Risk Roundup

Moshe Y. Vardi, a George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology at Rice University based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic: Efficiency Versus Resilience. Risk Roundup: Lessons From COVID 19 Lessons From COVID-19: Efficiency Versus Resilience The COVID-19 outbreak reminds us of the fragility of some of our most basic human-made systems. Since we witnessed the cascading collapse of entire food, manufacturing, production, and transportation systems, it forces us to evaluate the fundamentals on which we build systems—and to further understand where the vulnerabilities are and what needs to be tackled. Understanding Human Ecosystem While systems at all levels are struggling to absorb the shock generated by the ongoing pandemic, it is essential to evaluate the core concept on which we have built the systems and how they operate. It is important to understand that we are a part of a complex natural human ecosystem. In this ecosystem, we are continually reconfiguring human-made systems that in turn reconfigures natural systems and vice versa. The human-made systems range from technological, environmental, socio-political, and economic systems– and individually and collectively, they are always affecting us and our natural ecosystem. In such a complex integrated world, a world in which cyberspace has connected aquaspace, geospace, and space and individuals and entities across NGIOA, a small change in the natural or human-made ecosystem can be transmitted to the humans –and further amplified by the interconnectedness of the entire human ecosystem. This has enormous consequences beyond the time, place, and scale of the initial distress. As a result, there is a need to evaluate not only the natural ecosystem but also the human-made ecosystem and systems across nations to understand where the vulnerabilities are and what needs to be addressed. Understanding System Efficiency On the surface, being efficient makes us more in tune with our environment by not being unnecessarily wasteful. That is a strong appeal for many. However, there is a growing concern that focusing on efficiency alone leads to a reduction in resilience as risks are not understood and efforts are not made to resolve them. As seen over the years, in many cases, it has led to a decrease in resilience, the ability to deal with change and crisis—as we just witnessed in the COVID 19 outbreak. To evaluate this further, we need to think from a systems perspective—or preferably a species perspective. Because without understanding the overall system resilience, without considering a variety of complex, interconnected variables, it will not be possible to understand the connected, integrated system. According to Moshe, “first, we have to think about survival.” And in line with Moshe’s thinking, to move towards our collective path forward, we even need to move beyond system thinking to species thinking. Reactive Response Because jumping into action after every disaster, every crisis is costly and an inferior substitute for being prepared. As seen from pandemics to wildfires, from natural disasters to human-made disasters, the advances in technology have given us hope of developing early alert systems. However, in our society, nothing works without incentives. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate whether we have the right incentives for technology development. This is especially when the market will not do it—for instance, in developing technology to identify outbreaks or develop vaccines! Covid-19 has shown us how subjective and reactive is our approach to the pandemic and its implications across nations, how the cultural factors such as trust in institutions are declining, and how our willingness to follow their advice and instructions is shaking. Since the sentiment of belonging to a community or the type of nation can influence how any disaster unfolds, it highly concerns as to how COVID-19 has evolved. We must evaluate: What are the most critical lessons that health care systems around the world can take away from this crisis?What did the shock of COVID 19 teach us so far in how we have built the systems over the years?Has focusing on efficiency sideline the much-needed resilience effort?Is nature telling us to focus on resiliency?How do natural systems build resilience?How can humans harness the lessons from the natural systems to pandemics?Has the relentless pursuit of efficiency made the global economic system more vulnerable to shocks?How do we define a system resilience approach? We approach systems and organizations to operate through a mindset of anticipation and prevention and resilience. Resilience is the capacity of a system to absorb any disturbance. It is a need of time as it can reorganize while changing to retain practically still the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks. The time is now to have resilience thinking in our systems and species. The time is now to understand the “Lessons of the COVID 19 Pandemic”. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Moshe Y. Vardi, a University Professor and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology at Rice University based in the United States. He is the author and co-author of over 650 papers, as well as two books.  He is the recipient of several scientific awards, is a fellow of several societies, and a member of several honorary academies. He holds seven honorary doctorates. He is a Senior Editor of Communications of the ACM, the premier publication in computing, focusing on the societal impact of information technology. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC, host of influential Risk Roundup Podcast/Vodcast, an award-winning Scientist, and a Futurist passionate about protecting the Future of Humanity.It is this passion and dedication to protecting the collective future that has taken Dr. Pandya on a journey to understand the security language of the universe. Her quest for a security algorithm is driving her involvement in a wide range of research to understand not only the core mechanisms by which the cosmos operates but also where the existential risks emerge for the human species. Her research across many domains has contributed to more than 100 publications and is pursued to provide security solutions for the future of humanity. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. Her upcoming books are on Pandemics and Artificial Intelligence. About Risk Roundup Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus on our collective security–and what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post COVID-19 Pandemic: Efficiency Versus Resilience appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. (Dr.) Alfredo Toro Hardy, a Venezuelan Retired Diplomat, Scholar, and Author of the book, “China Versus The US: Who Will Prevail,” participate in Risk Roundup to discuss “The Coming Conflict With China”. The Coming Conflict With China The Coming Conflict With China Progress in science and technology means that there are substantial opportunities for solving complex problems facing humanity. Since we are on the cusp of fundamental technological transformation that has the potential to reshape our way of life, it is crucial to understand whether technology alone will shape our future and define the global order. Technology trends historically reshape geopolitics. Trust is the foundation of global leadership and order. Since most geopolitical conflicts that are happening in the world today perhaps revolves around emerging technologies, the trust in technology plays a vital role in global affairs. Since trust is the foundation of global leadership, even technological leadership, as China exhibits a much more assertive and confrontational geopolitical stance, the world today stands on the brink of the coming conflict with China. As a result, it is crucial to evaluate the causes and consequences of emerging conflict with China. The Geopolitics of Technology Each nation currently stands on the verge of the most turbulent and transformative period in all human history. The rapidly emerging technological convergence is about to create a technological tsunami. Now when we examine the relationship between technology and geopolitics, it helps us understand how the rapid advancements in existing and emerging technologies will define the way nations interact, within, between, and across its boundaries. This will not only fundamentally change the global dynamics of human lives, but will also reshape geopolitics. The implications will be by far much more complex and much more significant than any security risks we currently face. It is crucial to evaluate: What will define the geopolitics of this century?What is the relationship between technology trends and the emerging China conflict?Is China prepared to take advantage of the disruptive forces of the technology tsunami coming their way?Since the most compelling geopolitical story today revolves around China, what are conventional assumptions about the future of geopolitics that are being challenged by the China conflict?Should China have challenged the United States?What has led the decades of US-China synergy on the brink of collapse?What are the internal challenges facing China that will impact its global influence? There is no doubt that nations’ digital trust, transparency, and preparedness will define the geopolitical trajectory of this century. Since Strategic Security is ensuring that the future of humanity is secure from intentional and unintentional security events and incidents, it is time we begin a discussion on the security risks that are emerging today that will impact the coming tomorrow. The time is now to understand the “Coming Conflict with China” and its implications for the future of humanity. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Alfredo Toro Hardy, Ph.D., is a retired Venezuelan diplomat, scholar, and author.  He has a Ph.D. in International Relations and several master’s and postgraduate degrees. Before resigning from the Venezuelan Foreign Service, he served as Ambassador to the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Singapore, Chile, and Ireland. He directed the Diplomatic Academy of his country as well as other Venezuelan academic institutions while being Visiting Professor at several universities abroad, including Princeton. He is a Fulbright Scholar and a two-time Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Resident Scholar. He is also an author of twenty books and co-author of fifteen more; he has also published thirty peer-reviewed papers, all of them on international affairs. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology and security is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC, host of influential Risk Roundup Podcast/Vodcast, an award-winning Scientist, and a Futurist passionate about protecting the Future of Humanity.It is this passion and dedication to protecting the collective future that has taken Dr. Pandya on a journey to understand the language of the universe. Her quest for a security algorithm is driving her involvement in a wide range of research to understand not only the core mechanisms by which the cosmos operates but also where the existential risks emerge for the human species. Her research across many domains has contributed to more than 100 publications and is pursued to provide security solutions for the future of humanity. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. Her upcoming books are on Pandemics and Artificial Intelligence. About Risk Roundup Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus on our collective security–and what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Coming Conflict With China appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay, the author of the book, Nanobrain and currently a Senior Scientist of the Advanced Key Technologies Division (AKED) in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Ibaraki, Japan participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Universal Geometric Language. Risk Roundup: Universal Geometric Language Universal Geometric Language Since geometries & their reciprocal mathematical ratios are evident in the human ecosystem, in the human body, and all life forms, they are now beginning to be used to understand the natural and human-made universe. For instance, while geometry is used for sketching to calculating distances, and the concepts are used for creating animations, video games, music, architecture, art, weather patterns, and more, there is more to geometry than just measuring and mapping. It is the language of the universe. As a result, geometry and geometric algebra are becoming the subject of intense interest and evaluation. The emerging advances in our understanding of geometry and its integration with the language of primes is being conceived as the language of the universe that will likely help us to create a new theory of everything. Since we sit at the dawn of a new era, on the brink of an epic shift toward a universal geometric language, a geometric musical language that will put us on a path to many possible futures, the choices we make now, what we bring to the natural and human-made world at this moment will become the creative force that materializes our new collective security for humanity. Is There A Need To Move Beyond Current Information Concepts? From thousands of human tribal languages to numerous machine languages and machine learning languages, languages have evolved in all different forms. While different human-spoken languages have worked over the years, as we begin to explore the universe beyond the human ecosystem, perhaps there is a need for a universal language that is understood by both humans, machines, and the environment. As a result, there is a need to look beyond our current information concepts that have been the basis of the digital age. While many ancient texts describe a state of humanity in which initially only one language was spoken, and which was referred to a means of communication said to be understood by all living things, as we move towards creating another intelligent species, it is crucial to evaluate what information concepts are essential to building further. Perhaps at the core is the need to assess if there is a way to create a universal language that can be understood by everyone, both man and machine, and all living beings and the environment. So, the question is whether geometry can be the language of universality? And if yes, what will the universal geometric language be based on? Understanding “Information” And “Information Theory” According to the book, Nanobrain, “the universe is not just participatory; both the observer and the environment are part of information content. Thus, the information is geometric”. That brings some critical questions: If the information is an infinite network of geometric shapes; do we have the necessary tools to understand how the network of geometric shapes operates?  Do we know how to apply the understanding of the geometric shapes and build a universal language that can be understood by both humans and machines?In a language where information is an assembly of the geometric shapes, what will be the future of technology?How will it shape our coming tomorrow? It seems “information” is universal in all processes, natural and artificial. Since mathematical models can define all processes and math is a universal language due to the universality of its principles and foundations, geometry is also common to everyone. Now, information processing in humans, all living beings, and machines are essential aspects of dynamic systems that are influenced by the interactive environment. So, as we build other intelligent species and begin to explore beyond the human ecosystem, it is fundamental to evaluate the basic features of information in nature in a language that is understood by everyone. While over the years, we have focused on the “information” concerning human-to-human transactions, the concept has advanced with the rise of “machines.” It is not just the development of mathematical logic, but the development of technology and our desire to explore beyond the human ecosystem that is forcing us to evaluate the very fundamentals of “information” and the language of information in nature. At the moment, information is purely an abstract concept. While the theory of information, as described in the paper “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” published by Claude Shannon, is still the basis of the “information” concept, the fundamentals of computing have pushed the information theory much further. From what is known today, all living beings are information processing systems. All information is connected. There is no discrete piece of information. Information can be interpreted in many different ways. It can be a message; it can be the meaning of a message, or the effect of a message. Information can also be the knowledge itself and a process in itself. Information in itself is also an entity. There is more information inside any information. Information can have a different meaning in different environments. Information also emerges from silence when no question is asked or answered. Information can take various forms at different times. The information chain does not get broken. Furthermore, according to the book, Nanobrain, the unit of information in nature is an event.   While the “time” in the universe is believed to be real, it is crucial to evaluate whether the events in the universe also be written linearly? While the current school of thought believes that events in the universe can be rewritten linearly, considering the alternative that the universe builds events within and above as geometric shapes, is there a need for a new form of information processing and processors? Perhaps a new form of information processing is essential. The reason is, the foundation of the current “information theory,” according to the book, Nanobrain is based on the basic principle that every single event happening in nature could be explained as a sequence of the most straightforward event, switching between “yes” and “no.” Except for a line, this principle rejects all other geometries that could connect the events.  Is this a sustainable approach on which we can build beyond the human ecosystem? A New Approach Based On The Language Of Primes In the new approach proposed in the book Nanobrain, all possible connecting geometries are allowed for every single event. Moreover, each corner of a geometric shape is considered as an independent event. Furthermore, an event, in reality, could get redefined by a mere change in geometry since a single thread of events connects the corners of multiple imaginary worlds. So, the question that needs to be evaluated is, whether it is better to see a triangle or read 100001010101010000000? Since we need a decoder to read the numbers, do these sets of letters make sense to build the systems beyond the human ecosystem?  Or would it make sense to have a language that has an inbuilt decoder? It seems “The Language of Primes,” as proposed by the book, Nanobrain, helps us understand the way the universe defines and unfolds events. The proposed idea to change the way the universe defines and reveals events as changing geometric shapes sheds light on different contradictions of scientific research. According to Anirban, the philosophical perspective completes when mathematically the metric of the prime model is extrapolated to engineer more powerful conscious machines than humans. Similar to the English language that has 26 letters, in the proposed Universal Geometric Language, fifteen primes are the 15 letters of Geometric Musical Language (GML). That brings us to essential questions: What does the prime based geometric universe look like?Is it possible to develop a mathematical tool to analyze the human world within and above? The Language Of Primes While the machine code (or object code), machine language, a collection of binary digits, or bits that the computer reads and interprets has been the only language a computer was capable of understanding, it seems we may be on the cusp of a fundamental transformation. Advances are emerging that bring the much-needed potential for the universality of man-machine language. The language of primes is conceived as the language of the universe. The integration of geometry and primes will perhaps help to create a new theory of everything. Based on the book, Nanobrain, “Earlier, for a century, facts were important; now we build a geometry of confusion, split confusion, and the journey ends in facts. The marriage of geometry and primes helps to create a new theory of everything”. It seems the universe has so many different forms of information signals from living and non-living; at this point, we have no idea how they are connected to each other. So, if we imagine that all living and non-living signals are connected to each other, then it is perhaps possible to build an information protocol to map intricately connected signals of both living and non-living, of man and machines of varying wide ranges of time scales in a singular architecture of the time. Supposedly, every single interaction follows a language. If one takes only the first 15 primes, 99.99% of all integers could be created. So, the question is, why not use primes like letters of a language? Since primes are original to this universe and do not repeat, in an infinite series, events grow within and above without any repetition of symmetries. A pattern of input events could change its architecture following the metric forever and continue to build and predict the future of humanity beyond cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. It is time to begin a discussion on the language of primes as the language of the universe! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay is the author of the book, Nanobrain. He is currently a Senior Scientist of the Advanced Key Technologies Division (AKED) in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Ibaraki, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in 2005, joined as an ICYS research fellow, permanent faculty of NIMS, visiting scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, 2013–2014. He has been recognized with multiple awards, built the International institute of invincible rhythms (IIIR), in 2016 (www.iioir.org) in Shimla, India. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort through the Risk Roundup initiative is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus on our collective security. And what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Universal Geometric Language appeared first on Risk Group.

Steven Sprague, the CEO of Rivetz Corp., a Director at Wave Systems Corp and an industry evangelist for the application of trusted computing technology, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Need for a New Approach to Machine Identity.” Risk Roundup: Need for a New Approach to Machine Identity Is There A Need For A New Approach To Machine Identity? Since we have created cyberspace and have connected machines of all different sizes and shapes through the internet, ensuring the integrity of its access became a priority a long time back. So, there is no surprise that, over the years, billions of dollars were spent on identity and access management for cyberspace.  But surprisingly, almost all this money has been spent on protecting the digital identities of humans and not the digital identity of machines—when it is the machines that are connected to cyberspace. This is a cause of great concern since the security of the digital age; cyberspace relies on the security of a network of machines—both physical and digital machines. Now, since the meaning and definition of a machine is undergoing radical changes, and now includes a wide-ranging physical and virtual device, hardware and software —smart computers to virtual servers, growing number of applications to algorithms, blockchain to an internet of things, and intelligent containers that run microservices and more—the number of connected physical and virtual machines is growing exponentially. As a result, there is a need to focus on the approach to machine identity and evaluate its effectiveness for machine authentication. The Changing Definition of Machines The definition and design of the machine are undergoing radical changes. Machines that give humans enhanced capability now include a wide range of physical and virtual hardware and software of all shapes and sizes. As a result, with the connected smart machines, software, virtual servers, applications, algorithms, blockchain, internet of things, and intelligent containers that run microservices, the changing definition, design, and nature of machines have begun to create complex security challenges. Furthermore, organizations that were managing a limited number of machines over the years are now trying to manage millions of machines today. And these numbers are expected to grow further for not only organizations but also individuals when it comes to both physical and virtual machines in the coming years. So, as the number of machines increases for individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia, so does the need for a number of corresponding machine identities and authentication needs. This exponential growth of machines and machine identity complicates the already complex challenge of maintaining effective, machine identity protection processes and protocols. As a result, it is crucial to understand what the key trends for machine identity complexities are, and where there is a need for innovation in tools, technology, and processes. The Changing Network Digital networks are evolving rapidly. The Internet of Things (IoT) is fundamentally changing the physical network of machines that are connected to the internet. Also, the exploding digital devices, machines that perform many different roles in the changing cyberspace is exploding as well. They no longer originate from within the nation; the connected machines—both physical and digital come from anywhere in the world. Since many of the machines are unknown to the network, it is no longer possible to know all the connected machines. This adds to the complexity of the rapidly changing digital networks. It is not only the 5G devices or IoT devices that are a cause of concern, but any mobile device that is being used to connect to the social media or commercial sites to devices that come with diverse software and algorithms also adds to the growing complexity of machine identity. The reality is that when there is a broad range of machines that are already being deployed for homes and hospitals, and for both personal and professional use across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space, there is at the moment no way of knowing the identity of all those physical and virtual machines. Beyond Human Identity It is time to move beyond human identity. The reason is all these years, the focus has been mainly on human identity and authentication. While humans explore cyberspace, it is the network of machines that make cyberspace and needs to be the focus of authentication. While we have moved from usernames to passwords to password-less biometric tools and more for human identity, substantial interest and investments are still being made for the digital identity and access management of humans when it comes to accessing cyberspace. It is essential to understand that when cyberspace has connected aquaspace, geospace, and space, and even though the global economy is now digital and depends on secure communication between connected machines, there is still not much focus on protecting machine identities to the necessary extent. This is especially a cause for concern when the machine could be from any part of the world. The reality remains that when we are online, we still rely on human identity and authentication tools and not machine identity and authentication tools. Now, when online, connected machines also need to authenticate themselves to other connected machines for performing the tasks, we assign to the machines. The question is whether the process is effective in how we validate connected machines and how those machines authenticate to other connected machines. When the digital economy hinges on secure communications between machines, and our very survival and security depends on it, it is time we focus on machines. It is crucial to understand that machines also have digital identities, and currently, they rely on cryptographic keys and digital certificates that serve as machine identities tools. The question is whether all the connected machines’ identity goes through proper identification and authentication protocols and whether the process works. From what it seems, the journey of protecting machine identities that began decades ago needs to evolve further. It is, therefore, essential to evaluate: How are organizations keeping track of machine identities today?How are organizations ensuring the integrity of the machine identity?How should organizations build machine identity protection processes?What are the essential components to ensuring machine identity and securing the machine to machine communication?How are machines used to enable all kinds of digital communications, and how these machine identities are authenticated and managed?How do machine identities contribute to the encryption strategy?Do digital certificates work?What is essential to protect the growing number of machine identities that the cyberspace infrastructure requires?What is the purpose of machine identity?Where do we need to innovate?Is there a need for a new approach to machine identity? Integrity Of Data From Unknown Devices At the center of the growing machine identity complexities and concerns is the integrity of digital data that is being collected and processed. The reason is the quality of devices producing and processing data is crucial for its integrity and authenticity. Amidst the network of unknown devices connected to cyberspace growing exponentially, and the manual processes to manage the machine identity being proving ineffective, it is becoming difficult to know whether the data the digital age depends on comes from a device it was supposed to come from, or a device that was replicated, cloned or manipulated.   Since the purpose of machine identity is to establish the integrity of data, it is time to discuss the need for enhancing the machine identity. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Steven Sprague is the CEO of Rivetz Corp. He is also a director at Wave Systems Corp. and one of the principal industry evangelists for the application of trusted computing technology. Steven served as President and CEO for 14 years at Wave before transitioning to the board of directors. A popular speaker on cybersecurity and trusted computing, Steven has a strong technical foundation in the principles, capabilities, and business models of incorporating trusted hardware into everyday computing and is skilled at translating these concepts into layman’s terms. Steven has a passion for making trusted computing’s best-in-class security solutions accessible, understandable, and easy to use. Over the years, he has helped some of the world’s largest enterprises secure their data and digital networks. He was influential in the development and application of the self-encrypting drive industry standards, supporting the technology early and leading the commercialization of drive management and recovery capabilities. During his tenure at Wave, over 130 million copies of licensed software were delivered globally through multiple PC OEM partners, and the United States and European governments took clear strides to standardize the use of trusted computing. Steven holds several patents and continues to push for market adoption of industry standards-based security. Steven graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He enjoys farming in Western Massachusetts with his wife, two daughters, and a few too many horses.  About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort through the Risk Roundup initiative is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus on our collective security. And what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Is There A Need For A New Approach To Machine Identity? appeared first on Risk Group.

Paul Orlando, the Founder of Startups Unplugged, an Incubator Director, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California based in the United States participate in Risk Roundup to discuss “Autonomous Vehicles Risks.” Risk Roundup: Understanding Autonomous Vehicles Risks Autonomous Vehicles Risks Fueled by big data, artificial intelligence-driven autonomy, is rapidly becoming a powerful tool to transform industries fundamentally. Autonomy, the power of self-governance, which is the ability to act independently of direct human control and in unplanned conditions, brings the transformative potential for industries. As it gets applied to the automotive industry, artificial intelligence driven autonomy is driving innovations and revolutionizing the industry. The emerging potential is enabling entirely new intelligence and automation capabilities to transform the industry fundamentally. While the possibility of autonomous vehicles brings with it many benefits, we will likely see many risks, intended and unintended consequences in the coming years. Intended and Unintended Consequences When machines, systems, or software can learn to perform tasks without human direction or supervision, they can manifest themselves as autonomous machines or systems.  Irrespective of robotic systems, autonomous cars, or bots, when they are beginning to be released into the world unsupervised and begin to accomplish things that were not defined by the developers and are not foreseen by their human designers or owners, it becomes essential that we understand the complex challenges coming our way. It is necessary to understand the intended and unintended consequences: What risks are emerging for which the designers of autonomous vehicles are prepared for and are not prepared for?What challenges will the industry face in expanding the application of autonomous systems?How do we know what biases and errors are becoming a part of the autonomous machine decision making process?What are the risks? How are these risks being managed, and how can they be?How can we ensure autonomous system/machine/software safety and security?Is there a way to tie human responsibility to machine responsibility?How should we govern the risks of intended and unintended consequences?How should we control the unknown’s unknowns?What questions these autonomous systems bring for the future of humanity that we need to be mindful about? Intelligent machines are teaching themselves new strategies and a new way of doing things. Not only that, on their own, but they have also begun to look for new data to analyze independently further. As a result, humans are beginning to lose control. The reality is that autonomous systems, machines, and software are no longer open to questions or scrutiny by humans and are not understandable. The advent of these systems/machines/software that can function increasingly independently of humans and can execute tasks that would require human-level intelligence warrants special attention. As these systems/machines/software give rise to a range of essential and hard moral questions, we must evaluate the growing concerns about managing the rapidly emerging security risks. Values and Ethics With the growing concerns about the autonomy of these systems/machines/software and their associated risks, it is crucial to discuss how to embed human values and ethics in them. It is vital that we first collectively agree as to what human values we can live with ourselves and in our intelligent machines. That would help us understand how to implement them effectively in them.   While we still try to grapple with human autonomy, we must begin to evaluate the risk and rewards of machine autonomy. While human autonomy gives us to a large extent capacity to legislate for ourselves, to formulate, think and choose norms, rules, and laws for ourselves to follow as long as they do not hurt others, it is critical to evaluate whether we want to encompass similar rights to be free to machines/systems/software and to let them set one’s standards and choose one’s own goals and purposes in life. To protect the future of humanity, we, humans ought to be able to determine which values and ethics are embedded in autonomous systems/machines/software. No matter how intelligent these systems, software, or machines are or how powerful they are, this cannot be left to machines.  It is time to define how to embed the value and ethics in autonomous systems/machines/software.   For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Paul Orlando has founded and built startup accelerators in Hong Kong, Rome, and Los Angeles. He also teaches business growth at the University of Southern California and advises corporations on product innovation and rapid experimentation. Paul has degrees from Cornell and Columbia and was a winner at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. He studies and writes about unintended consequences in tech and business. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort through the Risk Roundup initiative is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus on our collective security. And what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Understanding Autonomous Vehicles Risks appeared first on Risk Group.

Mark Montgomery, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of KYield, Inc.; an AI pioneer and the Inventor of the patented AI system that serves as the foundation for the Kyield OS: “Modular System for Optimizing Knowledge Yield in the Digital Workplace,” and the patent-pending ‘The Synthetic Genius Machine,’ participate in Risk Roundup to discuss whether “AI Should Be Considered As A Human Virtual Brain Or Another Species With Legal Rights Like Humans?” Introduction As we move towards developing AI systems with the potential to create their own subsystems, products, the question emerges as to how we should define AI identity. Many have suggested we define an AI system as a distinct brain, a legal entity in itself, another species not connected to humans. We propose, however, that AI developers should shape AI systems (and their identity) based on the cephalopod octopus, where separate brains are interconnected within one system. As seen, octopuses have evolved with large nervous systems and great cognitive complexity. They are probably the closest we have to an intelligent alien species, which uses and implements a distributed, decentralized, and interconnected brain system. We propose that AI development should consider an AI system as simply an extension of the human brain, interconnected yet not fundamentally distinct. With respect to security implications for the future of humanity, this approach has significant advantages over legal identities for AI. The Emerging AI Systems What we humans have been doing all these years, AI has begun to do as well. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems bring the potential to generate enormous economic value by giving rise to entirely new products and services. These products include not only various musical compositions, art pieces, a variety of writings, and new services, but also algorithms and potentially patentable inventions. As a result, it is increasingly becoming essential for us to differentiate whether those IP rights belong to the human innovators that have developed the algorithms in the first place or whether the rights belong to the AI system that evolved and is now producing their own subsystems and IP. It is important to note that some nations have already begun a debate on the issue of non-human authorship and inventorship, which is at the core to acknowledge AI systems as another species. We at Risk Group believe that AI systems should be considered just an extension of humans—in the form of a virtual human brain that is interconnected with the human brain. Thus, any IP emerging from the AI system should belong to the human behind the AI. Is the AI system a legal entity with a right to ownership? As we begin to evaluate whether AI should be treated as an extension of a connected human brain or a separate brain, a legal entity with a right to ownership, it is vital to understand the broader implications of recognizing AI as a legal entity or as another intelligent species. We must, therefore, begin to evaluate whether AI should be considered as a connected human brain or another species with legal rights like humans. Historically, human courts award ownership rights to humans: artists or inventors who drive the creation of the work. But, shouldn’t AI “creativity” or the brain of an AI system simply be viewed as an extension of the human biological brain? We believe that the ownership of the AI IP should belong to the human creator of the AI. Indeed, it is the human who invested the time, energy, and creativity in creating the AI tool, which is simply a virtual human brain that is connected to the biological human brain. While there are going to be numerous criticisms to what we are proposing, it is crucial to understand that recognizing AI as another intelligent species brings critical security risks for the future of humanity because at the core will be the issue of existential risks for our species. So, we propose to define the AI system as merely a “virtual human brain” that is interconnected with the biological human brain. Additionally, it is important to understand that in the coming years, we may develop more “brains” for ourselves, and they all should be connected with the biological human brain as well. Virtual Human Brain: AI System’s Connected Human Identity Irrespective of what or who one is, it is essential to have an identity. As seen across nations, humans have always been deeply driven by their sense of identity, by who they are, and by who they belong to. Now, as we expand beyond human intelligence to make room for artificial intelligence, there is a need to establish a connected human identity for the AI systems rather than going on a path to define it as another intelligent species. The reason behind this is quite simple: every form of intelligence needs a sense of identity. If the thought of connected human identity is embedded early on in the existence of an intelligent AI system, right when development begins, it will perhaps help the AI system distinguish themselves as an integral part of humans — a virtual human brain that is connected to the biological human brain. This sense of belonging for artificial intelligence systems can provide the necessary anchorage to being a part of a human. Failure to do this could lead to a situation where an AI system believes that it is a separate being or a distinct, intelligent species that needs its own rights, viewing humans as a threat. We humans often categorize ourselves in terms of our ethnicity or communities, finding it beneficial to live in groups or tribes. The fear of rejection from our tribes, ethnic groups, or communities with which we identify ourselves serves as a powerful force to check our behavior and regulate society. The very thought of losing community backing is enough to discourage many from doing anything against a society’s basic rules and principles. Even today, when humans still define themselves by their ethnic/community membership, should we not use this understanding to safeguard our AI future? If we can instill that feeling of belonging to the human tribe in AI systems, we may have a better chance of preventing AI systems from going off script and hurting humanity. As we move forward, it is clear that we must start to rethink what artificial intelligence systems broadly mean to humans and what their structural role is to be. It is time to evaluate whether we should consider AI as a virtual human brain that is connected to the biological human brain. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Mark Montgomery is the founder, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of KYield, Inc. He is the Inventor of the now patented AI system that serves as the foundation for the Kyield OS: ‘Modular System for Optimizing Knowledge Yield in the Digital Workplace. He is also the Inventor of the more recent patent-pending ‘the synthetic genius machine.’ Mr. Montgomery created a knowledge system (“KS”) lab in the 1990s and retrained in software development and network engineering, becoming proficient in object-oriented programming and multiple languages, then progressed to analytics, search, and artificial intelligence. He designed, built, and operated a data center and numerous networks from scratch. In 1997 and 1998, Mr. Montgomery first conceived the theorem “yield management of knowledge” in his KS lab while operating Global Web Interactive Network (GWIN). In 2002, Mr. Montgomery founded Initium Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, which he led until 2009. During his tenure as managing partner for Initium Capital, he reviewed thousands of technologies and business plans, worked with many entrepreneurs, researchers and universities, and served as a panelist at national tech transfer conferences, entrepreneur groups, and universities. In 2004, he attended Thunderbird School of Global Management’s 12-week executive program, where he received certification as a global business leader. He also served as a business plan judge for Thunderbird Master of Business Administration students in 2004 and 2005.After relocating to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mr. Montgomery was a frequent visitor and invited guest at the Santa Fe Institute, participating in presentations from scientists around the world in discussing and evaluating emerging research. His articles have been published in books, journals, AltAssets, Wired, Computerworld, The Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe New Mexican, and Enterprise Viewpoint. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Through the Risk Roundup initiative, Risk Group is on a mission to talk with a billion people: innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs, futurists, technologists, policymakers, to decision-makers. The reason behind this effort through the Risk Roundup initiative is to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks facing humanity. This collective intelligence effort is essential to understand where we need to focus for our collective security. And what destructive forces we need to be mindful about. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Should AI Be Considered As A Virtual Human Brain Or Another Species With Legal Rights Like Humans? appeared first on Risk Group.

Jeff Roberts, Founder of Innovation Vista-based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Road Map to Digital Transformation. Risk Roundup: Road Map To Digital Transformation Road Map to Digital Transformation While the digital age has been upon us, the COVID 19 pandemic has accelerated the need for digital transformation. The ongoing pandemic has revealed how vulnerable each organization is and how digital technologies and infrastructure are becoming a survival necessity. Digital technologies and infrastructure have become fundamental to organizations’ survival, security, and sustainability. And to be operational, the only option for organizations is to accelerate the digital transformation and disrupt their traditional organization structures, processes, and systems. The reason behind that is the status quo cannot continue. The need to undergo significant change to fully integrate digital technologies into all aspects of organizations has become crucial.  As a result, it has become fundamental to understand not only the road to digital transformation but the barriers to it as well. Imagining New Ways Organizations need to be alert, adjust, adapt, and create new opportunities for themselves for their very survival and security. They need to begin imagining new ways. But first and foremost, they need to forget old ways of thinking and operations to imagine how digital technology and infrastructure can help them define and design new ways of doing things. Once the necessary digitalization is established, it is also essential to evaluate if there is a need for new technologies and digital infrastructure to compete effectively and overtake competitors. The reality is that imagining new ways has become fundamental for survival and security. It is time every organization begins to carefully walk the path towards digitalization and form a specific strategy to manage its COVID 19 risks and rewards. Digital Transformation The coming digital transformation will impact all aspects of organizations lives. Even before COVID 19 pandemic hit us, most organizations acknowledged the need to go digital. They also acknowledged that their business models need to change, given the dawn of the digital age and the rapid road to digitalization. It is essential to understand what is different today as we define the roadmap for digital transformation that we would not have thought about pre-COVID 19. The most crucial variable is that digital technologies are contested commons. Everyone has access to it. So, for any entity to get ahead of their competitors using the technologies that everyone has access to does not allow them any inherent advantage. So, how do they differentiate and gain a competitive advantage? The reality remains that any success in the digital transformation is not at all about technology; it is about the strategy that is at the heart of the digital transformation. So, the question is: How should organizations chart digital transformation?How should organizations create a digital strategy that transforms effectively into a digital age? Digital transformation is more about people, and it is the people: and its ability to adjust, adapt, and innovate, that is, and will be the most critical pieces in the COVID-19 digital transformation puzzle. Complex Challenges Amidst ongoing COVID 19 pandemics, it is crucial to evaluate what obstacles organizations will face as they try to go for digital transformation. From a lack of strategy and competing priorities, it seems several obstacles stand in the way of digital maturity. While most organizations face challenges with defining effective strategy, there are also many that face security issues. There is a hope that digitalization can help extend the survival and security of organizations in the COVID 19 era. Also, it will give organizations the ability for the development of new products and services to not only maintain their operation but also reach new markets. However, the potential of the disproportionate rate of digital technology adaptation by organizations within and across nations will most certainly create complex challenges for the sustainable supply chain. It is, therefore, vital to keep an eye on where the complex problems are emerging for our very survival. As the digital transformation is becoming the ultimate challenge of our time, it is expected to impact not only the current structures, models, systems, and their strategic positioning but everything about the human ecosystem. The question is whether we are up to the challenge of walking on the road to digital transformation. It is time to evaluate where the power of digital transformation strategy lies and define the roadmap! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Jeff Roberts is the Founder of Innovation Vista, an IT Strategy consultancy. As a five-time CIO of midsize companies, both public and private, Jeff has deep experience with all aspects of modern IT. Over 2+ decades in IT Leadership, Jeff has achieved $1B+ revenue from IT initiatives, transformed multiple IT departments into profit centers, and was a finalist for the Enterprise CIO of the Year award.  At Innovation Vista, he and his team of former C-level experts leverage his proprietary Innovation framework to drive top-line impact for midsize clients, helping them Stabilize, Rationalize, and Monetize their IT investments for revenue and market share. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Road Map To Digital Transformation appeared first on Risk Group.

Natty Gur, Founder of Galaxies, a management consulting organization based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “How Businesses Are Adjusting to COVID-19 Complexities”. Risk Roundup: How Are Businesses Adjusting To COVID-19 Complexities? How Are Businesses Adjusting To COVID-19 Complexities? The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the world. The resulting growing complexity has become a new constant in our individual and collective lives. While the blame game is ongoing, the reality remains that we need to protect ourselves, our businesses, industries, and nations from what has hit us and continues to strike us. As we begin to evaluate the impact at all levels, it is not only the individuals that are visibly impacted and should be a focus; the challenges seem to be getting more complicated for entities across nations: its governments, industries, organizations, and academia as well. And these growing complexities are mainly due to the interconnectedness and interdependencies of our systems at all levels. So, as the risks of cascading failures begin to become a reality, it is essential to evaluate how businesses are adjusting to the growing COVID-19 complexities. The Complexity of COVID-19 System When everyone and everything is connected across nations, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the interacting systems and subsystems is very complicated. From the healthcare system, the financial system, the transportation system, the education system, the communications system, the political system, the legal system, and so on, each system is made of numerous organizations that are further made of many individuals.  All these interconnected layers of systems and subsystems are in itself complex and make the systems at the national and global levels more complex. It is, therefore, crucial to understand how all these interacting systems work in parallel on time to address the complex systemic issues that each nation faces when events like pandemics hit the countries. It is essential to understand that the entire human society, nations, and the COVID-19 pandemic are all complex adaptive systems. What this means is that everything is interconnected and interdependent, and everyone and everything in the respective system needs to adapt effectively to their ever-changing environments. Since nations are built on complex systems and COVID-19 invasion in humans is in itself complex, there is a need to lean on not only the experiences of the previous pandemics but also in how the past persistent problems that have long plagued our nations and society were solved. Since managing the health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is in itself an enormous challenge, it is vital to understand how businesses are responding to the complexity of COVID-19 impact to its most valuable assets, the human resources. Furthermore, it is crucial to evaluate how businesses are adapting to the growing supply chain issues, financial impact, survival, and security, and more. Adaptation is Key to COVID 19 Complexities The impact of COVID-19 complexities that give rise to system-wide challenges seems to be complex, forceful, and multidimensional. In this period of high uncertainty, businesses need to perhaps prioritize adaptability over efficiency, survival overgrowth, and experimentation over mandates and focus on facilitating innovation and the free flow of information and resources to manage the complexity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. That brings us to some important questions: What is the key to COVID-19 complexities? Is it an adaptation?If it is, what does it mean for businesses to focus on adaptation as they deal with the impact of COVID-19? It is essential to understand that there is a tradeoff between adaptability and efficiency. So, how can businesses adapt to the impact of COVID-19 while trying to maintain efficiency, competitiveness, survival, and security? To successfully adapt to a variety of COVID-19 challenges, businesses need to strategize a range of responses that helps them adapt to the impact. It is a well-known fact that when problems are few, centralized systems work well. However, when the challenges are complex and ever-changing, like with COVID-19, distributed systems perhaps will work better in uncertain and dynamic environments.   What does this mean for businesses today? What it means is that there is a connection between all systems and the flow of information and resources between the entire supply chain. Because information and resources are widely distributed across the whole business supply chain, they can adapt more quickly when the information flow between all the connecting nodes is secure and readily accessible. Digitization and digitalization is no longer an option. Just as the nation’s collective intelligence is most significant when there are lots of specialized subsystems with secure connections within and among them, businesses are strong when all its interconnected points are safe and secure, visible, and traceable, and whether there is a free flow of information available. Since strong and secure connections are the lifeblood of collective intelligence and adaptation, if the information flow breaks for businesses, it has cascading failures. So, the question is: What can businesses do for the coming tomorrow to prevent any such failure?How can businesses help weaken the impact of COVID 19?What are the best ways to accomplish adapting to complex objectives?What are the most cost-effective ways to protect the economy from cascading failures? The COVID-19 pandemic presents society with conflicting prospects for cascading failures and success. If organizations do nothing, there will be cascading failures across the economy. However, if they strategize well, we will see a great transformation. Do-it-yourself to Decentralized Response It seems that we cannot solve a complex problem like COVID-19 with a silo and a solely centralized response. It is time to evaluate whether society or businesses should strictly follow centralized guidance or allow collective intelligence and contribution to better face the impact of COVID 19. Just as it would be a mistake to put all of the nation’s resources behind a single preventive or therapeutic treatment for COVID 19, it would also be a mistake to impose a centralized, one-size-fits-all strategy and policies for facing the impact of COVID 19 by businesses. The reason is, if the business policies and direction are mandated and prove to be ineffective, they will make matters worse. It is not just the failure of businesses, everyone involved suffers and further triggers cascading collapse for nations systems. So, what should be the approach? When businesses are faced with a complex and uncertain environment, it is time to focus on decentralized, adaptive, and distributed responses. That means we should perhaps let everyone try a different approach so we can quickly discover the best ones and implement them more broadly to protect not only our businesses, our nations, but the entire human civilization. That means we should allow more do-it-yourselfers to come up with creative ideas to solve the complex challenge brought on by the COVID 19 pandemic. By promoting do it yourself movement to decentralization, we will not only be able to adapt to the complexities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic; but we will also be able to weather the economic and national security challenges. It is time we adapt and move forward! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Natty Gur is the founder of Galaxies. He is a thought leader and practitioner of better ways to organize and motivate people while managing organizations. Natty is a keen believer in self-managed teams based on non-deterministic management principles. He is a supporter of decentralized, distributed, and autonomous organizations. Natty has 17 years of experience running different sizes of organizations and groups. He serves as an executive leader of technological organizations and provides value by focusing on business and harnessing emerging technologies to contribute to business and humanity. Natty is experienced in developing and executing Enterprise Architecture programs in a variety of industries. He is an amateur photographer with a passion for nature and landscaping and a devoted practitioner of daily meditation to be calmer, yet more productive. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, the author of the book “Future World Order” and Professor at New York University based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the World Order”. Risk Roundup: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the World Order Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the World Order The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered the world with a new set of complexities. While the pandemic is changing the way we live and work, we are also witnessing large-scale social and behavioral changes. Although it is impossible to predict the coming tomorrow, one thing is sure; the geopolitics of the COVID 19 pandemic will transform the human ecosystem. For a short time, there were indicators that the first wave of COVID-19 seems to be leveling in some nations. However, reports are emerging that this virus is evolving further and is making a strong come back. As a result, the world order everyone is used to seems to be collapsing. Since the pandemic is pushing the world towards a profound and lasting shift in the relative balance of power, questions are emerging as to where this pandemic struggle will take us further. How will it reshape the global order? It is essential to keep in mind that the future of the world order is not predetermined. This is especially relevant today as nations go through a pandemic. The reason is how nations survive the fallout of the pandemic will shape not only their economic and national security but also to what extent they will be able to influence other countries. Now when nations are overwhelmed at home dealing with not only their COVID 19 challenges but also ensuring their economic and national security, it is difficult to determine where countries will go from here. While survival is at the core of each nation’s strategy, evaluating the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the world order begins with understanding nations’ preparedness. Turning Points The COVID-19 crisis indicates many turning points for the future of humanity.  Due to the failure of many supply chains and many other trust issues, we are beginning to witness the reversal of globalization. Not only that, but the EU also seems to be in decline as well– as no political integration project can survive when risks and rewards are not shared equally. Furthermore, the deep ideological divide in the United States has got even deeper during COVID-19 having far-reaching implications. Also, China’s not so forthcoming reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan has raised serious questions about their competence to lead. Moreover, if the world deglobalizes as a result of COVID-19, it would create further complex challenges for China. As a result, it is crucial to evaluate the implications of these rapidly evolving turning points for the future of humanity. While the impact of COVID 19 is different for each nation, it is nations’ preparedness that will determine their ability to provide global leadership for the coming tomorrow. Fractured Nations It seems that the COVID-19 pandemic is fracturing nations internally. The external alliances seem to be under strain as well. Amidst the COVID-19 health crisis, it will be interesting to see how any further weakening of economy and security amidst the internal or external cohesion of the world’s leading powers, will reshape the world. For any nation to be able to lead successfully on a global stage necessitates projecting power beyond one’s borders. That is possible when there is collaboration, cooperation, cohesion, and solidarity within all internal and external components. History is the witness that weak, fractured societies, no matter their current state, cannot exert strategic influence or provide global leadership to shape the coming tomorrow.   While the geopolitics of cybersecurity was already driving nations inwards, the COVID-19 has accelerated protectionism. It is critical to evaluate whether this is a reversal from globalization towards protectionism or merely a pause to prepare systems, processes, and institutions to meet the complex challenges brought on by the COVID 19 pandemic. Since the future of the world order is not preordained, where we go from here depends massively on not only the nation’s ability to survive the fallout of the pandemic but also how we collaborate and cooperate to protect the future of humanity. The Speed of Transformative Changes The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the speed of transformative changes in cyberspace—which is rapidly becoming a fact of daily life. Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed all the interactions in the digital domain. The trust in the traditional systems and status quo is diminishing rapidly. Over the years, we have always focused on what our leaders do. However, today, social media has shifted the conversation from leaders to citizens as the expectations are changing rapidly. As a result, it is essential to evaluate: What role will individuals play in changing global dynamics?How would it influence not only the transformation of systems but also shape the global order?How will citizens’ involvement reshape the political system?Will political power be more inclusive? Power Shift to Technology Companies Cyberspace and digital technology are changing the nature and sources of power. Since COVID-19 is driving a significant power shift in favor of digital technology companies, it is crucial to understand its meaning for international systems and the world order. The pandemic has brought each nation an entirely new world full of risks. Governments are beginning to understand the implications of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic far beyond infection counts, crossing economic, education, governance, and trade policies. While the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and national security is complicated, and at times indirect, the force and pace of technological change expected in the coming years will present each nation with challenges and opportunities for all its components. It is crucial to understand the expected consequences of risks at all levels. The time is now to begin understanding the Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the World Order. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz is an NYU Professor, Author & Cartoonist in global risk & prediction; published her first, award-winning and Amazon bestselling book on global risk, FUTURE WORLD ORDER (Apr 2019), with fellowship support from the LSE’s Institute of Global Affairs; launched 2020 edition in Jan 2020 at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Besides her work as a professor at NYU, she teaches global risk with Pioneer Academics and other e-learning startups.She is also a Cartoonist who drew the five-time award-winning THE GLOBAL KID (www.theglobalkid.org) – the crowdfunded, educational comic book about politics for tween readers (all sales to youth education non-profits), which is being adapted into a political comic book for adults. On occasion, she still blogs for Medium.com and consults with governments via geopolitical consultancy Wikistrat and other networks.She is a Jordanian-born Pakistani who grew up in the Middle East (Jordan, Saudi Arabia), Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia), Europe (UK, Greece), and the US. And she is a social scientist trained at Brown (BA), Columbia (MA), and the LSE (MSc, Ph.D.).  About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Dr. Kevin J. Dooley, a Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, a Chief Scientist of The Sustainability Consortium, and a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “The Need for Building a Resilient Supply Chain.” Risk Roundup: Building A Resilient Supply Chain Building A Resilient Supply Chain Global supply chains are going through a rare and gigantic shock due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we begin to evaluate the impact, our independent and interdependent risks, it is essential to determine how to make the supply chain more shock-proof for the coming tomorrow. As seen, supply chains have been toppled while most nations went in lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic has already hit global supply and demand, trade, and investment at an unprecedented speed and scale. With the initial shock of supply, and then demand, and a sudden shift in consumer behavior, the fragility of the supply chain has become visible. Now with the world slowly opening, the question is whether the current supply chains will continue, or whether there will be a transformation of the supply chains. Visibility Of Vulnerabilities For any nation to operate effectively, all its components need to operate effectively as well. That means supply chains of governments, industries, organizations, and individuals all must work smoothly. It is not one supply chain that matters; it is all supply chains for any individual nation—and similarly, any particular industry, business, and so on that matters. In the aftermath of supply chain disruptions due to coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, the calls to bring more visibility to supply chain vulnerabilities, inter-connectedness, and interdependencies across the chain are growing. Because COVID-19 has led to lockdowns, many producers/manufacturers/suppliers in the chain had to cease production. Moreover, logistics providers were no longer able to transport goods as effortlessly. This was especially the case when shipping across the nation’s borders. Since much of the vulnerabilities, complexities, and challenges were not visible, much was lost, and the supply chains broke. As a result, it is crucial to understand and evaluate: Where are the gaps that prevent the visibility of the supply chains? Perhaps moving away from paper to digital will be the first step to achieve the desired visibility across the entire supply chain. Obtaining this visibility is considered key to optimizing supply chain efficiency.  The reason is during human-made or natural disaster-driven critical supply chain disruptions; this visibility in cyberspace will become crucial to understanding the impact of the disruption on the rest of the chain so that necessary and timely actions can be taken to developing routes to alternative suppliers. Digitization Of Supply Chain For increased visibility and to limit the impact of points of failure in the supply chain, it is vital to make data available to respective stakeholders through digital means. As seen across nations, organizations with robust digital infrastructure and effective regulations for digital transactions and commerce, are dealing with the supply chain disruptions much better than those without the necessary infrastructure. However, most nations are still reliant on paper-based processes. COVID-19 has made clear that operations dependent on physical papers and the presence of humans, can face severe disruption when physical human existence is not a possibility. Digitizing, then, is not merely a matter of cost or convenience, but primarily of safety and security, sustainability, and visibility of the entire supply chain. Risk- Resilience Digitization of the supply chain is one thing, and bringing resilience is whole another. It is essential to understand where is the need for transformation to bring resilience. Based on lessons that are being reinforced and validated in the current global crises, there are several ways in which nations and their components can go about creating resilient supply chains in the post-COVID world. For instance: Digital technologies like Internet-of-things, blockchain, control towers, artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled demand forecasting, rule-based and self-adjusting stock allocations, autonomous devices such as AGVs and drones, among others can help reduce dependency on physical labor and presence across procurement, transportation, logistics, warehousing, distribution and more. Furthermore, artificial intelligence can modularize production. It can also shift/adapt lines with any changes in demand and can bring intelligent procurement to help organizations understand where and when to source depending on variables like past purchases, commodity pricing, industrial trends, and more. In the post-COVID world, digital technologies seem to be playing a critical enabling role in delivering improvements throughout the supply chains. Since digitization will be the key to building more strong, smarter, and secure supply chains and ensuring a lasting recovery, it is essential to evaluate: What is required to transition to the new model?How can businesses respond to the immediate change?Which technologies are essential to bringing sustainability and resilience to the supply chains?Where is the transformation happening? The time is now to begin a discussion on how to make supply chains resilient. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Kevin J. Dooley, a Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, Chief Scientist of The Sustainability Consortium, and a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. At TSC, Dooley leads a global research team that works with over 100 of the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers to develop tools that measure and track progress on critical product sustainability issues. He has published more than 100 research articles and has provided training or consultation for over 200 companies in the areas of sustainability, supply chain management, quality, and technology and innovation. He obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Prof. Scott Rosenstein, a Public Health Professor and a Special Advisor of Global Health to Eurasia Group based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness. Risk Roundup: COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness The COVID-19 pandemic has hit nations with many known and unknown risks. While the world is trying to understand the unknowns, much of the familiar knowns also seems to be getting beyond our control. As a result, both lives and livelihoods, investments and institutions, governments and governance models, business and commerce, manufacturing and supply chains, economic and national security are at risk. So, the question then emerges are about our preparedness, our systems preparedness, and the preparedness of our nation. Ensuring Effective Response Pandemics occur rarely. However, planning and preparing for a pandemic is always essential to ensure an effective response when an outbreak occurs. Most nations and their governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by declaring a public health emergency. While they are also adopting known measures to prevent the infectivity and limit the number of infections, millions of lives have already been significantly altered, and there is no going back.  The reason is the state of response. No nation seems to have been proactive in the COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness. Besides, it looks like nations still manage the pandemic today like they controlled the last pandemic. So, the question then is: Why have we not advanced in how we survive pandemics?Why have we not integrated the emerging technologies for pandemic prevention?Why have we not been proactive in our response? While the debate will continue in analyzing whether the world was prepared or is prepared for this COVID-19 pandemic, the reality is that we need to begin a discussion on how to prepare for all-natural or human-made pandemics that may come our way. Global Health Crisis The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is attacking society at the core. Most nations are facing a global health crisis, unlike any they have faced in the last century. The COVID-19 virus is killing humans, spreading suffering, and overturning everyone’s lives. Nonetheless, this is much more than a health or economic crisis; this is a social or societal crisis and has consequences for the future of humanity. While there is a broader need to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on society, the immediate needs are assessing the effectiveness of healthcare from a pandemic preparedness perspective. We must begin to ask questions like: What is the meaning of health?What determines human health, and who is responsible for it? It is also essential to understand how we are monitoring pandemics and what technology and process are followed. It is also necessary to know whether we have a disaster planning process in place. But most important is to understand what the role of healthcare systems is in pandemic preparedness. What Next? We have faced so many pandemics over the years. Based on what we are learning today, it is essential to incorporate lessons for the coming tomorrow. That brings us an important question: is there a need for a Bioforce? The time is now to begin a discussion on whether nations need to create a Bioforce for Pandemic Preparedness. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Scott Rosenstein is a public health professor at Bard College’s Globalization and International Affairs program. He was the head of research at the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative. He specializes in the politics and management of global health issues and their impact on economic and state stability. Scott has a BA from Amherst College, two master’s degrees, in public health, and in international relations, from Yale University. He is based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Rajesh Balkrishnan, a Published Author of 350 Research Papers, Books and Book Chapters, and Professor of Public Health at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “The Social Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic”. Risk Roundup: The Social Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic The Social Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening human health and the lives of people across nations. Since this virus is highly contagious and is causing severe respiratory disease that is overwhelming public health systems, it is proving to be difficult to contain it effectively. Most nations and their governments have responded by declaring a public health emergency. They are also adopting known measures to prevent rapid infectivity and limit the disastrous impact of the viral outbreak. Despite that, the death toll is rising, and millions of lives have been significantly altered. There is no going back. COVID-19 continues to transform daily life for everyone radically. As a result, there is a growing concern about health inequalities. Amidst the ongoing impact of the pandemic, this raises serious questions about the link between social determinants of health and health outcomes. So, it is essential to evaluate: How do we understand human health? What determines human health? Who is responsible for healthcare?How do we understand the disease? What determines the disease condition? Who is responsible for disease care? It is generally believed that a lack of resources can have destructive effects on human health. Moreover, loneliness, personal responsibility, individual choices, and many such factors play an essential role in why the human body succumbs to any infectious diseases. While the choices we make individually are our own, the results impact others as everything is interconnected. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how interconnected and vulnerable everyone is– and how much everyone’s well-being is dependent on not only what those around us do—but also on what we do ourselves. That brings us an important question: Do everyone, people of all age groups, and backgrounds understand what is needed to stay healthy and prevent getting viral infections—getting sick? The reason is that self-care, personal hygiene, personal responsibility in our actions and inactions, the preventive and therapeutic measures each one of us takes individually against the COVID-19 outbreak can entail both risks and rewards for not just ourselves, but for everyone. Evolving Social Crisis The COVID-19 pandemic is attacking society at the core. This virus is killing not only people but also spreading human suffering and overturning people’s lives and triggering a societal crisis. The outbreak is affecting all fragments of the population. It is not just the immediate impact; the far-reaching consequences of social implications are becoming a cause of great concern. The reason is the impacts of the COVID-19 virus seem to be exhibited disproportionately by people that are poor, older, have disabilities, and have some chronic health conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Why is that so? Is it because poverty, housing, access to healthcare, and all social determinants of health, contributes to the spread of viral diseases and negatively impact individuals and families already struggling? Perhaps, it is time to evaluate how we can incorporate social determinants in the healthcare equation. To be able to do that necessitates us understanding some critical questions: How are nations managing the social impact of COVID-19?How could interventions reduce the impact on healthcare systems?What is required for ensuring public health?Who is responsible for the health of communities?What intervention measures are available and should be accessible?How can we reduce the risk of developing distress?How can we improve our well-being?How can we promote preventive behaviors?What can policymakers do to improve public and clinical intervention systems?Should the social crisis be managed through effective policies?What is the role of the government?What is the way forward? Perhaps, it is time for nations and all their components to come together and begin a discussion on how to manage the social impact of pandemics. Because if an outbreak affects one individual directly, the potential of many being affected grows exponentially. We are all connected, and we are all in this together for our survival as a species. The time is now to begin a discussion on the social impact of COVID-19. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Balkrishnan’s research program focuses on health services research and epidemiology related to global medical care access, focused on long-term pharmacological treatment of medical conditions. In particular, Dr. Balkrishnan has been recently focused on exploring issues related to adherence and quality of care in oncology, diabetes, and kidney disease in underserved populations. For nearly two decades, Dr. Balkrishnan has worked with the Medicaid program to understand issues of access to essential pharmacotherapies in low-income populations. Dr. Balkrishnan is a part of a research group that is exploring issues related to oncology care in rural Appalachia. In addition, he has served as a key co-investigator on large national studies such as the USRDS. Dr. Balkrishnan combines his expertise in health informatics, pharmacy, health services research, and biostatistics to create and analyze large data repositories that enable “real world” evaluations of the effectiveness of medical care. He is also involved in the development of several registries for non-communicable chronic diseases globally. He has performed several comparative effectiveness evaluations of technologies and treatments. Dr. Balkrishnan has published over 350 papers, books, and book chapters and has been recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in effectiveness research and evaluation. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Prof. (Dr.) Zal Phiroz, a Senior Partner at Pier Consulting Group, Author of an upcoming book on “Perspectives of Supply Chain Competitiveness,” an Executive at Fortune 500 companies and a Faculty member at world’s leading educational institutions participate in Risk Roundup to discuss “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Supply Chain.” Risk Roundup: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Supply Chain Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Supply Chain Over the years, the world has become integrated. And as a result, everyone and everything has become interconnected and interdependent in numerous ways. While the integration has been a move to drive towards efficiency and affordability and has brought nations many benefits, the increased consolidation of production in countries like China and India where the labor cost is low– has also brought governments many complex challenges. For instance, with the pandemic starting in China and their economy shutting down, the domino effect and the resulting fallout, growing shortages, and the collapse of supply chains have cautioned us about the risks of global dependency on any single country and the need for distributing risk. As seen, the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak are being felt everywhere with each passing day. Despite the extraordinary steps and collective efforts undertaken by governments and business and industry leaders to stem the growth of negative impact, the COVID-19 virus continues to rampage unchecked across the globe. The COVID-19 virus is not only causing loss of life and hitting businesses across industries and verticals but is eroding the trust in the current market, governance, and supply chain models. Also, since the origins of this COVID-19 pandemic virus lie in China, which is considered to be the de-facto factory for the world, it has perhaps served to draw attention to the damage from efficiency and economic perspective as supply chains spin in shock and begin to crumble. As a result, it is crucial to understand and evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the global supply chain for our very survival and security. Supply Chain: Last Pandemic to the Current Pandemic It is essential to understand the global supply chain, identify the vulnerabilities, and understand what is necessary to bring resiliency in the supply chains. To understand the complexities of the supply chain today—especially in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must look back to the past—from the time of the Spanish Flu pandemic era to this COVID-19 pandemic era. We need to evaluate the state of the global economy then and now and differentiate the fundamentals of the economic equations that shape the global economy. When we evaluate, we see that compared to the Spanish flu era, China today contributes somewhere around 17-20 percent of the world GDP. As a result, any disruption in its production capabilities makes the origins of COVID-19 in China, all the more painful and damaging from the supply chain perspective.  The current conditions with scarcities of critical items that every nation felt in terms of personal protective equipment globally, has brought into question the very foundations of the integrated global economy that we see around us. So, the question is, how can we redefine and redesign the manufacturing supply chain to move away from the dependency on any one country? What is necessary for the needed transformation? The Coming Digital Transformation It seems that from an industrial perspective, the complex challenges nations are facing today will likely accelerate the digital transformation initiatives for the supply chain. As each country is forced to face its weaknesses and vulnerabilities, it is important to visualize what the supply chains of tomorrow will look like. As businesses across nations begin to visualize the needed transformation, it is becoming clear that cyberspace technologies will be at the center of the coming changes. No doubt, emerging technology-led business models will emerge as more critical and essential than ever in the future supply chain transformation. Digital technologies will play a significant defining role in strategizing the global supply chains of tomorrow. So, what will change? To begin with: Supply networks will be capable of communicating intelligently with one anotherSupply chain processes will be better optimized to deliver better business outcomesThe dependency on physical labor across transportation, logistics, and warehousing will be reducedUser-experience will be enhanced The coming transformation will be enabled through core digital technologies like internet-of-things, blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems and devices, drones, robots, and more. Moreover, the exploding human and machine data that will be collected in the cloud and more will further enable supply chain intelligence. Furthermore, some key elements that we will see in the supply chains of tomorrow include intelligent procurement, supply chain control tower, supply chain data management with intelligent automation and analytics, and more. So, as the traditional linear supply chain model gets transformed into digital/decentralized supply networks, the end-to-end connectivity will transform the supply chains and meet the complex challenges we are facing today. In short, digitization and decentralization will be the key to building stronger and smarter supply chains for the coming tomorrow. The question is how and when will nations transition to the new model. The time is now to define and design the digital/decentralized supply chains. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Zal Phiroz Background: Supply Chain, Operations AnalyticsQualifications: Ph.D. | MBA | BS Hons (Comp Info Systems) | BCSFocus: Academia, Litigation and Industry ConsultingIn addition to executive and senior management roles, including appointments at Proctor & Gamble (NYSE: PG), TELUS (NYSE: T), he has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, University of Southern California, Michigan State University, and University of California, San Diego.In his work at Procter & Gamble, he managed national and international projects in partnership with Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens, and CVS. He oversaw numerous supply chain optimization initiatives, including target market definition, demand simulation, shrink maintenance, and the application of retail disruptive innovation techniques.As a senior partner at Pier Consulting Group Inc., he collaborated directly with medium-large-sized corporations; including several fortune 1000 clients, on supply chain and operational optimization projects. With a focus on areas of shrink, sustainability, market segmentation, and differentiation, projects have included simulated projection and forecasting, aggregate data analysis on competitive markets, regression techniques, and clustering evaluation for growth opportunity quantification and optimization of supply chain coordination.He holds several qualifications, including a CIPM and CISCM designation in Procurement and Supply Chain Management. Academically, he holds a Ph.D. (Hierarchical decision-making patterns for the placement of physical supply chain entities), an MBA in International Finance, and two degrees in the area of Computer Science – BS Honors [Computer Information Systems], BCS [Computer Science].In addition to being appointed to the Executive Advisory Board for the Center for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, he has also been retained as an expert on several cases within the area of product liability and injury, supply chain design, quality control, quality assurance, as well as production, distribution, storage and transportation benchmarks, and standards.  About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Prof. (Dr.) Anupam Saraph, a Systems Thinker and Thought Leader with a Ph.D. in Designing Sustainable Systems from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, and currently a Future Designer recognized as a Global Expert on Complex Systems at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research based in India participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Need for Mutualistic Symbiosis in the Post COVID-19 World”. Risk Roundup: Need For Mutualistic Symbiosis In The Post COVID-19 World Need for Mutualistic Symbiosis in the Post COVID-19 World The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the need for fundamentally altering the way we live, work, and operate. The scale, scope, complexity, and speed of the necessary changes have no historical precedent. Furthermore, the breadth, depth, and impact of these changes herald the transformation of entire interconnected and interdependent systems of socialization, education, innovation, production, management, governance, and more. While there is still time to define how this pandemic-driven transformation of the human ecosystem needs to unfold, one thing is clear: the need for symbiosis in our POST-COVID 19 world is real. COVID-19 Pandemic As the COVID-19 pandemic hits humanity, the systems seem to be collapsing. While over the years, nations’ systems have been based on principles of competitiveness, and that of the survival of the fittest—the question we need to evaluate is whether the model and approach are sustainable as we move forward in the post-COVID-19 world. While the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for redefining and redesigning systems where cyberspace needs to be at the center of all changes, it will be interesting to see the shape and form of the coming system’s transformation. Need for Redefining Systems The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for accelerating the digital age necessitates that the old evolutionary models should move from the survival of the fittest to symbiosis to mutualism—and understood and evaluated from the changing needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes we as individuals, our communities, and countries are going through due to the COVID-19 pandemic will need to change the shape of not only our thoughts, ideas, outlook, vision, character, culture, and destiny but the real state of our nations systems, nations ecosystem, and the human race. So, it is essential to evaluate: How did things pandemic and its impact come to be this way in our lives, our communities, and our nations?What steps are necessary for developing systems that are sustainable and resilient to any such natural or human-made disaster? Perhaps, it is the causal elements of nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia working together, collaboratively, that will produce necessary changes and transformation. While there are many across countries who believe that the theory of nations evolutionary journey is better represented by the survival of the fittest concept (which is deeply rooted in the competitive struggle over natural selection) and has been the core of nations evolution theory, it is time to evaluate risks and rewards of all different approach.   The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates and demands a re-evaluation of the very meaning of ideas, innovation, changes, complexities, transformation, security, capitalism, revolution, and the very process of evolution. So, the expected question is, where do the nation’s evolutionary journey go from here. Mutualistic Symbiosis Mutualism, co-existence is the supposedly ultimate mystery, calling, and goal of a digital age. While moving towards that is necessary—especially when we are going through the COVID-19 pandemic—there is no doubt that any such attempt is also going to be painful. The reason is, each NGIOA is at a different maturity level and with a different formulation, different processes, tools and techniques, culture and traditions, values and thinking, roots the complexities seen across nations. It is this diversity and complexity that makes evolution to symbiotic mutualism painful and problematic – but possible. So, the question is how to transition towards mutualistic symbiosis-driven systems. Amidst ruthless competition of navigating to the next normal, the reality of the complex problems and current challenges due to COVID-19 sheds doubt on the necessary cooperation of NGIOA. However, it is fundamental to understand that survival for our species is a case for collaboration at all levels of NGIOA. If survival, success, progress, development, order, and balance are to be maintained for the coming tomorrow, the integration of interconnected and interdependent NGIOA is vital. Need for Cultural Evolution From not caring about the impact of any action to being caring and aware of the effect of every action, will transform the nation’s systems towards necessary evolutionary changes across its governments, industries, organizations, and academia. However, to reach the desired endpoint for mutualistic symbiosis-driven systems requires social, behavioral, or cultural evolution. Bringing a cultural evolution relies on the reproductive success of ideas. With cultural evolution, there is a choice, and there could be resistance—making cultural evolution much more challenging, complex, and slow. However, because we humans are more than just conscious and are also self-aware—we need progress and development on all fronts. While making a profit is essential for the vitality of any for-profit business venture, being self-aware, intelligent, and informed demands more than profit-centric decisions in a digital age. Consciousness’ commands thinking beyond profits and bottom line. The question is, how to move towards higher levels of consciousness. The time is now to evaluate the Need for Symbiosis in the Post COVID-19 World. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Anupam Saraph is a future designer recognized as a global expert on complex systems. As a future designer and a global expert on complex systems, he helps individuals and organizations understand and design the future of their worlds. Together they address the toughest challenges, accomplish missions, and achieve business goals. He also supports building capacity to address the challenges of today as well as to build future designs through teams and effective leadership. He is also widely known for pioneering work on designing urban nervous systems for smart cities, digital governance innovations, educational reforms, and reforms for designing sustainable and resilient organizations. Anupam Saraph also supports building capacity to address the challenges of today as well as to build future designs through teams and effective leadership. He works with business and government executives, civil society leaders, politicians, generals, civil servants, police, trade unionists, community activists, United Nations and ASEAN officials, judges, writers, media, architects, designers, technologists, scientists, entrepreneurs, board members and business leaders of small, mid and large single and trans-national companies, religious leaders and artists across a dozen countries and various industry sectors to help them and their organizations succeed in their missions. He advises the World Economic Forum through its Global Agenda Council for Complex Systems and the Club of Rome, Indian National Association as a founder life member. Dr. Saraph has held CxO and ministerial level positions and serves as an independent director on the boards of Public and Private Sector companies and NGOs. As a Professor of Systems, Governance and Decision Sciences, Environmental Systems, and Business, he mentors students and teaches systems, information systems, environmental systems, and sustainable development at universities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Dr. Saraph is also actively engaged in civil society where he participates in several environmental, resource, and nature conservation initiatives has authored draft legislation for river and natural resource conservation, right to good governance, and has contributed to the election and democratic reforms. Dr. Saraph is a regular columnist in newspapers and writes on issues of governance, future design, technology, and education from a systems perspective. Dr. Saraph holds a Ph.D. in designing sustainable systems from the faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media. About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Need for Mutualistic Symbiosis In The Post COVID-19 World appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. David Mussington, Professor of the Practice and Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, School of Public Policy, at the University of Maryland College Park based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy”. Risk Roundup: Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy While democracies have already been in distress, COVID-19 has further put the democracies on the defensive. The reason is, if the democratic institutions and governance model cannot show decisive leadership to manage the crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic effectively, then the concerns of societal collapse increase enormously. Although this pandemic is in the early stages, it is already testing nations’ governance models and systems. Since the COVID-19 crisis tests governance models at all levels, both short-term and long-term, it is crucial to evaluate its effectiveness and decide if there is a need for change. Democracy in Distress It seems many democracies are backsliding due to the impact of COVID-19. The democratic institutions seem to be further weakening. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are in severe decline. Democratic governance models are vulnerable to change if any other form of governance –for instance, the authoritarian models seem to be managing the pandemic crisis more decisively. This can have serious repercussions for not just the mode of governance but the very future of humanity. It is essential to evaluate: Is COVID-19 disaster a setback for democracy?What will be the impact of the visible battle between authoritarianism and democracy?Will freedom become a casualty in the coming years? COVID-19 Pandemic and Civil Liberties COVID-19 has caught nations off guard. The ongoing COVID 19 rampage goes beyond human lives. It is already destroying businesses, industries, economies, and even democracies. As seen across nations, restrictions on civil liberties are becoming a new norm. As a result, it is essential to evaluate where the world is going as there is no doubt that the world before COVID 19 will likely be extinct. How will COVID-19 pandemic reorder society?How will the COVID-19 pandemic change government operations?What will be the impact on inequality?How will the fight against COVID-19 affect global efforts to defend human rights?How will the fight against COVID-19 affect global efforts to promote democracy?How will the fight against COVID-19 promote authoritarian trends?How will the quality of governance determine the fate of democracy?How will the political effect of this crisis unfold?How will the COVID-19 pandemic change the status quo of partisan political conversations? How will the effects of the pandemic bring more significant changes to the national political conversation regarding safety net and societal issues?How will the issue of political engagement evolve?Are the political leaders equipped to manage this crisis?Will there be a political uprising?Will the crisis unsettle democratic practices?Will elections be delayed?What changes will we see in the voting and civil rights?What are the broader political implications of COVID-19?How to protect democracy? Now is an excellent time to begin a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on democracy. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. David Mussington is a Professor of the Practice and Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, School of Public Policy, at the University of Maryland College Park based in the United States. He is an expert on Cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Cyber Risk Management. He has held leadership roles on the National Security Council staff and at the Office of the Secretary of Defense (US). Former Amtrak Corporate Security Chief.His current Research Focus is on: Election Systems Cyber Risk Response, Cyber Governance in Public and Private Organizations, Military Cyber Doctrine, and Deterrence. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Impact Of COVID-19 On Democracy appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. (Dr.) O. Shawn Cupp, a professor at the US Army with research interests of food and agriculture security and defense support to civil authorities (DSCA) military operations based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss COVID-19 Implications on Agriculture and Food Security. Risk Roundup: COVID-19 Implications on Agriculture and Food Security COVID-19 Implications on Agriculture and Food Security While the world is facing many unknowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic—much of the familiar knowns are also getting beyond our control. As a result, both lives and livelihoods are at risk from this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as the availability and access to food are rapidly coming into question. The shock is somewhat unusual as the ongoing COVID-19 crisis affects significant elements of both food supply and demand. As a result, there is a growing concern that the world is going to face a looming food crisis unless adequate measures are taken across nations in keeping the global food supply chains operational and sustainable.  As a result, mitigating the pandemic’s impacts across the food system has become fundamental. As the virus keeps spreading and the number of human infections keeps getting bigger, the defensive and offensive measure of each nation is tightening to prevent loss of lives and for the systems to collapse. There is no doubt that the global food system will be tested and strained in many challenging ways in the coming weeks and months. This is mainly as empty shelves to empty fields and barns are becoming normal across nations. It is times like that this will remind us of all the importance of ensuring food security for everyone, everywhere. Perhaps there is a need to evaluate how to bring resiliency into the food and agriculture system for everyone– everywhere. Food Supply Chain to Security The food supply chain is a complex network that involves numerous producers, consumers, agricultural and fishery inputs, processing and storage facilities, financing, trading, transportation and marketing, and so on. Since agriculture security is tied to food security -a -a key challenge facing humanity already, it is fundamental for each nation to understand where they are in terms of security—especially when everyone is hit with COVID-19, and the systems are collapsing. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical security risks of the entire global food system with its long and complex supply chains. While the world is trying to manage the growing uncertainty which surrounds this pandemic, many producers and players in the agriculture industry seem to be wondering: Is the global food supply secure?What direct and indirect effects will the impact of COVID-19 have on a local, national, and global level?How will the impact of COVID-19 further impact their short term and long-term operations?In what ways can farmers and ranchers prepare for the ripple effects the impact of COVID-19 will create in the world economy? Since agriculture is unyielding towards supply and demand, perhaps it is time to evaluate how to make the agriculture system detach from whims of nature, market forces, and external factors.  Health Crisis to Food Crisis It seems that for the United States the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture will likely not be disastrous. However, the same perhaps cannot be said for many other parts of the world that are probably going to be hit hard. Since large segments of the U. S. agriculture industry have been consolidating and vertically aligning over the past few decades, it is time to evaluate what potential security risks emerge from the growing integration trend. Not only that, it is essential to understand what is coming our way not only in the United States but across nations as the ongoing health crisis is rapidly turning into the food crisis. Since the risk of a looming food crisis is increasing and disruptions in the food supply chains are imminent, in many parts of the world, food insecurity will be a new normal. Food supply chain dependencies will forever change. There will likely be a shift in how we buy and consume food in the coming weeks and months and will probably be here to stay. Since having adequate quantities of the strategic reserves of food will not meet the growing needs of most developing countries, perhaps it is time to innovate the entire food supply chains and markets. Navigating the Challenges In these uncertain times, navigating the growing biosecurity risks and challenges that have a lasting impact on agriculture and food operation while challenging needs to be effectively managed. The future of humanity depends on it. However, the question is whether we will be able to maintain security. It is time visionaries, and innovators begin to use emerging technologies to solve the problems facing the Agriculture and Food Industry Security. The time is now to evaluate the COVID-19 implications on Agriculture and Food Security. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Cupp is a faculty member of a multi-departmental teaching team instructing the Intermediate Level Education (ILE), including the ILE Core Course and the Advanced Operational Warfighting Course (AOWC). He is responsible for presentation, revision, development, and evaluation of graduate-level, force projection, and maneuver sustainment, resource planning, and force management instruction to a diverse audience of US and international field grade officers. Serves as a mentor and coaches 16 operations career field students as their Staff Group Advisor (ASGA). Educate and counsel officers in a course that develops and improves their problem solving, critical reasoning and creative thinking, leadership development, cultural awareness, and military-media relations. Curriculum, course author, and lesson author duties include A430 Characteristics of Domestic Incidents in the Advance Application Program (AAP) as part of the Homeland Security Studies Program Track V. Subject matter expert within the college for adult education, domestic threats, agroterrorism, and research in homeland security threats. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media. About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post COVID-19 Implications On Agriculture And Food Security appeared first on Risk Group.

Neal Conlon, a mission-driven marine veteran, and currently a cybersecurity executive with a strong experience in technology, process, and people participated in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Security Impact of COVID-19”. Risk Roundup Webcast: Security Impact of COVID-19 Security Impact of COVID- 19 While the COVID 19 pandemic has forced each one of us to reevaluate the way we live, work, and interact, organizations are also further pushed to ensure a new mode of operations. Besides, governments are even being compelled to ensure the stability of their countries by developing and enforcing new economic plans. As we witness the sudden shock to the systems at all levels, the shock is also followed by millions who are now without jobs or are being asked to work from home. As a result, cyberspace is now very much at the center of the new way of life and work. This has brought unforeseen strain on all manner of security. As the security risks grow from coronavirus to computer viruses, it is essential to evaluate the security impact of COVID 19.   Pandemic Shift Society, as we know, is experiencing one of the worst pandemics of this century. In a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has established a “new normal” across nations. Everyone everywhere is impacted. While we all are affected in ways unimaginable and are trying to protect ourselves from the COVID-19 virus, the challenges of having to take all measures to protect ourselves from the enormous problems associated with the shifting economic and security fundamentals are enormous. As a result, it is crucial to understand how cyberspace will shape our very survival and security. Cybercrime The implications of shifting economic fundamentals are influencing the evolution of criminal markets. While the constraints on free movement and the sealing of borders have had an immediate impact on some illegal activities, the stay-at-home lockdown is exploding the state of criminal activities in cyberspace. There is no doubt that criminal opportunism in cyberspace is going to grow further as the pandemic crisis unfolds—and further digitization of processes, operations, and interactions increases. The growing attack surface is going to expand the criminal activities further. So, the obvious question is, where are the criminal groups targeting today, and where they will focus on the coming tomorrow. Since cybercriminals are not even sparing health systems in the time of a major pandemic, the question is how to protect vulnerable systems and populations at risk of exploitation by criminal groups? Cybersecurity Cyber attackers are using COVID-19 as bait to commit crimes in cyberspace. From impersonating brands to giving false preventive and therapeutic choices for COVID-19, the rise of crimes and infected devices is exploding. Everyone everywhere is a target. No one is spared.  Not only are businesses being targeted, end-users who download COVID-19 related applications are also being tricked into downloading ransomware disguised as legitimate applications. As a result, it is vital to evaluate cybersecurity trends. What are the trends for cybersecurity attacks?How can nations manage the security impact of COVID-19?What are the common cyberattack tactics?What can be done to prevent innocent people from falling victim to such cyberattacks?How can organizations ensure employee safety?Is there a need for additional security protocols?Is there a need for new security technology?Is there a need for new security practices? Across nations, fueled by the fear of COVID-19, several cyberattacks have skyrocketed. This has been intensified by a reduced level of security from the rapid rise in remote home offices. As a result, from social engineering to trojan, spyware, and ransomware, the nature and number of attacks keep growing on lack of security standards on most home offices. So, what can be done? How can we prevent many existing cyber-attacks? Think before you click linksThink before you open email attachmentsUse trusted sources in cyberspaceDo not reveal personally identifiable informationVerify authenticity.Confirm the origin of communications.Use official sources to prevent spreading scams.Download or install programs from official repositories.Be your best defense It is essential to understand that technology can only go so far in protecting us in cyberspace. Individually and collectively, we need to bring much-needed changes in human behavior. As a result, education and awareness are vital. Now is an excellent time to evaluate the security impact of COVID-19. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Neal Conlon is a mission-driven marine veteran. He is currently a cybersecurity executive with strong experience in technology, process, and people. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Security Impact of COVID-19 appeared first on Risk Group.

Ian L Paterson, CEO of Plurilock based in Canada, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “Behavioral Biometric Risks Based Authentication.” Risk Roundup Webcast: Behavioral Biometric Risks Based Authentication Behavioral Biometric Risks Based Authentication Risk-based authentication, a non-static authentication system that considers the profile of digital users requesting access to the computer system to determine the risk score in real-time, has been getting a lot of attention. Moreover, a trend is emerging of integrating biometric data with real-time authentication processes. While many different models are emerging for biometric identification, digital users’ integration of machine learning brings significant potential to human user identification and authentication process. While there are two significant forms of biometrics: those based on physiological attributes and those based on behavioral characteristics that are being applied, each class of biometrics brings its own set of risks and rewards. As a result, it is crucial to understand and evaluate different modes and mechanisms of biometrics. Biometric Authentication Biometric authentication is commonly understood to be the process of verifying human identity using body measurements or other unique characteristics of the human body that would allow logging in digital service, any digital application, a connected device, and so on. Biometric identification verifies individuals based on their body measurements and mechanisms and is further divided into two major groups. Physiological biometrics integrates the measurement of focused physiological features of a human body. It can be the face, fingerprints, human retina, blood vessel patterns, hand geometry, iris patterns, and more into an automated authentication process.Behavioral biometrics extract and integrate relevant information about human behavior and patterns such as variations in speech, keystroke, posture, and the way we do things into the human user authentication process. It seems that the current trends are leaning towards physiological biometrics. While they are generally perceived to be extremely robust and secure, the emerging reports indicate that fingerprints can be spoofed and so on. As a result, there is a need to understand that any biometric solution that is to be used in cyberspace must be effective and yet very unobtrusive. In comparison, while behavioral biometrics are unobtrusive – they are perceived to be frailer than physiological techniques. The reason is that the signatures can be forged, speech can be replicated, postures can be built through moderately sophisticated speech synthesis machinery, and so on. Building Digital User Profile Depending on the selected behavioral attribute, type, timing, and movement direction, along with mouse clicking actions and more, are commonly used to build a profile of a digital user. This user profile information is then used for authentication purposes. It seems that most emerging system relies on a continuous user monitoring process. As a result, they require the user to interact continuously to derive enough statistical information regarding their mouse dynamics or any behavioral attribute selected. Individually and collectively, the results seem to be dependent on the number of individuals involved in the process and their characteristics. This means that, even with a large amount of data collected, the results can be vastly different if we change the group being evaluated and enrolled. The reason is, it is challenging to obtain an accurate sample representative of the user population since it is difficult to characterize the population. This means there can only be two algorithms compared using the same test data and groups. The results also seemingly vary according to the final use. Any system used to identify an individual is less accurate than an operation used just to authenticate the user. Besides, the system that computes the risk profile and risk scores must be diligently maintained and updated as new threats emerge faster than humans can comprehend. Since many ways can lead to unauthorized access, it is important to have a structured analysis before these systems can be commercially used. Computational Resources It seems that while behavioral biometrics has great potential, to create an identification and authentication system that is trustable, scalable, and secure needs a lot more work. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the performance of the behavior biometric algorithm and its security. The time is now to assess behavioral biometric trends for user identification and authentication. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Ian is a serial entrepreneur; Ian was the founder and CEO of Exapik, a data monetization marketplace. Before that, he led the enterprise data science division at venture-backed analytics firm Terapeak, later acquired by eBay. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media. About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Behavioral Biometric Risks Based Authentication appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Badri N. Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder of Infisum, an Experienced Academic and Corporate Researcher, and currently affiliated with McKinsey and Company as a Consulting Economist participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “Business Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic”. Risk Roundup Webcast: Business Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic Business Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic The SARS-CoV-2, identified as the causative agent of an outbreak of viral pneumonia centered around Wuhan, Hubei, China, and now named as a COVID-19, is a full-blown pandemic impacting most nations. While the coronavirus outbreak is a terrible human tragedy at all levels, it is not just a health crisis of immense proportion; it is also an economic crisis. It is shaking up the global economy, and the impact is being felt by individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia. With the rapid spread of COVID-19, there is enormous uncertainty for businesses at all levels. A million questions are racing through decision-makers minds: Will factories be allowed to operate?What will be the impact on businesses?Will companies suffer and go bankrupt? Will current business models survive? These growing questions are adding stress to the already challenging reality of businesses. New Global Reality In this unprecedented new global reality, there is going to be a dramatic restructuring of the fundamentals of economic and social order in which humans, business, and society have traditionally operated. How exactly this pandemic crisis-driven restructuring unfolds remains to be seen. But, one thing is sure, the restructuring of the global economic order is imminent—the redesign of business models is coming. As a result, there is a clear need to begin a discussion on: How to navigate to the next normal?How to restructure the entire human ecosystem of cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space? Restructuring of Business Models The COVID-19 crisis has implications for systems at all levels. The current business models and methods are not built to be resilient to pandemics or even any other natural or human-made disasters. COVID-19 has changed everything for businesses. There is no doubt that the shock to businesses and industries from the economic impact of the ongoing virus-suppression efforts could be the biggest in nearly a century. As a result, things generally taken for granted for businesses are no longer possible. As the pandemic continues to expand, it is crucial to understand and evaluate: What is the path to the next normal for businesses?What will normal look like for businesses in the coming tomorrow?How will business operations and models restructure?What will happen if businesses stop operating for a long time? For how long can they do that? How deep an economic shock can businesses sustain without causing human suffering that our societies are unable or unwilling to bear?How are business leaders navigating this time of uncertainty? What changes will likely emerge short term and long term? For businesses, this is a war on every front. In the face of these challenges, new ideas and imaginations are a vital necessity to come up with new business models. While it is impossible to say how long the COVID-19 health crisis will last, for the businesses, a new normal will take years. How businesses navigate the turbulent time will define and determine not only our coming tomorrow but also the very future of humanity. The time is now to evaluate the Business Implications of COVID-19! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Badri N. Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder of Infisum, an Experienced Academic and Corporate Researcher, Applied Economist, Policy/Business Consultant and, Interdisciplinary Scientist with extensive experience publishing papers, producing and managing global economic datasets and models widely used by academic/ policy/industry researchers and analysts across the world. He is currently affiliated with McKinsey and Company as a consulting Economist and as Principal Investigator as well as a hands-on contributor for grant-funded and consulting projects with top universities like Purdue University, Harvard University and London School of Economics. Badri has published several international publications in the areas of trade, energy, environment, agriculture, labor, health, and manufacturing, cutting across disciplines, with numerous citations in top journals like Nature and American Economic Review, the peer reviewer and editorial board member for several international journals. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Business Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. (Dr.) O. Shawn Cupp, a professor at the US Army with research interests of food and agriculture security and Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) military operations based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “National Response to COVID-19 Pandemic”. Risk Roundup Webcast: National Response to COVID 19 Pandemic National Response To COVID-19 Pandemic Throughout history, pandemics of infectious diseases such as cholera, plague, and influenza that have been triggered by bacteria and viruses have played a significant role in shaping human civilizations. As nations witness an outbreak of one such infectious disease that has reached a pandemic level in a very short time period, there are perhaps more questions than answers. The world is going through a Coronavirus, COVID 19, pandemic in a short amount of time. Its rapid spread and lethality have become a complex challenge for not only China, where it originated, but for all nations and the entire global community. While the COVID-19 pandemic is in its early stages, it seems that nations are struggling to prevent a rapid spread within their borders. Since the situation is chaotic at all levels and not much data is available for analysis, it is impossible to predict how this will unfold further and what will be its future impact. COVID-19 Response Status In January 2020, this novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified as the causative agent of an outbreak of viral pneumonia centered around Wuhan, Hubei, China. According to the World Health Organization, that disease outbreak is now called COVID-19, and it has caused a widespread outbreak. While not much is clear yet, reports are emerging that SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, exhibits 80% of the RNA material of the original SARS virus of 2002-2003. Based on the data available currently, many infected individuals can be asymptomatic– that means not having or showing any visible symptoms– and still be spreading the virus to others. However, the common symptoms as witnessed from infected patients from across nations include high fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath. Many other symptoms associated with the infection may include muscle pain, sputum production, diarrhea, sore throat, loss of smell and taste, and abdominal pain. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms that individuals are able to go through on their own, some progress to viral pneumonia and multi-organ failure and need hospitalization. As of today, more than 1,000,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported and the number keeps growing every day. The infection has spread in more than two hundred countries and territories. This has resulted in over 52,800 deaths, and our individual efforts to contain it are not proving successful. As we see, different parts of the world are imposing bans on travel, movement, and contact restrictions at different times. This will likely continue for the foreseeable future. Perhaps there is a need to redefine our approach. Collapsing Systems Healthcare is on the frontline of this ongoing pandemic war and is under enormous pressure due to the growing needs of ICU beds, ventilators, and healthcare workers. Moreover, the healthcare supply chain is crumbling as the global dependency on China manufacturing is causing unprecedented shortages of masks, gloves, and other healthcare supplies. This is especially problematic when it is hard to predict how many ventilators, how much oxygen, and how many ICU beds nations are going to need throughout the remainder of the pandemic. In the absence of effective preventive and therapeutic approaches, there is also no way to know how long this pandemic will last and whether or not other waves of the virus will continue over the months and years to come. This is an existential risk that could further be intensified if state and non-state actors try to take advantage of this medical crisis and add to the crisis by launching offensive attacks in cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. This is a cause of great concern. Need For A New Way Of Doing Things The tremendous progress in science and technology has advanced the entire human ecosystem in cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. In spite of that, we are in the middle of perhaps one of the most terrifying pandemics that has put the entire world on a standstill in a matter of months. This is especially troubling as we have advanced tools and technology on our hands, and our failure to apply technology to solve the right problems has put us in a precarious situation. Even in this age of artificial intelligence, the internet of things, biosensors, and many other technological capabilities, disease outbreaks are nearly constant as always. There is no doubt that the very core of humanity is in crisis. The ongoing challenges are unprecedented. They will undoubtedly create upheaval and change the established cultural norms. It is a crucial moment for the transformation to occur for the resilience of the human species. There is a need for new ways of doing things that will bring security for not only the human species but all living things. We cannot continue in the same way anymore. As a result, it is time to shed old models and old ways of doing things. It is time for us to know that we will need to apply emerging technologies for solving critical problems facing humanity. It is time visionaries and innovators begin to use emerging technologies to solve the right problems. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About The Guest Dr. Cupp is a faculty member of a multi-departmental teaching team instructing the Intermediate Level Education (ILE), including the ILE Core Course and the Advanced Operational Warfighting Course (AOWC). He is responsible for presentation, revision, development, and evaluation of graduate-level, force projection, and maneuver sustainment, resource planning, and force management instruction to a diverse audience of US and international field grade officers. Serves as a mentor and coaches 16 operations career field students as their Staff Group Advisor (ASGA). Educate and counsel officers in a course that develops and improves their problem solving, critical reasoning and creative thinking, leadership development, cultural awareness, and military-media relations. Curriculum, course author, and lesson author duties include A430 Characteristics of Domestic Incidents in the Advance Application Program (AAP) as part of the Homeland Security Studies Program Track V. Subject matter expert within the college for adult education, domestic threats, agroterrorism, and research in homeland security threats. About The Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media. About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Dr. Nadia Ahmed, Professor in Computer Science and a Faculty Advisor in Machine Learning at Saddleback College based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Emerging Trends in Autonomous Systems. Risk Roundup Webcast: Emerging Trends in Autonomous Systems Emerging Trends in Autonomous Systems Intelligent autonomous systems are here.  Its emerging potential is enabling entirely new capabilities for the human environment and ecosystem where direct human control is not physically possible. Since the underlying technology of any intelligent autonomous system is capable of adapting to changing conditions, knowledge, and constraints, it is also possible to assign broad objectives. As a result, new ideas and initiatives are emerging rapidly across industries to explore the capability of such autonomous systems. Fueled by big data, as artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming more powerful, it is applied in an increasing number of new digital products and services across industries. Since autonomy is about more than just the latest unmanned product, it is about purposeful innovation in areas like persistence and intelligence; it is crucial to understand the actual value of autonomy for industries. Autonomous Energy Systems Artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and more are transforming the way nations manage energy through smart systems. From smart grids to smart meters, the energy industry is now able to not only automate most energy management processes but also bring us the potential of autonomous systems. As a result, nations are now able to lay the foundation of an integrated energy market that can work for consumers, has diverse energy sources, and ensure that energy supply can meet demand—and bring sustainability to each nations’ economic engine. Since smarter systems are produced that exhibit high degrees of autonomy, it means that they develop and can perform tasks independently from human operators and without human control. It is, therefore, essential to understanding: As intelligent autonomous systems drive change in the energy industry, how will it transform nations?What role will autonomous systems play in the emerging smart energy ecosystem?How important is intelligent autonomous systems technology becoming for industries?What trends are emerging across industries for developing an autonomous system?What problems are industries trying to solve?Which areas are essential for the further development of autonomous systems based on the current state of research?How will current research in AI accelerate the development of autonomous systems?What does it take to develop and deploy autonomous technology for any industry? How much autonomy is right for industries or initiatives? The time is now to evaluate emerging trends in intelligent autonomous systems! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Nadia Ahmed is a Professor in Computer Science and a Faculty Advisor in Machine Learning at Saddleback College based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Emerging Trends In Autonomous Systems appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Richard Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., the Founder and Director of Dr. Cheng Integrative Health Center, and a retired United States Army Physician (Major) participated in Risk Roundup to discuss whether Vitamin C can Prevent and Treat COVID 19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnj5y6zxXYY&t=6s Please note Risk Group is not giving medical advice and not recommending any preventive or therapeutic treatment for COVID-19. Please consult your doctor and follow your nation’s guidelines in treatment options. Can Vitamin C Prevent and Treat COVID 19? Humanity is at crossroads. The coronavirus, COVID-19 that emerged in Wuhan, China, is now a full-blown pandemic spread all across nations. So, as we begin to evaluate why we are as a species so vulnerable to infectious diseases, I not only learned a lot, but I also came across passionate professionals who like me are looking for answers to the ongoing crisis. We at Risk Group are committed to bringing you all our analysis. The first in our COVID-19 report is to evaluate the role of vitamin c. The reason is we found that there has been an extensive series of animal studies over the years, that has concluded that vitamin C plays a role in preventing, shortening, and alleviating several infections. There have also been reports that vitamin C has similar effects in humans. Many controlled studies have shown that vitamin C shortens and alleviates the common cold, flu, and pneumonia. In fact, in the referenced study, controlled trials found significant effects of vitamin C against pneumonia. While the practical importance and optimally efficacious doses of vitamin C for preventing and treating infections are not known, perhaps the coronavirus outbreak can shed new light on the role vitamin c can play in the current crisis. As we witness the Wuhan virus, which is now known as COVID-19 coronavirus wreak havoc in not only China but Iran, Italy, Europe and is aggressively spreading in the United States, and many other nations, it is crucial to understand and evaluate: Why are humans so susceptible to viral infections?Do most of us have vitamin c deficiency? Why is there a current lack of interest in understanding the effects of vitamin C on infections?Do we understand the role vitamin c plays on our immune system?Is there any data being collected that can give us insight into the vitamin c level of the infected people?If the human body is already hosting other infections, is the vitamin C metabolism altered and have decreased vitamin C levels?Since viral infections increase oxidative stress and many infections lead to the activation of phagocytes, (which release oxidizing agents referred to as reactive oxygen species (ROS) ) and vitamin C is an antioxidant, are the effects of vitamin C most prominent under conditions when oxidative stress is elevated?Since many of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) appear to be harmful to the host cells, and in some cases, they seem to play a role in the pathogenesis of infections, how does Vitamin C play a role in protecting host cells?Since there is evidence that plasma, leukocyte, and urinary vitamin C levels decrease in the common cold and in other viral infections, does it imply that vitamin C administration might have a treatment effect on many patients with COVID 19 infections?Since a profound vitamin C deficiency was associated with pneumonia in the early literature, is it plausible that the same is the case with COVID 19 outbreak?While low vitamin C levels are not just of historical relevance, could they be the root cause of our current crisis? Since we as a species have gone through numerous virus triggered pandemics over the years, does it mean we always had vitamin c deficiency? Or some other variables play a role in the onset of disease?While vitamin C has effects on the immune system and has been shown to affect the functions of phagocytes, the production of interferon, replication of viruses, and maturation of T-lymphocytes, etc. in laboratory studies, should there be a study on the role of vitamin c? Many of the vitamin c studies are old. Perhaps it is time to re-evaluate the role of vitamin c in the current crisis. The time is now to evaluate the role vitamin c can play in virus triggered disease onset crisis! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Cheng is the founder and director of Dr. Cheng Integrative Health Center and Doctor’s Anti-Aging and Weight Loss Center, of Columbia, SC, since inception in 2003. Dr. Cheng and his colleagues take an integrative approach to help patients with chronic diseases esp. diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. In recent years, Dr. Cheng grew particularly interested in functional medicine or anti-aging medicine. The current healthcare focuses on symptomatic treatments for many diseases, ignoring the root causes. For example, when we control the blood sugar of a diabetic patient or the blood pressure of a hypertensive patient, we are only treating the symptoms. We are not doing anything to the underlying disease processes. Functional medicine tries to address the disease processes in addition to symptomatic treatment holistically. Dr. Cheng is a Fellow and board-certified anti-aging physician by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and also a Fellow and board-certified, A4m Integrative Cancer Therapy. Dr. Cheng served in the United States Army as a commissioned officer (Major) and an Army physician and completed his Army duty in Dec. 2006. While in the Army, Dr. Cheng served in various positions including Chief and Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Member of Risk Management Committee, Credentialing Committee, and Staff Physician of Soldier Readiness Program, Consultant to the Shaw Air Force Base Laboratory, and College of American Pathologist Inspection Team Leader for the Greenville SC Hospital Lab Inspection. Before serving the United States Army, Dr. Cheng was a senior physician-scientist at Variagenics, a research organization affiliated with MIT and Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. Variagenics later merged with Hyseq. At Variagenics, Dr. Cheng’s primary responsibilities include overseeing joint clinical studies with Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, establishing a cancer tissue bank, and developing protocols for the tumor gene library. While at Variagenics, Dr. Cheng was invited as a host of a research conference held by the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda, MD, on tumor gene library establishment using laser microdissection technology. Dr. Cheng was also a visiting scholar to the Netherlands TNO (national health institute) on a NATO Scholarship. Dr. Cheng served as a medical staff fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, in hematology/pathology. While at NIH, his time was split between patient care and clinical research. He participated in several clinical research projects, in collaboration with the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH (Dr. Francis Collins’ group), and research groups in Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan. Dr. Cheng completed residency training programs in internal medicine and laboratory medicine at Shanghai Medical University and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Cheng completed his medical school at Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, China, and completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in biochemistry and molecular biology. Dr. Cheng published several research papers in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals and was an invited speaker at several scientific conferences by Dr. Harold zur Hausen (2008 Nobel Laureate) of the German Cancer Research Center, Shanghai Medical University, and China National Genome Center (Shanghai) (upon invitation of Dr. Zhu Cheng, former Health Minister of China). Dr. Cheng has medical licenses in several states, including South Carolina (active), Arkansas, Maryland, and Virginia (inactive). About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved Please note certain statements in my introduction and questions were based on the analysis of Dr. Cheng and the video that was posted on youtube. It seems that the video has been removed now. This discussion is simply to evaluate the need for further analysis. The post Can Vitamin C Prevent and Treat COVID 19? appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Alec Koppel, a Research Scientist for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, as part of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD), participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Learning in Autonomous Systems. Risk Roundup Webcast: Learning In Autonomous Systems Learning in Autonomous Systems Across nations, enormous amounts of data are created by consumer devices in all sizes, shapes, and forms. From the connected mobile phones to the internet of things, each of these data contains valuable information about users and their personal preferences: what websites they mostly visited, what social media applications they primarily used, what types of videos they mostly watched, etc. With such valuable information, these data become the key to building better and personalized machine learning models to deliver personalized services to enhance user experiences maximally. While the federated learning model provides a unique way to build such personalized models without intruding on users’ privacy, there is an alternative to these practices emerging in the form of artificial intelligence at the edge. This model of machine learning that will take place near the user, on their device, home hub, or at a local data-aggregation point holds excellent promise. It is crucial to understand and evaluate: How would it shape learning in machines? What are the trends in learning?What is driving the trends?What challenges are coming our way as the inherent autonomy of autonomous systems technologies learn, examine, and take action on its own?How are the boundaries of autonomous action defined? What controls are set to ensure the boundaries?How is the autonomy enabled as learning systems are designed?Since the future of machine learning seems decentralized, what should be the approach for the training models? What questions do these systems bring for the future of humanity? The time is now to begin a discussion on learning in autonomous systems. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Alec Koppel completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in June of 2017, after which he began work as a Research Scientist for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD as part of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD). His research agenda focuses on the development of new stochastic optimization, estimation, and approximation algorithms for large-scale or dynamic learning tasks. These problems are especially common in autonomous systems, power systems, communication networks, and finance. His research focuses on developing new optimization-based methods for learning from streaming data, motivated primarily by autonomous systems. His recent work has emphasized making nonparametric and Bayesian methods scalable in the online setting. He also pursues foundational work in reinforcement learning. These threads are part of the U.S. Army’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Essential Research Program. He is based in the United States. Apart from research, his educational goals are to mentor aspiring researchers at the undergraduate and graduate level and develop core competencies via project-based learning that gives students hands-on experience with messy real-world engineering problems. He is always hunting for student contributors. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Prof. (Dr.) Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães, an Associate Professor and Chair of Cybersecurity at Champlain College Online based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss a Machine Learning Approach to Keystroke Dynamics based User Authentication. Risk Roundup Webcast: A Machine Learning Approach to Keystroke Dynamics Based User Authentication A Machine Learning Approach to Keystroke Dynamics-Based User Authentication Over the years, nations’ traditional approach to cybersecurity has been the use of passwords and password-based authentication. Passwords have undoubtedly provided cyberspace-based digital systems and platforms with a not so strong barrier to accessing what was quite safe in the analog world so far. However, since the digital age and the advances in computing provided the means to quickly try hundreds of thousands of passwords in a short time, the password-based authentication system is no longer considered safe and secure. Since hacking passwords have become relatively simple, it is no surprise that we need the effectiveness of strong authentication systems for digital identity and age. Understandably, a new approach to identity authentication has become essential. Current State The majority of computer systems across nations today employ a login ID and password as the principal method for access security. It needs to be understood that, in stand-alone situations, this level of protection may be adequate. However, when computers are connected to the internet, the vulnerability to a security breach is increased enormously. Since it is becoming clear that we need more reliable processes of authentication, it is essential to evaluate the common authentication solutions used today: What are the common authentication solutions?Will any alternative to text-based password, for instance, graphical passwords, can enhance the level of security of trusted computer systems? In the context of Information Systems (IS), what does authentication involve?What kind of biometric solutions are emerging?Which class of biometrics will provide a high level of security? Keystroke Dynamics Keystroke dynamics is a behavioral biometric that is based on how a user enters their login details. This collection of attributes is then used to form a reference signature, a biometrics identification record that can be used for subsequent authentication requests. The core of the keystroke dynamics is the typing style of a user, the typing style that includes such factors as the length of time it takes to type the login id/password, how long each individual depresses a key, and how long it takes to type successive keys. By collecting all these data– it is possible to develop a model of how the person types. Since this is not a one-time exercise, in addition to this static information, a person’s typing style evolves with continued practice and usage and can be adequately quantified. Since keystroke-based behavior biometrics is not a one-time collection of behavioral biometric data, it is critical to evaluate whether the ongoing need for exercise creates any opening for manipulation and other vulnerabilities.   How is the data collected for behavioral-based biometrics?Once the keystroke data has been collected, how is the reference signature obtained for users? How is the profile of a user-built?Where are the research efforts headed to keystroke dynamics authentication algorithms?Since the user identification and authentication are significant security concerns on all kind of computational systems, how will the improved statistical keystroke dynamics algorithm resolve user identification and authentication problem?What is the precision of keystroke-based authentication technology?What is the processing capability of the keystroke algorithm?How would the keystroke system prevent illegitimate login attempts? On what devices can this keystroke biometry be used?What protocols need to be followed for developing a web-based application with an authentication system based on static keystroke dynamics?What does keystroke authentication involve?What is the machine learning approach to keystroke dynamics? Will the keystroke technology be feasible for large scale implementation?Is this technology sufficient to be a stand-alone authentication technology?What technical/non-technical challenges still need to be resolved before the keystroke technology can be applied commercially? The time is now to begin a discussion on all these questions and more as we start to evaluate a machine learning approach to keystroke dynamics-based authentication solutions. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães is an Associate Professor and Chair of Cybersecurity at Champlain College Online. He has taught courses in a range of information security disciplines internationally for over a decade. Dr. Tenreiro de Magalhães is a member and reviewer of a number of organizations, including the NATO Multinational Cyber Defense Education and Training project and the Editorial Committee of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. His research interests focus on information security, intelligence, and performance monitoring. His research on security-related topics is widely published. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Fabio Alonso Da Silva, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Systems at Elletrocrafts Aerospace based in the United States participated in Risk Roundup to discuss “Designing Autonomous Systems.” Risk Roundup Webcast: Designing An Autonomous System The Rise of Autonomous Systems The potential of autonomous systems is exciting many across nations. The reason is autonomy is driving innovations and revolutionizing industries. The emerging innovative possibility of autonomy is enabling entirely new intelligence, exploration, surveillance, and security capabilities for the entire human environment and ecosystem, where direct human control is not physically possible. Depending on the underlying technology design of any potential autonomous system, it will be capable of adapting to changing conditions, learning on its own, surviving, and operating in extreme environments across the entire human ecosystem of cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. As a result, the new knowledge and technology potential has lifted many constraints and made possible broad objectives to design systems that were not possible so far. Thus, many new ideas and initiatives are emerging rapidly to explore the potential and capability of autonomous systems and the approach and processes to define and design them. When the rise of autonomous systems that exhibit high degrees of autonomy means that they can develop and perform tasks independently from human operators and without human control, clearly, technology, process, and security vision is becoming essential for all autonomous system initiatives. This emerging disappearing role of humans could be a significant security concern if we fail to visualize where the threats could emerge. Designing Autonomous Systems Understandably, the design phase of autonomous systems is vital for their security outcome. It seems there are many different approaches to creating or defining autonomous systems, depending on the designer, objectives, industry, technology, processes, environment, and more. From removing human engagement to augmenting human physical and intellectual abilities, the value of all autonomous systems is going to be bound by how systems were designed to how much data is being collected and what value in terms of intelligence can be extracted from that collected data and what tasks can be performed based on the collected intelligence. Autonomy, the power of self-governance that is being given to machines, along with the intelligence and the ability to act independently of direct human control and in unrehearsed conditions, is transformative. The move from the automated machine world we are used to than the autonomous systems world that we are defining and designing is revolutionary and evolutionary. As a result, it is essential to clearly understand the meaning of autonomy in intelligent machines, objectives, output, and outcome to be able to clearly define and design autonomous systems that would protect the future of humanity. From safety and security; to the prevention of harm and the mitigation of risks to our collective future, many questions are emerging about how to instill ethics, moral responsibility, explainability, and transparency to autonomous systems. Also, questions are arising about governance, regulation, design, development, inspection, monitoring, testing, certification, policies, and values, and more. There is no doubt that machine autonomy can transform the way humans connect to their ecosystem across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space.  While this will unleash the human power to protect, explore, and inspire because the potential to communicate and collaborate across CAGS domains in real-time can revolutionize everything in the human ecosystem; the time is now to evaluate what will be the meaning of intelligent machine autonomy when clearly human autonomy is still a security threat in itself. The time is now to begin a discussion on all these questions and more as we begin to design autonomous systems! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Fabio Alonso Da Silva is the Chief Technology Officer and Head of Systems at Elletrocrafts Aerospace based in the United States. He is experienced in the definition of product development and systems engineering, through the following activities: development of the project scope, development and certification plans of the aircraft, systems safety assessment and implementation of processes, evaluation and definition of labs, structuring of the business case, investors relations, mapping of capabilities and resources needs, product life cycle definition and analysis, and technical reporting (design, certification, and maintenance). About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a Strategic Security Risk Research Platform and Community. Risk Group’s Strategic Security Community and Ecosystem is the first and only cross-disciplinary and collective community that is made of top scientists, security professionals, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, policymakers, and academic institutions from across nations collaborating to research, review, rate, and report strategic security risks to protect the future of humanity. 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Bart Shields, CEO of Olympus Sky based in Poland and David Gell, CMO based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Autonomous Network Security. Risk Roundup Webcast: Autonomous Network Security Autonomous Network Security The sophistication, speed, and scale of attacks are evolving rapidly in cyberspace. As new attack vectors are being introduced from cloud services, IoT devices, and more, they are creating security blind spots and making threat detection more difficult for humans to tackle on their own. Since the task of responding to these cyber-attacks in real-time has become enormously complex, to offset these growing risks, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to have become an indispensable tool for security for every nation. Trends across nations are driving towards automating network security decisions.  The reason behind that is certificate-based protocols are proving costly and ineffective. Despite that most of the solutions today rely on certificate-based crucial public key infrastructure solutions. Is Autonomous AI Needed in Cybersecurity? When the internet of things is on its way to connecting cyberspace to aquaspace, geospace and space (CAGS) and individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), large amounts of digital data is on their way to being produced. Since the growing data needs to be securely communicated, there is a need for evolution in how we secure our digital networks. Automated and autonomous attacks will not just target emails and corporate and government networks, there will be attacks on infrastructure as well. As a result, there is a need for new security solutions. The reason is that humans alone cannot identify the elusive, uncommon behaviors suggestive of today’s secret assailant in cyberspace, or at least, not before it is too late. The global NGIOA/CAGS networks are simply too big and too complicated. In an age where we will soon see algorithmic battles, machines fighting machines, it will far outpace human security teams’ ability to keep up. As a result, arming up with perhaps autonomous network security will be crucial to staying one step ahead of an ever-evolving intelligent adversary in cyberspace. Since there is a growing belief that autonomous artificial intelligence is deeply needed for securing cyberspace, it is essential to evaluate: Do we need a fully automated and autonomous network defense system? Will autonomous AI become our first line of defense in cyberspace?What areas of cyberspace is the focus? What solutions are emerging? With the advancements in autonomous technologies from across nations, it is projected that the future certainly holds the reality of Artificial Intelligence-driven cyber-attacks, where malware can self-propagate through a series of autonomous decisions and intelligently tailor itself to the parameters of the compromised system in order to become stealthier to dodge detection. The time is now to evaluate the risks and rewards of autonomous network security! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guests Bart Shields has over 30-years of experience in wireless communication and transportation-related technologies. He is the CEO and CTO and co-founder of Olympus Sky Technologies, S.A., an innovative communication link security provider with offices in both California and central Poland. David Gell has over 20-years of leadership success in mobile wireless, telecommunications, and consumer. He is the CMO of Olympus Sky. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Autonomous Network Security appeared first on Risk Group.

Brian O’Neal, Founder of Designing for Analytics and Host of Experiencing Data Podcast based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Human-Centric Algorithmic Design for Data Analytics. Risk Roundup Webcast: Human-Centric Algorithmic Design For Data Analytics Human-Centric Algorithmic Design for Data Analytics The digital age has brought enormous growth of digital data from everyone and everywhere. While this brings each nation and its components a newfound ability to design necessary products & experiences for this new digital age, there is a need to find a new sense of human-centric focus and balance. The reason is that algorithms are incorporated into systems for increasingly diverse purposes and permeate numerous facets of the daily life of everyone, individuals, and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia. Since the people who define the systems, design the systems and build them and users who use them come from different backgrounds and skillsets, understandably, these systems’ results are often interpreted differently by the designers who created them than by the users who interact with them.  Since algorithms are designed to perform, it is crucial to understand and evaluate: What are the common reasons why many of the data analytics projects fail?What are the different ways algorithm design could become more human-centered?What are the strengths and challenges of the human-centric approach?Who and what drives the process of an algorithm?What criteria are used to define, design, develop, and deploy the algorithm? What metrics are used to measure the performance of algorithms? While an algorithm’s designers do not necessarily want others to understand how they design the algorithm, what is the data input, where the data comes from, what code controls the performance, and how the algorithm design will work, it is essential to reach a consensus on what it means for its output and outcome. The time is now to evaluate the need for human-centric algorithmic design for data analytics. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Brian O’Neal is the Founder of Designing for Analytics based in the United States. He is also the Host of Experiencing Data Podcast. He helps product leaders and data strategists innovate by applying human-centered design to data science and analytics. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Human-Centric Algorithmic Design For Data Analytics appeared first on Risk Group.

Tristan Roberge-Mentec, a Knowledge Transfer Officer, closely connected with many universities and research organizations participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Emerging Research Trends. Risk Roundup Webcast: Emerging Trends In Research Emerging Trends in Research It is a well-known fact that curiosity is as old as humankind. Since research is formalized curiosity, as new ideas and disruptive innovations bring a technological tsunami, it is crucial to understand where those new ideas are emerging and who is working on what. Progress and development that we see today have been a result of yesterday’s research. What research we do today will define our coming tomorrow. Since research is creating new knowledge, how to understand research trends: Where is the research going? What are the trends?What applications could emerge based on on-going research trends?Is there any research trend that would trigger strategic security risks for the future of humanity? The time is now to understand the Emerging Research Trends. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Tristan Roberge-Mentec is a knowledge transfer officer closely connected with many universities and research organizations. He has over five years of experience in Deep Tech / Tough Tech (Quantum Computing, Machine-Learning, Synthetic Biology, High Energy Physics, Microelectronics). He has developed an ability to understand disruptive technologies and to transform long-term innovation into new products or applications. Experienced in Strategy, Business Development, and Consulting, he has gained “a sharp eye” to identify breakthrough technologies at a very early stage, therefore developing its sales and ensuring the dissemination of innovation across society. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Emerging Research Trends appeared first on Risk Group.

Hitoshi Kokumai, President at Mnemonic Security based in Japan participated in Risk Roundup to discuss identity assurance through the “Expanded Password System.” Risk Roundup Webcast: Expanded Password System Expanded Password System Identity assurance and access management for secure access to connected computers of all sizes and shapes, under all scenarios that enable the right individuals can access the right resources at the right times and for the right reasons is a complex challenge. There is a growing need for effective Identity Assurance and Management solutions to be strong enough to accommodate the growing complexities of not only the organizations but also their complex computing environments. While passwords have become a part of everyday life, the dispute remains whether the current form of passwords is a secure means of authentication. So, how to assure identity effectively? Do we need new ideas, new innovations, and advances in technology that can bring us a promise of identity assurance? Since identity assurance is a need of time, the question is whether we understand the factors that would determine the security of human identification and authentication. So, what is required? Is user id and password the right approach to authenticating access? Can pictorial passwords work? Can emoji-passwords work? Are biometrics a solution?Can two/multi-factor authentications be a solution? As nations struggle with digital identity authentication, it brings security vulnerability to not only the individual login authentication but also puts respective systems at risk as well.  The time is now to evaluate emerging Identity Assurance techniques. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Hitoshi Kokumai is the President of Mnemonic Security, Inc. He is an advocate of ‘Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory. He is the inventor of the Expanded Password System that enables people to make use of episodic image memories for intuitive and secure identity authentication. He has kept raising the issue of the wrong usage of biometrics and the false sense of security it brings for 18 years. Mnemonic Security Inc. was founded in 2001 by Hitoshi Kokumai for promoting Expanded Password System. Following the pilot-scale operations in Japan, it is seeking to set up the global headquarters. About Mnemonic Security: It is the first company to provide the software products for Expanded Password System (EPS) that accepts images as well as texts, which is intended to be a legitimate successor to the time-honored seals, autographs, and text-only password systems. The EPS software and applied solutions offer ‘Hard-to-Forget’, ‘Hard-to-Break’ and ‘Panic-Proof’ digital identity authentication. The software can be used stand-alone, as the master password of password-managers and single-sign-on services, as a factor of multi-factor authentication schemes, and even as a fallback measure of biometrics. The versatile practicability of the EPS software is demonstrated by the 7-year use by army soldiers in the field as well as the 5-year online use by up to 140, 000 digital shoppers. The solid theory of our EPS proposition is endorsed by publishing by Taylor & Francis and selection as a finalist by the Financial Data and Technology Association for ‘Summit and Awards 2019’. We are quickly getting recognized as Pioneer and Thought Leader in this domain. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., is a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how converging technologies and their interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: their governments, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce. She is the author of the books, Geopolitics of Cybersecurity and The Global Age. She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Expanded Password System appeared first on Risk Group.

Devin Krotman, Director at XPrize based in the USA, participated in Risk Roundup to discuss AI Industry Trends. Risk Roundup Webcast: AI Industry Trends Understanding AI Industry Trends As we witness the change in AI trends that help set a benchmark for the years to come, it is essential to understand the impact it has on the industries, its approach, and initiatives. This is especially relevant when today, neither software nor hardware is developed without getting integrated with an AI layer. So, as AI becomes an integral part of industry infrastructure across nations, industries are not only working to incorporate AI into their products and services but rather, in exploring how to transform industries fundamentally. As the broad promise of AI liberates individuals and entities across NGIOA from repetitive physical and mental tasks, it seems AI can be applied almost everywhere. The broad promise of AI is everywhere. So, how is AI being used for solving more significant problems facing humanity?. How is technology advancing humanity towards a more meaningful and purposeful future? How is human society evolving because of the AI advances? The time is now to evaluate AI industry trends. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Devin Krotman is the Director at XPrize based in the USA. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Understanding AI Industry Trends appeared first on Risk Group.

Commander Pablo Breuer, a DoD Cyber Cup and Defcon Black Badge winner and a Director of US Special Operations Command Donovan Group based in the United States participated in Risk Roundup to discuss the Artificial Intelligence Trends for 2020 Risk Roundup Webcast: AI Trends for 2020 Artificial Intelligence Trends Artificial Intelligence (AI) is demonstrating to be a decisive technology for human progress and advancement. It has made rapid advances over the years due to new algorithms and massive increases in data collection and computing power. It seems AI can be applied almost everywhere. AI has leveled the information, intelligence, and innovation playing field for nations. Digital data is undoubtedly playing a pivotal role in leveling the playing field. It is the digital data that is, in fact, fueling and fortifying AI and making it more versatile. While digital data is at the center, what is still creating complex challenges for the rapid adoption of AI for decision-making is the lack of credibility of digital data. As artificial intelligence brings a profound and lasting shift in the nature of information and intelligence, the demystification of patterns is rapidly shifting the relative balance of political, economic, and security power. Some sort of automation has historically driven industrial revolutions. The current phase of automation disruption is based on the broad advances in AI. It is essential to understand how this AI-driven automation disruption is different from the other automation we have seen over the years. As the AI-triggered disruption is ongoing, understanding the broader trends of the resulting fundamental AI-driven transformation has, therefore, become essential. Where is AI taking us? What are the AI trends to watch in 2020?What needs will the advances in AI meet for humans today and in the coming tomorrow?What advances are happening in the development of AI? Where are the advances being applied across nations and all its components?What are the industry trends of AI adoption?What is the broad promise of AI? What are the challenges?How is AI adding to the already complex cybersecurity challenges? How will human society evolve because of AI advances? History is the witness that the prior industrial revolutions liberated people from repetitive physical tasks. The current AI-driven revolution is on its way to liberate people from repetitive mental tasks. There is no doubt that AI will drive automation further and as a result, the rivalry between nations will undoubtedly intensify. The question is whether the exponential growth in AI will advance humanity towards a more meaningful and purposeful future or a future filled with wars. There is no doubt that the future is happening around us. The ongoing changes are very profound.  From the perspective of human history, no other technology has brought us a time of more significant promise or potential peril. Let us understand the trends and evaluate what it means for human existence. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Commander Pablo Breuer, a DoD Cyber Cup and Defcon Black Badge winner, is currently the director of the US Special Operations Command Donovan Group based in the United States. In his prior roles, Pablo has served at the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. He was also the Director of C4 at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. Breuer has been adjunct faculty at National University, California State University Monterey Bay. He is also a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon CERT/SEI. Pablo is also a founder and board member of The Diana Initiative, an InfoSec event focused on advancing the careers of women in cybersecurity. He is also on the staff for BSides Las Vegas and CircleCityCon. Pablo holds degrees in computer science and is a Ph.D. candidate in information science. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology and security is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC, host of highly influential Risk Roundup: Podcast/Webcast, a Scientist, an expert in disruptive technologies, and a globally recognized Strategic Security thought leader and influencer. Dr. Pandya has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is presently focused on understanding how the converging technologies and its interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace and space (CAGS); as well as individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) create survival, security, and sustainability risks, with the objective of providing strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. Dr. Pandya’s passion for solving complex problems facing humanity using science and technology began during her childhood. She pursued her interests in her studies, and in the 1990s, while doing her doctorate, she developed a Hydrogen Production system using Halobacterium halobium. She also developed a desalination process and discovered anticancer drugs. The trends continue as she gets actively involved in developing numerous solutions to complex problems facing humanity. Over the years, Dr. Pandya has made several significant contributions to the fields of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Anti-Cancer Drugs, Bio-Energy, Cyber-Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Global Security, including defining the Interconnectedness of Human Ecosystem (an integrated CAGS security framework), Integrity Rating System of Algorithms (a theory for integrity of news and online content), Algorithm Naming and Identification System (a framework to identify and track algorithm that brings security risks to the future of humanity), and most recently, the need for redefining the role of insurance to be the enforcer of risk management systems across NGIOA and ensuring a clear set of rules and model to manage the interconnected and interdependent security risks from the human CAGS ecosystem.   From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce and has garnered her many advisory position honors. She is the author of the book, The Global Age: NGIOA @ Risk. Her upcoming book on “The Geopolitics of Cyber-Security: Implications for the Future of Humanity” will be released in early 2020.  She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization building a strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Artificial Intelligence Trends For 2020 appeared first on Risk Group.

Nikita Lukianets, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Pocket Confidant AI-based in Ukraine participate in Risk Roundup to discuss AI-Driven Virtual Coach. Risk Roundup Webcast: AI-Driven Virtual Coach AI-Driven Virtual Coach Emerging technologies are fundamentally transforming the human ecosystem. The ongoing challenges and changes of the technology transformation are so profound that, from the perspective of the need for human skills, learning and growth, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril. As a result, to fill the enormous skilled resource gaps, the need for technology-driven coaching and communication is becoming essential. Since the communication between man and machine is evolving rapidly, there are reliable indicators that, in the coming years, Artificial Intelligence will move past the technical hurdles and play a meaningful role in human progress and development and take up more critical roles. This is primarily due to advances in conversational AI that will undoubtedly have huge implications in the way we do coaching, training, and communication in the coming years. The reality is that the emerging AI-powered conversational interface is on its way to completely redefine in how coaching is done. Trends in Virtual Coaching Technology that can understand human intent and can hold a human-like conversation has improved dramatically over the years.  As a result, it seems that any single interface with digital devices can either be replaced or augmented with AI-enabled conversational interfaces. Amidst a culture driven by automation, perhaps AI is on its way to becoming the new User Interface. It will be interesting to evaluate how it changes the nature of the human CAGS ecosystem. As seen, conversational AI platforms are seemingly used to build applications that answer questions, provide advice and recommendations using natural language processing and other dialog-related technologies. Coaching with an AI-driven virtual coach is being experimented with and applied. Also, motivational and inspirational applications using conversational AI are on their way. Besides, developing social skills with AI, building confidence will also soon be possible using Virtual Coach, if not already. Moreover, being able to live a healthy life with a virtual nutrition coach, overcome emotional challenges and life’s hurdles using psychotherapy coaching seems promising. Furthermore, climbing the corporate ladder with leadership coaching is not far away. As technology improves, more AI-powered voice interfaces will likely surface. Along with the ability to understand more complex human speech, expressions, and needs, these virtual coaches will be able to ‘remember’ and make reference to previous conversations and transactions to bring more effective coaching sessions. Since human language is incredibly complex, incredibly nuanced, and constantly evolving, it will be interesting to see how conversational AI will further develop fluency in all languages. Perhaps it is time for nations to start evaluating the disruption coming their way due to voice-based interfaces, understand and evaluate: What technology trends are defining the future of coaching?What is the future of AI-driven virtual coaches?How many AI coaches are in existence today? How effective are they?How is conversational AI being used today for a virtual coach? What is the state of conversational AI?Why is there a growing interest in conversational AI/AI-driven virtual coach? What is the status of the conversational AI platform for AI-driven virtual coach use?Will the rise of AI and conversational voice interface necessitate the development of new AI-capable hardware that can cope with the growing data demand?What is the future of an AI-driven Virtual Coach?Where are the voice-based AI-driven virtual coach solutions emerging?How do organizations decide if they want to pursue the AI-driven virtual coach project? Where is the AI-driven virtual coach technology headed, and how will it impact society? Conversational AI brings nations the most significant advancement for human interaction with technology. The question is whether we will see other living species interacting with technology in the coming years. The time is now to understand and evaluate the risks and rewards of AI-Driven Virtual Coach. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Nikita Lukianets is a Founder and CTO at PocketConfidant AI that designs, develops, and deploys automatically generated coaching conversations to help people live and work better together. Before starting PocketConfidant, he received a highly competitive fellowship from the SIGNALIFE Ph.D. program in life sciences and worked on supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms for neuronal classification, bridging approaches in neurobiology and statistical learning. Nikita is also a founder and researcher at the Open Ethics initiative that fosters the inclusive dialogue between experts and citizens to design systems where humans and AI successfully work together. Nikita Lukianets has more than ten years of experience in Human-Computer Interaction. During his professional career in the technology sector, he has partnered with multiple organizations to help them build human-centered interfaces. He has been an active contributor to French and Ukrainian User Experience communities, focusing on the topics of usability and Natural User Interfaces. While working in Microsoft at Developer and Platform Evangelism Division, Nikita was leading a startup support program helping young technology companies to develop their products for scale. Nikita received an MBA in innovation management from Politecnico di Milano School of Management and an M.Sc. in Applied Physics from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. About PocketConfidant A technology to ask yourself the right questions.  Built on research from the fields of positive psychology, psychology of learning, and linguistics to make personal growth, reflection, and change available to everyone, anywhere, and at any time. PocketConfidant is making coaching conversations available from any coaching/training/learning program to democratize and scale universal coaching methods that help people shift mindset, change behavior, and develop leadership skills. PocketConfidant is disrupting and growing coaching through machine-to-human and machines-to-machine to augment software capabilities. Existing solutions keep coaching where it was before. PocketConfidant makes it ubiquitous by embedding it into sticky valuable processes and then in software. PocketConfidant’s goal is to help people shift their perspective when needed and develop their mindset for success in their work, projects, relationships, and in their life. The future is about self-adaptation and self-transformation, and technology has a role to play. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), Ph.D., a leading expert at the intersection of science, technology, and security, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Group LLC. She is also the host of highly influential Risk Roundup: Podcast/Webcast, a scientist, an expert in disruptive technologies, and a globally recognized Strategic Security thought leader and influencer. Dr. Pandya has been involved in a wide range of research, spanning security of and from science and technology domains. Her work is currently focused on understanding how the converging technologies and its interconnectivity across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), as well as individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), create survival, security, and sustainability risks. This research is pursued to provide strategic security solutions for the future of humanity. Dr. Pandya’s passion for solving complex problems facing humanity using science and technology began during her childhood. She pursued her interests in her studies, and in the 1990s, while doing her doctorate, she developed a Hydrogen Production system using Halobacterium halobium. She also developed a desalination process and discovered anticancer drugs. The trends continue as she gets actively involved in developing numerous solutions to complex problems facing humanity. Over the years, Dr. Pandya has made significant contributions to the fields of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Anti-Cancer Drugs, Bio-Energy, and more. Her work on the technology layers of cyberspace encompasses the needs of Cyber-Security and Global Security, including defining the inter-connectedness of the Human Ecosystem (an integrated CAGS security framework). Also, Dr. Pandya has proposed a need for Integrity Rating System of Algorithms (a theory for the integrity of news and online content), Algorithm Naming and Identification System (a framework to identify and track algorithm that brings security risks to the future of humanity), and most recently, the need for redefining the role of insurance to be the enforcer of risk management systems across NGIOA and ensuring a clear set of rules and model to manage the interconnected and interdependent security risks from the human CAGS ecosystem.   From the National Science Foundation to organizations from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, Dr. Pandya is an invited speaker on emerging technologies, technology transformation, digital disruption, and strategic security risks. Her work has contributed to more than 100 publications in the areas of science and commerce and has garnered her many advisory position honors. She is the author of the book, The Global Age: NGIOA @ Risk. Her upcoming book on “The Geopolitics of Cyber-Security: Implications for the Future of Humanity” will be released in early 2020.  She writes about Artificial Intelligence on Forbes. About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format. It is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk research and reporting organization building a strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post AI-Driven Virtual Coach appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. Brandon Valeriano, the Bren Chair of Military Innovation at Marine Corps University, based in the USA, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Cyber Politics. Risk Roundup Webcast: Cyber Politics Cyber Politics As cyberspace creates new ways for connecting and integrating to aquaspace, geospace, and space, its growing interaction within and across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia are creating complex challenges for the old concepts of sovereignty, stability, and security. Moreover, the democratization of information access to knowledge, and one another further creates new security vulnerabilities. While the impact of cyberspace on politics was largely ignored until now, the events over the years have begun to identify its effect on the very core of politics. Understandably, it is becoming a cause of great concern for not only national security, but international relations, our core institutions, and the critical decision processes. Also, the anonymity of cyberspace is already challenging political leverage, influence, national security, diplomacy, governments, governance models, thereby fundamentally shifting the foundations of international relations, security, and peace. There is a growing concern that the politicization of cyberspace technologies: current layers, as well as emerging, is on its way. Besides, cyberspace also has influenced politics, political operations, and influence. In short, cyberspace has become an integral component of our lives and our way of living. It is also getting deeply involved in politics, as well. It is, therefore, essential to understand and evaluate: How is politics controlling cyberspace? How is cyberspace influencing politics?How is it shaping politics? How widely is cyberspace used for political activity?Is politics shaping digital disorder or digital disorder shaping politics?How does digital technology change democratic politics? Since information and communication technologies (ICTs) are influencing not only the political processes but the way state-society interactions happen, how does it impact the politics and international relations? Does it change international relations?Has cybersecurity become a political issue? What is the nature of security vulnerabilities political parties across nations are facing?Will all models of governance get impacted by cyberspace? Will e-Democracy influence the other models of governance across nations?Since cyberspace has connected aquaspace, geospace, and space, how will cyberspace threaten the sovereignty of nations? Since the politicization of cyberspace is on its way, today, technology-triggered warfare is a more significant threat to the future of humanity. We need to explore ways to contain, control, and finally abolish all-out war for the survival of the human species. The question is whether we will be able to. The time is now to understand and evaluate Cyber Politics. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Prof. Brandon Valeriano is the Bren Chair of Military Innovation at Marine Corps University, based in the USA. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Cyber Politics appeared first on Risk Group.

James T Keating, Vice President of Product Strategy at Zimperium based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “The Weaponization of Wi-Fi.” Risk Roundup Webcast: The Weaponization of Wi-Fi The Weaponization of Wi-Fi Over the years, the fear of the potential misuse of wireless technologies as a covert weapon system is becoming very real. The reason behind that is if the wireless technologies can be used for cyber-attacks in different sizes, shapes, and forms, can monitor any individuals heart rate, synchronize and alter a heart rhythm, then with specific modification, it could very well be used to alter brain waves in humans or any other living species and thereby change its behavior or other anatomical functions. Since the backbone of the internet, the infrastructure of the network of networks upon which the global internet traffic travels has gone from being an impassive infrastructure for communication to an active weapon for growing diverse attacks, it is essential to understand what has changed and what needs to change. What has enabled the internet to be weaponized? Which layer of cyberspace is easy to weaponize?Which layer of cyberspace weaponization will have the most significant impact on respective nations and its components?What will be the impact of the weaponization of Wi-Fi? Manipulating Wi-Fi It is said that depending on how our internet traffic passes through and which country it passes through determines the vulnerability of weaponization. It is, therefore, important to understand what role each country’s digital infrastructure plays in the weaponization of the internet. What is it about internet architecture that allows it to be weaponized?How is Wi-Fi weaponized? What makes Wi-Fi vulnerable to weaponization?Can the 5G network be weaponized? If yes, how?What can different weapons be transmitted using Wi-Fi?Do we have the capacity to stop the weapons coming our way through the Wi-Fi network?Can the wireless networks be used as carrier frequencies to induce brainwave manipulation? Can manipulation of brainwave happen through smartphones? What would be the impact?Do we have any weapon system that can directly speak to the mind of the human or machines in a format it understands?How easily can a smart grid be weaponized? How real are the threats to the Wi-Fi? At what scale can the Wi-Fi be weaponized?Are there any flaws in our smart mobile devices and the internet of things that make them vulnerable to wi-fi attacks?How do hackers and criminals currently exploit Wi-Fi?Which are the malicious Wi-Fi networks that can exploit smartphones? Is there any directory available that people can refer to and know where they are located? The time is now to evaluate the risks of the weaponization of Wi-Fi! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest James T Keating is the Vice President of Product Strategy at Zimperium based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Weaponization Of Wi-Fi appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Eric Cole, CEO of Secure Anchor Consulting, considered to be one of the Nation’s Top Cyber Security Experts, advising President Obama, the CIA, Bill Gates, McAfee, & Lockheed Martin, author of many books on cyber-security participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Current State of Cyber Defense.” Risk Roundup Webcast: The Current State of Cyber Defense Cyber Defense When security risks from cyberspace, merge, and converge with aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), building effective cyber defense has never been more critical for individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) than it is now.  As we see today, the heightened risk and fragility from cyberspace is threatening to reverse major development gains for nations across CAGS. So, the question is, if countries are to protect their hard-fought progress and development, how should they build a cyber defense? What is the essential requirement to build a cyber defense? It seems that the ability to defend in cyberspace depends upon organizations’ ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and rapidly recover from any potentially disruptive cybersecurity event. It is said that Resilience is the first line of defense, even in cyberspace. It is therefore essential to: Establish cyber-security checkpointsAssure continuity of digital servicesEstablish a resilient cyber supply chainRestrict uncontrolled movement of cyber weaponsCreate resilient cyber resourcesDevelop an ability to deal with interconnected cybersecurity risks and casualtiesEstablish resilient cyber communications systemsCreate resilient CAGS systems The commitment towards cyber defense is based on the recognition that the cybersecurity environment has changed, and that the resilience of cyberspace is the first line of defense for today’s interconnected CAGS ecosystem. Since cybersecurity risk, resilience, and defense preparedness walk hand in hand, nations will thrive when all of its components know how to build an effective cyber defense. The question is: Do we understand the baseline requirements of cyber defense?Do we know who is involved in cyber defense and preparedness? Current State To build resiliency in cyber initiatives and connected CAGS infrastructures, it requires developing and maintaining individual and collective capacity to resist and defend against cyber-attacks. This involves creating, maintaining, and supporting a well-organized cyber defense and resiliency plan. The question is: Do nations have well organized cyber defense plan?What is the current state of cyber defense globally?How should cyber defense be addressed under the circumstances?How should nations plan cyber defense posture?Do nations have cyber defense best practices? Are they shared with everyone? Due to cyberspace, the nature of security risks has evolved in not only cyberspace but also aquaspace, geospace, and space! To be able to understand what is at risk and how to be resilient and build a defense, NGIOA decision-makers must first know what assets they are protecting. The question is whether the decision-makers understand the true nature of the assets they are protecting. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Eric Cole is the CEO of Secure Anchor Consulting, based in the United States. He is considered to be one of the nation’s top Cyber Security Experts, advising President Obama, the CIA, Bill Gates, McAfee, & Lockheed Martin. He is the author of many books on Cyber-Security. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Current State Of Cyber Defense appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. Newton Howard, a Brain and Cognitive Scientist, the former Director of the MIT Mind Machine Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and currently a Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Oxford, where he directs the Oxford Computational Neuroscience Laboratory participates in Risk Roundup to discuss “Mind Control Technology”. Risk Roundup Webcast: Mind Control Technology Mind Control Technology Since the beginning of time, we humans have been creating tools to help us interact with the world around us. Now we are moving inwards and developing the tools to help us communicate with the world inside us.  While the nature of tools has evolved from physical to digital, and now neural, our brain is effectively becoming the tool for interaction, communication, collaboration, and control. From electrodes in many different shapes being implanted in the human brain to transmit and receive signals to non-invasive devices that translate brain waves into commands that control not only computer but also body parts are already becoming a reality. As a result, the thought of any technology that can be weaponized and potentially manipulate brain waves to change human behavior or control human behavior is becoming alarming. So, the question that needs to be evaluated is not whether this emerging mind-control technology can be weaponized, but when, by who, and how.    Brain-Computer Interface to Brain-Brain Interface Each layer of cyberspace evolved our potential to connect and communicate. Cyberspace has connected aquaspace, geospace, and space and has also connected individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia. When we are now moving towards developing a brain net, understandably, there is a race to develop not only the brain-computer interface but also the brain-brain interface. While connecting our brains directly into the web looks both exciting and terrifying, it is essential to evaluate where we are going as the brain-computer interface evolves further. We must understand and assess what does this revolution in human brain-computer interface and brain-to-brain interface interaction allow us to do today, which we couldn’t do so far. What is the state of communication possible in the brain to the brain interface? Are we prepared for the outside world to get into our brains?How close are we to developing an ability to know what action will happen before it happens? Integration of AI Mind-control technology has emerged as a promising way for managing many health problems like paralysis, stroke, mental health, and more. Since much of this technology has limited accuracy and can detect only limited commands, it seems the application of artificial intelligence solves many problems. It is essential to evaluate this further: How is the use of AI advancing mind control technology initiatives? Since the AI uses a combination of the brainwaves and the sensor data to work out what to do and what will happen next, how is the interpretation achieved?Since mind control technologies are dual-use technologies, do we understand its security risks?How to design the interfaces to comply with several health and safety requirements, and also address any potential cybersecurity concerns? For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Prof. Newton Howard is a Brain and Cognitive Scientist. He is the former Director of the MIT Mind Machine Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently a Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Oxford, where he directs the Oxford Computational Neuroscience Laboratory. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Mind Control Technology appeared first on Risk Group.

Bob Trojan, Global Advisor to the Digital Economy and Serving on three UN Commission working groups; selected by World Bank, OAS, and APEC to advise emerging nations on FinTech and RegTech; also appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Trade Finance Advisory Council; and a frequent speaker at industry events and CEO of Financial Service Insights based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Emerging Technology Trends. Risk Roundup Webcast: Emerging Technology Trends Emerging Technology Trends While the emerging technology trends seem to be both tenuous and temporary, they are rapidly becoming integrated with every component of a nation. So, the question we need to ask is how we can visualize and act upon a future that is not so transparent and turbulent. From Artificial Intelligence to Robotics, Blockchain to Cryptocurrencies, Internet to Brain Net, Virtual Reality to Augmented Reality, Internet of Things to Internet of Everything, Autonomous Vehicles to Smart Vehicles, CRISPR technology to Gene Editing, Drones to Flying Cars, 3D Printing to Molecular Manufacturing, Nanotechnology to Biotechnology; we are facing fundamental transformation. So, as we stand upon the precipice of change and prepare for the inevitable transformation of the human ecosystem across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), a discussion focused on the “Emerging Technology Trends” are necessary to visualize the future. Emerging technologies have brought nations the most turbulent and transformative period. The changes and challenges of the ongoing technology-triggered transformation are so profound that there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril. Since understanding technology trends are about preparing for the coming years, it is essential to understand and evaluate: Which technology trends are most likely to disrupt businesses in 2020?  What innovations and trends lie beyond the digital frontier? What is the value these innovations offer beyond the digital space?Which technologies are converging? What will be its impact?Where are the strategic opportunities? As we face a range of new technologies that connect and integrate not only cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space, but also individuals and entities across NGIOA, these converging new technologies will impact not only us, but even challenge our ideas about what it means to be a human, a business, government and more. Discussing technology’s future is more than just a security strategy; it is about discussing the future of humanity. If we want to drastically reduce or mitigate the security risks for the future of humanity—thinking about technology’s future could be incredibly valuable for creating actionable ways humanity can move forward.   For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Bob Trojan is a Global Advisor to the Digital Economy. He is Serving on three UN Commission working groups selected by World Bank, OAS, and APEC to advise emerging nations on FinTech and RegTech. He is also appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Trade Finance Advisory Council. He is a frequent speaker at industry events. He is also the CEO of Financial Service Insights based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Emerging Technology Trends appeared first on Risk Group.

Anand Tamboli, the Author of the upcoming book on “Keeping Your AI Under Control: A Pragmatic Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Quantifying Risks” participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Responsible AI Risk Roundup Webcast: Responsible AI Responsible AI AI technologies bring the transformative power to nations: their government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA). The development of AI is creating new opportunities for everyone, even individuals. As AI technologies become more pervasive and get deeply embedded in products and services, and responsible for an increasing number of decision-making processes like benefit payments, mortgage approvals, parole grants, college admissions, job interview screening, and medical diagnosis, they become less visible and transparent. Since algorithms are not viewable, one of the real risks with AI is amplifying and reinforcing existing human biases into AI decision-making processes. While the biases could be either intended or unintended, the reality is that AI-based decisions should be understandable and auditable to those impacted and adhere to existing rules and regulations. While the goal of emerging technologies like AI is to improve the lives of everyone around the world, it is also raising further questions about the best way to build fairness, interpretability, responsibility, accountability, privacy, and security into these emerging systems. These issues are far from solved, and in fact, at the forefront of the AI technology adoption across nations. Even though AI is quickly becoming a new tool for transformation, it has also become clear that deploying AI requires careful management and governance to prevent unintentional damage to individuals and society as a whole. Justifiably, trust in decision-making AI systems is going to be crucial as we move forward in using AI systems for decision-making broadly. Perhaps coding responsibility, accountability, and explainability into algorithms will be our only solution. Understanding Responsible AI Responsible AI is about building trust in AI solutions and currently focuses on ensuring the ethical, transparent, and accountable use of AI technologies in a manner consistent with user expectations, organizational values, and societal laws and norms. The question is whether this is enough and effective. The goal is to have a Responsible AI guard against the use of biased data or algorithms, ensure that automated decisions are justified and explainable, and help maintain user trust, individual privacy, and security. While there is a broad hope that it can be made possible by providing clear rules of engagement, the question is unless the rules are coded, ensuring the responsibility, accountability, and explainability will perhaps not be possible. Responsible AI that is in the code will allow organizations to innovate and realize the transformative potential of AI that is both compelling and accountable and make it easier for explainable AI to be accountable, explainable, and effective. While at the moment Responsible AI is about creating governance frameworks to evaluate, deploy, and monitor AI to create new opportunities, it requires architecting responsibility in the code and implementing coded solutions that put humans at the center. By using design-led thinking, organizations at all levels can examine core ethical questions in context right in the code, evaluate the adequacy of policies and programs, and create a set of value-driven requirements to govern AI solutions. That brings us an important issue, how should automated decision systems be governed? Simply by governance frameworks or using code as the constitution for embedded responsibility, accountability, and explainability. In the coming years, responsible AI will need to be a critical component of algorithms as well as an organizational change model that focuses on rapid learning and adapting. It is time to define a framework for how responsible AI can be embedded in the code, and security checkpoints are assigned to create checks and balances for this process. By integrating responsible AI into the system and organizational approach for change, it is possible to ensure that the critical element of trust is cultivated and maintained among critical human stakeholders, the most important of which being employees, customers, citizens, and consumers. The time is now to define a practical Responsible AI framework that will certainly enhance Explainable AI and accountability further. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Anand Tamboli is the author of the upcoming book on “Keeping Your AI Under Control: A Pragmatic Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Quantifying Risks”. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Responsible AI appeared first on Risk Group.

Naresh Soni, Chief Technology Officer at Tsunami, XR., a Board Director at Sierrabolics, an AI software company, and a member of the Forbes Technology Council based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Trends in Digital Transformation. Risk Roundup Webcast: The Trends in Digital Transformation Trends in Digital Transformation Regardless of industry, digital transformation is underway across many enterprises. From going paperless to getting intelligence that would enable innovations, digital transformation has come a long way. The reason is that today, the survival, security, and sustainability of enterprises across industries depend on digital technologies. While technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) help bring intelligence to create new opportunities, they also give us the ability to visualize new ways of doing things. It is the ability to adapt quickly to the transformative changes brought on by digital technologies that emerge as a vital necessity and capability for digital transformation. Regardless of industry, digital transformation is underway. Looking at the ongoing technology transformation, it is crucial to understand how these digital technologies are transforming industries. While many organizations exploit the opportunities presented by digital technology to build their brand, connect with customers, and enhance sales models, there are some differences from one industry to the next. Moreover, the culture, systems, processes, and even the capabilities of each sector all come into play. As a result, the pace at which industries are changing differs. With the digital transformation becoming the ultimate challenge of a digital age, it impacts not only the current business and industry structures and its strategic positioning, but all levels of enterprises: every task, activity, process, model, and its extended supply chain and ecosystem. That brings an important question: why is digital transformation suddenly becoming more attractive? Which technologies have made it appealing? Digital Technologies Digital technologies are contested commons. Everyone has access to it. So, for any entity to get ahead of their competitors using the technologies that everyone has access to– doesn’t allow them any inherent advantage. So, how do they differentiate and gain a competitive advantage? Irrespective of technologies, the strength of digital technologies stems from how enterprises integrate them to transform their businesses and how they work. It is important to remember that digital success isn’t all about technology: it is the strategy that matters. The strategy is the critical driver in the digital arena. The absolute power of a digital strategy lies in its scope and objectives. Unless technology is proprietary to a company, it ultimately won’t provide a competitive advantage on its own. Every enterprise across the industry needs to carefully walk the path towards digital transformation with a specific strategy to channel its strengths and mitigate its imminent security challenges. While there is no uncertainty that digital transformation can drive business evolution, it is essential to understand what problems industries and businesses are trying to solve and what is their strategy. Do businesses across industries have a digital strategy that goes beyond implementing technologies?How should businesses chart digital transformation to not just impact their bottom line but the society?In what different ways digital technologies offer businesses a new set of opportunities to create value?  While digital transformation can extend the reach of enterprises to improve decision-making ability and help speed the development of new ideas, innovations, products, and services, the disproportionately rapid adaptation and adoption of technologies will most certainly disrupt traditional business models and create complex security risks. The time is now to discuss the trends of digital transformation. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Naresh Soni is the Chief Technology Officer at Tsunami, XR, and is also the Board Director at Sierrabolics, an AI software company. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and is based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com), is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Trends In Digital Transformation appeared first on Risk Group.

Ankur Dinesh Garg, chief of artificial intelligence at Hotify Inc., board member and chief of artificial intelligence at Sonasoft, a board member at Iamwire, advisor to many companies and member at Forbes Technology Council based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the “Future of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence.” Risk Roundup Webcast: The Future of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence The Future of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence The rise of artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the very meaning of an enterprise. So, as we evaluate the enterprises across industries undergo a profound and lasting shift in the relative balance of AI adoption, its further application will offer each enterprise as many opportunities as it does challenges. The rise of artificial intelligence competency is revolutionizing every aspect of the enterprise. It has flattened the playing field and brought every enterprise a unique possibility of progress. What needs to be seen is whether in the leveled playing field, which enterprises will be able to compete and lay a new foundation for fundamental transformation and which ones will decline. Today, what is common to all enterprises is access to technology, data, and information. However, what is not common is how each individual enterprise uses that information, and for what purpose and goals. While artificial intelligence has given enterprises across industries and nations the same starting point in access to AI technology, there are many other variables in each enterprises ecosystem that will determine whether an enterprise will be able to use the data and information from its ecosystem to develop AI, automate, and transform to succeed.  It is essential to understand and evaluate: The emerging shifts and trendsEnterprise power dynamicsEnterprise AI applications Enterprise transformation AI adoption pattern The time is now to discuss the future of enterprise AI. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Ankur Dinesh Garg is a successful serial entrepreneur. He has founded many technology ventures over the years. He is the chief of artificial intelligence at Hotify (an AI-based cognitive intelligence platform) Inc. He is also the board member and chief of artificial intelligence at Sonasoft, a board member at Iamwire, advisor to many companies, and member at Forbes Technology Council. Ankur is also an early-stage investor in AI, emerging tech, and life-changing experiences. He is based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Future Of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Risk Group.

Julie Clegg, a licensed investigator, an intelligence expert on the UK reality TV series Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, CEO of Human-i Intelligence Services, Inc., and author of the best-selling book: How to Become A World-Class Investigator participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Complex Challenges of Investigating Cyber Crimes. Risk Roundup Webcast: Complex Challenges Of Cyber Crime Investigation Combatting Cyber Crimes Digital data has become a criminal commodity. As it drives the rapidly growing criminal activities, phishing, pharming, malware distribution, hacking of corporate databases, espionage, extortion, and attacks on critical infrastructure are on the rise. Since, the criminal threat from cyberspace has become multi-dimensional, and targets individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) at a rapidly growing rate, combatting cyber-crimes has become one of the top priorities for every nation. Cyber-crime has, in fact, become an industry and is a mature industry. The tools used by cyber-criminals are supported by malicious code writers, specialist web hosts, and individuals working for a sophisticated industry. They are even able to lease compromised computer networks to carry out automated attacks. Individually and collectively they are posing a direct threat to the security of not only individuals and entities across NGIOA but the entire cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace and space (CAGS).   Cybercrime is globalized. The democratization of information has given rise to the globalization of crime. The rapid advances in the functionalities of information communication technologies (ICTs), artificial intelligence, and more are further adding to the complexities. Complex Challenges of Cyber Crime Investigation Cyber-crimes are generally technically complex and legally intricate, and the inherent differences between each nation’s technical and legal systems bring complex challenges for investigating cyber-crimes.  Furthermore, cyber-crimes do not respond to a single jurisdiction approach to policing. Since the ease with which criminals can move from one type of illegal activity to another suggests that territorialism in all its forms is becoming a significant obstacle to successfully battle the misuse of technology. Moreover, the traditional distinction between threats to internal and external security, or civilian and military security is blurring rapidly. Personal information and data have become a commodity. It moves far too quickly for conventional law enforcement methods to keep pace. Individually and collectively, this necessitates an understanding of complex challenges facing cyber- crime investigators. It is essential to understand and evaluate: Who investigates cyber-attacks across nations?Do nations have well-trained cybercrime investigators?What skill sets cyber-investigators should have?What are the mindset and technical competencies that are necessary for investigating cyber-crimes? How do investigators go after cyber-crimes?Are investigators allowed to monitor and intercept communications? How does real-time digital monitoring happen?What are the jurisdictional challenges investigators face when addressing cyber-crimes?How is the technology used for cyber investigation? Do nations have necessary technology resources?What are some of the significant issues involved in stopping cyber criminals? The time is now to discuss and debate the Complex Challenges of Cyber-Crime Investigation. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Julie Clegg is a licensed investigator and has years of experience in law enforcement and cyber-crime investigations. She is an intelligence expert on the UK reality TV series Hunted and Celebrity Hunted. She also has taught investigative skills and procedures in more than twenty countries. She is the founder and CEO of Human-i Intelligence Services, Inc. and is also the author of the best-selling book: How to Become a World-Class Investigator. She also volunteers as an ambassador for Embrace UK, a non-profit that provides support for young victims of serious crime and their families. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. 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Paul Mola, Founder, and CEO of Roswell Biotechnologies based in the United States participate in Risk Roundup to discuss Molecular Chips. Risk Roundup Webcast: Molecular Chips Molecular Chips From photosynthesis to signal transduction, essentially all electronic processes in nature seem to occur in molecular structures. Now, since the tools of molecular synthesis are advancing rapidly, the application of molecular building blocks for the fabrication of electronic components is gaining ground. Since molecular electronics use single molecules or nanoscale collections of single molecules as electronic components, great efforts are being made to duplicate the capabilities of silicon-based circuitry at the molecular level. Moreover, with microprocessors reaching their physical limit, there is a need to evaluate available molecules that can be effectively used. It seems there is a great interest and potential in using DNA to generate molecular changes never imagined before for the human ecosystem. The Promise of Molecular Electronics It seems the primary science on which a molecular electronics technology would be built is now unfolding. The underlying science and applications that are emerging are tremendously promising. From the possibility of transforming industries like healthcare, environment, data storage to data security, and broader societal needs of the human ecosystem across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space; the power of molecular structures, electronics, chips, and systems brings the revolutionary potential to unlock limitless possibilities in the rapidly emerging field of molecular electronics. This is especially important because the electronic circuits that are ubiquitous in devices all over the world are currently silicon-based. While scientists have long been trying to duplicate the capabilities of silicon-based circuitry at the molecular level, the efforts were challenging and complex. The progress seen today and the power of trillions of transistors, processors with a speed measured in terahertz, infinite capacity, zero cost, brings science and scientists the dawn of a new technological revolution. The current effort of molecular electronics uses single molecules or nanoscale collections of single molecules as electronic components to allow the unprecedented miniaturization of computers and other electronics. The transformation brought by molecular electronics is expected to change everything. Since the ability to manipulate molecules or even see matter at this scale is very new, it will be interesting to see how molecular electronics will transform the world. From low-cost production to faster computing and energy efficiency the transcending of the limitations of data storage technologies, and robust memory systems that are so small in size that even the data of the entire cyberspace can fit in it, the potential applications have no limits. It seems molecules are indeed becoming the building blocks of the coming revolution. Molecules for Molecular Devices The most important driver of the development of molecular electronics is the identification of new suitable and available molecules. It seems many molecules have already been studied and determined to be ideal for the preparation of molecular components. Among these, hydrocarbons have been extensively selected as appropriate molecules. Moreover, given its valuable mechanical, electronic, optical, and chemical properties, a great deal of research is being carried out on graphene for molecular electronics. Besides, another vital molecule for the manufacture of molecular-based components is deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Many studies have already been performed on DNA and have identified its potential application for molecular electronics. It seems the basic science on which a molecular electronics technology would be built is now rapidly evolving. As a result, the science and applications that are possible and emerging is fascinating. As molecular electronics devices hold great promise for electronics applications, it is essential to understand what role molecules will play in electronics circuitry. It will be interesting to see where the current research on molecular chip application is evolving and how the molecules will be applied for not only computational applications but many other industry applications. The time is now to discuss and debate the potential of Molecular Chips. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Paul Mola, Roswell’s President, and CEO is a dynamic entrepreneur and leader combining science and business acumen to build and grow successful biotechnology companies that have profound potential to impact mankind. Paul believes that to develop game-changing technologies; one needs to think beyond the realm of possibility and have the courage to execute at the bleeding edge where many will choose not to venture.  This requires vision and thoughtful realization of a high-performing team culture where the relentless drive is embedded to leverage every failure as a learning opportunity to make innovation a way of life.   About the Company Roswell Biotechnologies Inc. is developing an emerging Molecular Electronics technology, integrating single molecules as part of electronic circuits, to deliver game-changing advantages to unlock Precision Medicine. We are converging advancements in nanotechnology, CMOS technology, molecular biology, and material sciences to realize a radically novel and disruptive technology capable of reading DNA.  About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Molecular Chips appeared first on Risk Group.

Emeritus Professor (Dr.) Nicolaos Alexopoulos, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UCI Samueli School of Engineering, from the University of California, Irvine, based in the USA; a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, an ISI Highly Cited Author in Computer Science with more than 270 professional journal and conference papers, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and twice recipient of the IEEE Schelkunoff Best Journal Publication Award, currently Vice President at Broadcom Foundation participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Electro-Magnetic field and Health Risks. Electromagnetic Fields and Health Risks The proliferation of human-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is creating more questions than answers. That is perhaps because there is a growing concern that the human-made electromagnetic field is biologically active and is probably at the root of the increasing concern for the human-made electromagnetic field. According to a paper published in nature, the human-made EMF is dangerous because of its role of polarization in the biological activity of human-made Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) / Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR). That brings us to an important question: Why are human-made EMFs/EMR polarized?Do we sufficiently understand how the biologically active electric and magnetic fields impact living beings at cellular levels? 5G There is a growing concern that 5G is packed with higher energy radiation that delivers potential damaging effects on humans and other living beings. The fears about radiofrequency radiation that can damage DNA and lead to cancer; cause oxidative damage that can cause premature aging; disrupt cell metabolism, and potentially lead to other diseases through the generation of stress proteins needs to be properly understood and evaluated. From what is known at this point, the main effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields is the heating of body tissues. So, What does the low exposure to EMF do to humans or any other living things?Do we understand how the EMFs react at the cellular level?Has there been any study done of the electromagnetic field from an evolutionary perspective?What is the electromagnetic band that 5G uses? How does it react to the human environment? Do we understand the risks enough to go ahead with deployment of 5G?Are there any dangers of 5G to the environment and planet?Do we need EMP protection? The time is now to discuss and debate the Health Risks of Electromagnetic Fields. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About The Guest Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos joined the UC Irvine faculty in 1997 as engineering dean and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Under his leadership, 61 faculty members joined the school, totaling 105, and student enrollment grew from 1,160 undergraduate and 340 graduate students in 1997-98 to 2,215 undergraduate and 893 graduate students in 2007-08.  Overall research expenditures also increased from $7.7 million during 1997-98 to $21.9 million in 2006-07. The Samueli School added 14 endowed chairs, ten members of the National Academies, and rose in the U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings from 49th in 1997-98 to 37th in 2007-08. From 1969-96, Alexopoulos served on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCLA, assuming the roles of associate dean of faculty affairs and chair of the department during his tenure.  He is the author of more than 270 professional journal and conference papers, has served on the editorial boards of several professional journals, and has been the editor-in-chief of Electromagnetics. In 1985, he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and he has received the IEEE Schelkunoff Best Journal Publication Award twice (1985 and 1998). Ten of his journal publications have been published in volumes of the most significant contributions in the field. He was named the “Engineer of the Year” in 2000 by the Orange County Section of IEEE and received the Engineering Educator Award by the Orange County Engineering Council in 2001. In 2002, the American-Hellenic Council honored Alexopoulos for his distinguished service and contributions to Hellenism and the American-Hellenic community. He also received an honorary doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens for contributions to education and research in engineering electrodynamics and his public lectures on the “Genesis and Destruction of the First Research University: The Museum/Library of Alexandria,” in 2005. Dr. Alexopoulos is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and an ISI Highly Cited Author in computer science.  He received the 2006 Orange County Engineering Council Award for Outstanding Contributions to Engineering Education in Orange County and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 for “contributions to microwave circuits, antennas, and structures for low observable technologies, and for contributions in engineering education.”  Dr. Alexopoulos was also recently honored with the Forum for Corporate Directors Chairman’s Award at the 13th Annual Director of the Year awards event, and the AeA Engineering the Future Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 15th Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards Dinner. Together with engineering faculty and colleagues, Alexopoulos supported the creation of numerous school and campus advancements, including the establishment of the National Fuel Cell Research Center in 1997, the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility in 1998, establishing the first “named” school on the UCI campus in 1999, and the Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing in 2000. He also initiated and supported the establishment of UCI’s California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) in 2000, as well as the development and launch of a new Biomedical Engineering Department in 2002. In 2006, he led the creation of a Center for Engineering Science in Design, as well as celebrated a new program called “LifeChips.”  In 2007, The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology was established with a $5 million gift from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. Alexopoulos is the former principal investigator of the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) program, which encourages minority participation in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. He was also the principal investigator for the UCI Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program, an academic outreach, and enrichment program that supports educationally disadvantaged students in elementary, middle, and high schools so they can excel in math and science studies, and graduate with baccalaureate degrees in math and science-based fields. Born in Athens, Greece, he graduated from the Eighth Gymnasium of Athens in 1959 and received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1965, 1967, and 1968.  Professor Alexopoulos is interested in electromagnetic theory, integrated microwave circuits, microstrip antennas and arrays, multi-function antennas, non-reciprocal materials, numerical methods, and percolation theory and applications. His research activities focus on the modeling and design of three-dimensional integrated circuits and printed antennas in multilayered materials, wireless communication antennas, and systems. He also is studying interconnect problems in complex networks, novel materials and smart structures in low observable systems, and computational methods. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Electromagnetic Fields and Health Risks appeared first on Risk Group.

Retired Brigadier General Blaine D. Holt, currently a Chief Operating Officer at Braidy Industries based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Emerging Technology for Cyber-Warfare. Risk Roundup Webcast: Emerging Technology For Cyber Warfare Emerging Technology For Cyber Warfare The rapidly evolving cyber warfare has no visible front, borders, or armies. It has become a real threat to everyone today. So, as we evaluate emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT), autonomous systems, human-made electromagnetic spectrum, 5G, smart dust, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and more; there are all indicators that while security risks are going to proliferate, each of these technologies can be used for offense as well as defense. So, as we evaluate the ongoing cyberwarfare getting integrated with emerging technologies, and its scope of overall entanglement with geospace, aquaspace, and space; the anonymity of enemy soldiers in the cyber domain; and the leveling of attack capabilities, we are entering an era where it seems a new paradigm of cyber conflict and warfare management seems essential.  Each of the emerging technologies, individually and collectively are fundamentally changing the definition and meaning of security in cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space—and as a result, there’s no such thing as ‘secure’ anymore in the entire human ecosystem of CAGS. When the security concept is currently being subjected to significant changes concerning its aims, capabilities, sources, connectivity, and the dimension of threats, it makes us wonder how the many unknowns of emerging technologies are influencing cyber warfare. So, as we take a step forward, the battle between cybersecurity offense and defense is expected to escalate–and emerging technologies will need to find their way into balancing the already complex security paradigm. It is essential to understand and evaluate: What technology trends, challenges, and threats await us all as we go forward?How are emerging technologies, changing the security paradigm?What role emerging technologies are playing in cyber warfare?Which are the emerging innovations in technology that will have broader implications for cyber-warfare in the coming years?How will AI and machine learning/deep learning boost cyber offense as well as defenses?How important are emerging technologies capabilities for cyberwarfare? When we evaluate emerging technologies like the internet of things (IoT), autonomous systems (weapons and vehicles), next-generation virtualized infrastructures (e.g., software-defined networks and 5G), virtual and augmented reality, the internet of bio-nano things, AI and robotics, it is crucial to understand which emerging technologies will bring offensive and defensive capabilities to cyber warfare. The time is now to discuss and debate Emerging Technology for Cyber Warfare. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Retired Brigadier General Blaine D. Holt is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Braidy Industries based in the United States. He is a future-focused business leader and strategic innovator; his mission is to think far enough ahead of the curve to ensure organizational success in a world of exponential change. Over the course of his 25+-year career, he has done just that, earning a reputation for unearthing solutions to pressing challenges and driving the game-changing transformation to chart the course toward a stronger future. Previously the President of Million Air, the world’s premier private aviation service provider, he led his executive team to deliver innovation-driven growth and implement process improvement initiatives to create value for shareholders and extraordinary experiences for customers. Having lived all over the world, including Hong Kong, Belgium, Germany, and the Kyrgyz Republic, he brings global business insight to a growing multi-materials technology company. Prior to joining Braidy, he built his leadership foundation in the military, where he advanced from instructor pilot to the 2nd-highest-ranking U.S. military official at NATO, earning multiple awards and honors for effectively managing major crises. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC(www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Emerging Technology For Cyber Warfare appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. O. Shawn Cupp, Professor at US Army, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Cyberspace Policy. Risk Roundup Webcast: Cyber Policy Cyberspace Cyberspace is fundamentally changing the human ecosystem in aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS). As seen, billions of devices are already connected to the internet today, and billions more will be connecting in the coming tomorrow. The growth in high-speed internet access and devices connected to the internet has given rise to big data that has helped transform every component of a nation. As seen today, individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) already rely on computer-driven and interconnected information and communication technologies. As a result, each nation’s security now depends on how all components of a nation (individually and collectively) respond to cyberspace. Understandably, securing cyberspace has become a survival need for everyone across nations. The reason is that cyberspace is an inseparable component of nations’ digital systems and a way of life now. Not only that, cyberspace is connecting geospace, aquaspace, and space as well. From financial system to social, economic system to commerce, government and political life, everyone and everything are getting connected. This fundamentally changes how nations operate across CAGS. Cyber Policy Today, cyberspace is a contested common along with aquaspace, geospace, and space and its use as a battleground to wage war is rapidly intensifying. Cyberspace seems to be evolving faster than the policymaker’s ability to handle the transformative changes brought on by the technology. Keeping up with the rapidly growing complexity of the raging war in cyberspace is a challenge facing not only nations military, but also individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA), and even the policy community. So, how do nations keep up? How can nations, individually and collectively respond to the complex security, legal and policy challenges of cyberspace and due to cyberspace in aquaspace, geospace, and space? How can nations develop a theoretical and doctrinal legal and policy infrastructure capable of integrating transformative technologies from cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space? To begin with, every entity across NGIOA needs to define protection mechanisms for their digital infrastructure, data, and systems. Defining security controls, tools, and processes is a survival need today. So, as we develop a security policy, it is not just a technological solution; it is instead, a doctrine to give measurable goals for our collective security controls and response. Since security policy applies to the entire nations, it, therefore, must be defined, described, and documented in clear terms for digital infrastructure, physical security, critical infrastructure security across CAGS, hardware, software, systems, war weapons, and so on. Developing a cyber policy needs to be a collective effort from all security stakeholders across NGIOA. It is therefore essential to evaluate: What is cyberspace to nations and all its components? What is the current approach to cyberspace?As we rely on information systems to generate data, knowledge, information, and intelligence; how reliable are the digital information systems?Do we understand the strategic security impact of cyberspace? What are policy challenges emerging because of cyberspace? The ultimate goal of the cyber policy is to create a cybersecurity framework to increase the security posture of cyberspace. The time is now to discuss and debate Cyber Policy! For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Cupp is a faculty member of a multi-departmental teaching team instructing the Intermediate Level Education (ILE) including the ILE Core Course and the Advanced Operational Warfighting Course (AOWC). Responsible for presentation, revision, development, and evaluation of graduate-level, force projection, and maneuver sustainment, resource planning, and force management instruction; to a diverse audience of US and international field grade officers. Serves as a mentor and coaches 16 operations career field students as their Staff Group Advisor (ASGA). Educate and counsel officers in a course that develops and improves their problem solving, critical reasoning and creative thinking, leadership development, cultural awareness, and military-media relations. Curriculum, course author, and lesson author duties include A430 Characteristics of Domestic Incidents in the Advance Application Program (AAP) as part of the Homeland Security Studies Program Track V. Subject matter expert within the college for adult education, domestic threats, agroterrorism, and research in homeland security threats. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Cyber Policy appeared first on Risk Group.

Prof. (Dr.) John S. Torday, M.D., a Developmental Physiologist from UCLA based in the United States with a keen interest in how and why physiology has evolved, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Singularity of Nature and evaluate whether category theory can be used as a universal modeling tool to comprehend the singularity of nature. Risk Roundup Webcast: The Singularity of Nature The Singularity of Nature Proving the Singularity of Nature scientifically was complicated so far. The reason behind this was the limited knowledge and understanding we had about evolutionary biology that made it difficult to connect and merge biology with physics. However, with the realization that biology can be traced to its very origin by simply reducing evolutionary biology to cell-cell signaling, the barriers to understanding science evolution have been slowly crumbling. As a result, the ongoing reduction of biology to cellular networks and cell-cell signaling brings much promise, as it gives us an understanding of the role of quantum mechanics and allows us to empirically formulate the basis for the singularity of nature for the very first time. Moreover, with category theory now being widely used as a universal modeling tool to resolve complex problems not only in physics, engineering, and design but also in life sciences and the human ecosystem in cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space, we are getting closer to understanding complex evolutionary processes and being able to comprehend the singularity of nature. This is especially important because both the physical and the biological domains in the universe are seemingly mini-singularities created by the Big Bang. Applying category theory to the process will perhaps give us an understanding of a valid pathway for quantum evolutionary development through cell-cell interactions. That brings us to some essential questions: Is there a fundamental difference between the biologic traits underpinning evolution and the process of development itself? Are the processes of evolution the same for all living things? Also, if they are, what do they depend on?When were biological evolutionary changes directly attributed to documented sequential geophysical changes in the environment?Since the quantum effects of gravity on cell biology is now well recognized, what evolutionary effect will be seen due to the increased exposure to the electromagnetic spectrum on evolutionary biology?Since epigenetic interactions between biology and the environment can be considered as self-referential ‘echoes’ of the origins of life, can it be used to understand the evolutionary or existence patterns of the impact of emerging technologies?Is there any direct analogy between a physical system guided by physical laws and quantum rules within our actual living circumstances?Will identifying the interface between quantum mechanics and biology offer the opportunity to understand evolution as one continuous process? Since everything is connected in the universe, what does this seamless interconnectivity between man, machines, matter, mother nature, and the universe imply?How can we use category theory to understand the singularity of nature? Is it possible to apply category theory as a formal model theory to understand cell-cell signaling applications and to understand patterns of evolution or extinction?Moreover, how can we use category theory to understand the whole system behavior of organisms and to understand what defines the development of traits, etc.? The time is now to discuss The Singularity of Nature using Category Theory. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Prof. Torday is a Developmental Physiologist from UCLA with a keen interest in how and why physiology has evolved. His career in lung development was launched four decades ago by the serendipitous finding that a simple molecule like cortisol could effectively accelerate fetal lung development; this phenomenon changed reproductive medicine overnight, reducing the preterm infant mortality rate from as high as 70% to nearly zero for preterm births. As a working scientist, this made no sense, but was impossible to ignore- why should hormones have anything to do with the respiratory system? On the other hand, such chance findings are primarily the history of biomedical research. He thinks that such paradoxes prevail because we are using the wrong logic. He believes that the way to make biology and medicine rational and predictive is by reducing evolution to cell biology, as shown in his book Evolutionary Biology, Cell-Cell Communication and Complex Disease.  Simply put, by reducing the processes of biology and evolution to the cellular level and determining how development, homeostasis, and regeneration function both within and across species phylogenetically is a level playing field for understanding the mechanisms involved in both- the trick is to reduce phenotypes of interest to the cell-molecular level, providing the insights to homology that will reveal the evolutionary strategies. Moreover, for the sake of medical education and the generation of novel evolutionary medicine research initiatives, a cell-molecular approach allows us to interface evolutionary biology and evidence-based medicine. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Singularity of Nature appeared first on Risk Group.

Retired Colonel Prof. (Dr.) Don Welch, the Chief Information Security Officer, and Acting CIO and VP for Penn State, an Affiliate Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology as well as the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science based in the United States participate in Risk Roundup to discuss Cyber Warfare. Cyber Warfare Along with geospace, aquaspace, and space, cyberspace (CAGS) is a contested common. Its use as a battleground to conduct war is rapidly intensifying. This changing nature and landscape of warfare where emerging cyberweapons have become more destructive than real battlefield weapons are becoming a cause of great concern. Keeping up with the rapidly growing complexity of the exploding war in cyberspace is a challenge facing not only for nations military, but also individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA). The reason is cyberspace is the only domain that is entirely human-made and digital in nature. It has been created, maintained, owned, and operated both by public and private stakeholders across nations. It is continually changing and evolving in response to technology transformation and is not being subject to any geopolitical or natural boundaries. Moreover, the information and electronic payloads are deployed instantaneously between any point of origin and any destination connected through the electromagnetic spectrum. Since data and information travel in the form of numerous digitalized fragments through unpredictable routings before being reconstituted at their destination, it opens up multiple points of security vulnerabilities. As seen, cyber warfare is not geographically rooted anymore. It has reached the contested commons of cyberspace and targeting individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia. When practically everything that happens in the geospace is being mirrored in cyberspace, we are opening vulnerabilities on a level that is not comprehensible. This is primarily a cause of concern for national security planners and strategists, especially when propaganda, espionage, investigation, targeting, and, to an unknown extent, warfare itself. So, as we evaluate the ongoing cyberwarfare getting integrated with artificial intelligence, and its scope of overall entanglement with geospace, aquaspace, and space; the anonymity of enemy soldiers in the cyber domain; and their leveling of attack capabilities, we are entering an era where it seems a new paradigm of cyber conflict and warfare management seems essential.   This vicious power struggle raging on in cyberspace, this new cyber battleground is full of unknowns, including major players, minor players, rules of war, and reasons for war. In these rapidly expanding cyber- battlefields, the war casualties have been quietly piling up. It seems every nation: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) has been hit and is at risk of being hit. No one is being spared, including common citizens. That brings us to an important question, is any nation prepared for this new warfare reality? The time is now to discuss the complex challenges of cyber-warfare For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Prof. (Dr.) Don Welch is the Chief Information Security Officer and Acting CIO and VP for Penn State. He is also an Affiliate Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology as well as the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Previous to Penn State, he was the CISO for the University of Michigan including all campuses and the Health System. He was a member of the Michigan Governor’s Cyber Security Advisory Council and was a co-author of Michigan’s Cyber Security Strategic Plan. He was the CEO of Merit Network from 2006 to 2014. He received numerous awards to include being named a Champion of Change by the White House, Top CEO for Michigan, and Leader and Innovator of the Year. He has served on two non-profit boards and as chair of the research and education network association. He has held leadership roles in many committees, conferences, and advisory councils for education, technology, and information security. Don served as the CTO at H-E-B, a $12B retail/distribution/manufacturing company that operates in Texas and Mexico. Before starting his civilian career, he served in the U. S. Army, retiring as a Colonel and earning the Legion of Merit. His last position was CIO and Professor of Computer Science at West Point. Some of his other Army assignments include tours of duty with the Army’s counterterrorist unit Delta Force and service as the senior human resources manager for the Army’s uniformed information technology workforce. At the start of his Army career, he commanded two light infantry companies and three infantry platoons. He has a BS from West Point, an MS in Computer Science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. He also earned paratrooper wings and the U.S. Army Ranger Tab. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Cyber Warfare appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. K. Stephen Suh, a Precision Medicine Expert, based in the United States, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss BioBanking Trends. Risk Roundup Webcast: Biobanking Trends Biobanking Trends Technology has now made it possible for broad sharing of information, rapid analysis, and automation of testing.  Moreover, the whole genome data and digital sharing capability are improving the research capabilities. From artificial intelligence-driven process automation, genetic testing, genome analysis, digitization, robotics, data analytics to the internet, the rapidly emerging technological advances, are on their way to revolutionizing biobanks, biorepository, and biospecimen science. While drug discovery and development seems to be the primary focus, biobank research hopes to provide a new understanding into the genetic component of the disease, that would ultimately lead to a more personalized and precise approach to healthcare. Moreover, the growing investments are enabling the scientific progress that will strongly influence our knowledge about human health and disease, the quality and nature of health care, and human life. Understandably, biobanking is rapidly becoming a key area for infrastructure development as there is a rise in many kinds of biobanks. From disease-centric, population-based, genetic or DNA/RNA, project-driven, tissue versus multiple specimen types, commercial versus community-based, microbiome to stem cells, and virtual biobanks, there are many types of biobanks emerging. As the ultimate aims of biobanks include promoting the health and well-being of the community at no individual cost or risk, the question is, how will that be possible. Complex Challenges Biobanks have triggered a robust debate about ethical, legal, and social implications surrounding human samples and data due to issues of consent, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of the samples and the return of results and data-sharing. So, as we witness the evolution of biobanking from a simple collection of frozen specimens to the virtual biobanks and bioscience as seen today, it is essential to understand its risks and rewards- What are the challenges of biobanking broadly?Do all nations have biobanks and the technology necessary for them?How will personalized medicine benefit from biobanking?Are there any guidelines about biobanking? What are the best practices?How can biobanks balance benefits and risks?Is there a need for regulation? As biobanking is on its way to changing the world, the time is now to discuss the risks and rewards of biobanking. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. K. Stephen Suh is a professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Cell and Molecular Biology, Animal Modeling of Cancer, 3-Dimensional Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering, and the use of Artificial Intelligence System on Data Mining of Electronic Health Records and Biobank-Patient Samples. He is an expert for Precision Medicine topics and achieving the concept for Personalized Medicine and biomarker-based Population and Patient Selection for clinical testing platforms. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post Biobanking Trends appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Co-CEO, CTO, Founder & Board Member at Movandi Corporation developing 5G wireless network systems based in the United States participates in Risk Roundup to discuss the Future of 5G. The Future of 5G Risk Roundup Webcast: The Future of 5G The fiber optic technology is on its way to revolutionizing telecommunications. While it proves to be a more efficient means of transmitting both data and voice, the fifth-generation wireless networks of mobile internet connectivity that offers faster speed and much more reliable connections to mobile devices are also here. 5G networks are expected to help power a massive rise in mobility and the internet of things technology infrastructure. As 5G networks provide the infrastructure needed to carry vast amounts of digital data, allowing for a smarter and more connected world, the debate is emerging about the future of the 5G network, and its risks and rewards. It seems fiber optics revolutionized communication technology by allowing the transmission of higher data capacities on considerably longer distances, with less interference than the traditional copper technologies that we had across nations. Amidst the parallel revolution and evolution in fiber communication technology, it is necessary to understand how is 5G revolutionizing the transmission of digital data and voice. It is important to understand and evaluate: Where is the evolution of wireless networks taking us?What will be the relationship between fiber wireline networks and wireless 5G in the coming years? Will 5G be sufficient for the needs of the emerging technologies? Will the future wireless network needs to be met by solving only the bandwidth and speed requirements?What is the network architecture in 5G? Is there any change in the network core from 4G?How secured is 5G network? Who is developing the standards for 5G security? What is the future of 5G? The time is now to understand the Future of 5G. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Dr. Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran is a leading pioneer, engineering executive, inventor, and entrepreneur in the wireless communications industry. Dr. Reza has pioneered research in RF CMOS technology and led the integration of the RF radio with digital processors to enable short-range wireless connectivity, Bluetooth, and short-range wireless network, Wi-Fi, and millimeter RF. In 1998, he founded Innovent Systems Inc where he pioneered the research in RF CMOS, RF radio, and digital processing to enable short-range wireless connectivity, which then led to Broadcom’s purchase and merger of Innovent in 2000. At Broadcom In 2005, he integrated multiple wireless systems into single-chip CMOS, enabling smartphones and mobiles devices with Wi-Fi in harmony with Bluetooth and other wireless networks. This had a significant impact on mobile devices, and over 90% of today’s internet traffic and daily wireless connections are through these integrated chips. In 2006, Dr. Reza became a Broadcom fellow for his contribution to RF CMOS and radio technology that was essential in building the wireless business at Broadcom that shipped more than 1.5 billion radios per year. In 2010, Dr. Reza became an IEEE Fellow for his contribution to the integration of RF radios into single-chip CMOS technology. In 2016, he founded Movandi Corporation to develop 5G wireless network systems. In 2018, he received IEEE Industrial Pioneer Award, for research in RF CMOS. A leading role followed this in the industrialization of single-chip CMOS radio-on-chip that is enabling today’s smartphones. He was also recognized by UCLA as a pioneering figure in the wireless communications industry and a prolific inventor, awarded the UCLA 2018 Alumnus of the Year. With more than 854 issued patents, Dr. Reza is one of the top patent holders in the world, appearing in 77 publications and receiving 20 international awards. Dr. Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran received his BS in 1986, MS in 1988, Ph.D. in 1998 from UCLA.  About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Future Of 5G appeared first on Risk Group.

Dr. John Carlos Baez, an American Mathematical Physicist and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside, based in the United States participate in Risk Roundup to discuss The Promise of Category Theory. Category Theory Risk Roundup Webcast: The Promise of Category Theory Category theory has become a key driver for modern mathematics, theoretical computer science and is beginning to be applied to mathematical physics. As it becomes the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics; there is a broader hope that it will help us on our journey towards understanding the origin of our universe and our place within it.  From helping us understand how the patterns of innovation arise to how the patterns of destructions emerge, category theory has the potential to be a powerful language or conceptual framework, that would help us see the common components of a family of integrated structures of any given kind, and how constructive and destructive structures that emerge are interrelated and integrated.  So, as we begin to explore the universe, beyond cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS), it is believed that category theory will provide a structural framework for uncovering and documenting rules and patterns that occur in man, machines, matter, and the universe. Also, category theory is expected to be a language for consciousness for the entire universe and will likely give us evidence to the more profound puzzle as to perhaps: Why do mathematical laws govern the universe in the first place?Why is the order of the universe dependent on interconnected and interrelated processes? Moreover, how are the systems and states, undergoing processes that alter them?Why is category theory relevant today in understanding the current and future security problems facing humanity across CAGS. How will category theory help us make sense of the complex challenges coming our way? It is believed that we live in a relational reality. What does that mean? It perhaps means that the properties of the world around us stem not from the properties of its ultimate building blocks, but from the relations among these building blocks. Does that mean category theory is a tool to understand relationships? How does category theory explain the relational reality of the contested commons of cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space (CAGS)? While the role of category theory as a foundational language in applied mathematics and mathematical modeling is still in its infancy and a rather unexplored path, it is crucial to understand how it can help us understand the complex security problems facing humanity. Category Theory Applications Category theory has already shown promise as a modeling framework. Because it provides an abstract framework for modeling processes its applications are universal in science, engineering, the contested commons of the human ecosystem, and the entire universe. So, it is crucial to understand and evaluate how can we apply category theory to the broader security problems we are trying to solve today for the future of humanity (cybersecurity issues to environmental issues, automation issues to warfare issues, behavior issues to cultural issues, and more)? As the applications of category theory are beginning to emerge, it is vital to understand whether the future will be based on the category theory. The time is now to understand the Promise of Category Theory. For more, please watch the Risk Roundup Webcast or hear the Risk Roundup Podcast About the Guest Prof. (Dr.) John Carlos Baez is an American Mathematical Physicist. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside-based in the United States. About the Host of Risk Roundup Jayshree Pandya (née Bhatt), the founder and chief executive officer of Risk Group LLC (www.riskgroupllc.com) is working passionately to define a new security-centric operating system for humanity. Her efforts towards building a strategic security risk analytics platform are to equip the global strategic security community with the tools and culture to collectively imagine the strategic security risks to our future and to define and design a new security-centric operating system for the future of humanity.  About Risk Roundup Risk Roundup, a global initiative launched by Risk Group, is a security risk reporting for risks emerging from existing and emerging technologies, technology convergence, and transformation happening across cyberspace, aquaspace, geospace, and space. Risk Roundup is released in both audio (Podcast) and video (Webcast) format and is available for subscription at (Risk Group Website, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, Android, and Risk Group Professional Social Media). About Risk Group Risk Group LLC is a leading strategic security risk analytics platform. Copyright Risk Group LLC. All Rights Reserved The post The Promise Of Category Theory appeared first on Risk Group.