E52 – Top Secret Offices
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Nooks co-founder and CEO Sean Blackman spills all thesecrets about what it takes to do classified business with the Pentagon. Nooks is a venture-backed startup founded in 2021 to solve amassive pain point: access to classified offices and networks to perform sensitive national security work. Nooks is attacking the problem in an innovative way called Classified-Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS), which is a subscription access to a nationwide network of classifiedworkspaces and IT. If you are in the defense industry—or even thinking about it—and there is even a sliver of a chance you will touch classified work, this episode is everything you need to know. Links • Sign up for the newsletter! • Support us on Patreon! • Nooks website • Nooks LinkedIn ---- Follow us on... • LinkedIn • Instagram • X • Facebook • Website ---- 00:00 00:46 intro 01:49 Nooks 02:52 origin story 09:49 name and logo 12:30 locations and spaces 13:30 location and the real value unlock 17:57 COVID 19:20 fractional labs 20:06 fundraising for a weird company 22:01 information disadvantage 23:33 myth of hiring security clearances 30:00 SCIF 34:09 mobile SCIF 39:23 touchpoints and impact 42:13 security in shared spaces 46:48 the real impact 47:36 magic wand - crystal ball 49:50 make the problem go away secrets, top secret, military, technology, tech, defense, national security, air force, navy, army, marine corps, usmc
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