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are re-joined by special guest Olivia Garard and they talk Clausewitz and the Defense.
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Links:
https://mwi.usma.edu/some-clausewitzian-thoughts-on-the-ukrainian-defense/

Dec 2, 2022 • 1h 19min
Multi-domain C2 operations
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Col Jeremy Winters, and they discuss all things Marine Air Control Group.
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Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9gTAjbiQEM&ab_channel=MarineCorpsRecruiting
https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tech/dp/B086KQC2H2/
https://www.amazon.com/Limitless-Upgrade-Anything-Faster-Exceptional/dp/B086WPC14V/
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Dangerous-Men-Irregular-Warfare/dp/B095J93H5C/
https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-James-Kerr-audiobook/dp/B00FK500ZK/
https://www.themiloffice.com/

Nov 11, 2022 • 1h 13min
Mobile Forensics
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle are joined by special guest Jessica Hyde, and they discuss all things Mobile Forensics.
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Links:
https://www.hexordia.com/
https://dfirdiva.com/
https://thisweekin4n6.com/
https://www.13cubed.com/
https://aboutdfir.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-digital-forensics-discord-server/
https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/
https://www.youtube.com/c/DFIRScience
https://dfir.pubpub.org/pub/inkjsqrh/release/2
https://www.swgde.org/documents/published-complete-listing https://www.giac.org/podcasts/trust-me-im-certified/power-of-mind-over-matter-with-jessica-hyde/

Oct 31, 2022 • 54min
Digital Transformation, Software Dev and Factories, and VMware Tanzu
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich, and Kyle are joined by special guest Aaron Swain. They discuss what a Director of Digital Transformation does, software factories/software development, and the state of the software within the DoD.
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