Dr. Dave Venable
Focused on building resilience in democracies | Former U.S. intelligence officer | Chair, @ISRS.ngo | Board director & CISO | TheCipherBrief
- Well, if it’s not us-east1, it’s Cloudflare… And it’s always DNS
- I was very honored to speak on the evolution of the CISO role at the Cyber Future Summit today, at the George W Bush Presidential Center.
- “More than 50% of social media accounts are AI bots, and they are influencing how we think” - Kate Kuehn at Cyber Future Summit
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- The next asymmetric war isn’t guerrillas and IEDs - it’s engineered through AI, biotech, and code. @davevenable.com on synthetic asymmetry in @thecipherbrief.bsky.social www.thecipherbrief.com/asymmetric-war
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableISRS is thrilled to congratulate Admiral McRaven, commander of Joint Special Operations Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, for receiving the America's Future Series' Magelles Award last night! Well deserved. We were incredibly honored to be a part of it.
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableNATO’s Eastern Sentry at a Glance A quick breakdown of how the alliance responded to Russia’s drone incursion in Poland: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/natos-re...
- I wonder how long it will take for English grammar to evolve into something less precise, simply because AI detectors flag good writing as artificial.
- Home is where your coffee machine is
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableISRS’s Mykola Volkivskyi will speak at the UN World Information Transfer on Global Geopolitics After the Alaska Summit. Open to the public via Zoom 27 August, 12:00 EST zoom.us Meeting ID: 881 7964 5785 Passcode: 240207
- Hey Chat, what is irony?
- Слава Україні!
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableThe next great power contest isn’t over land or oil, it’s over AI. ISRS unpacks Trump’s AI Action Plan, Europe’s regulatory push, & global risks ahead. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/the-next...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableAI is moving into military & diplomatic decision making. Studies show LLMs can escalate crises, even simulate nuclear first strikes. The risks are real. The time for safeguards is now. Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/escalati...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableTrump & Putin meet in Alaska without Ukraine at the table. ISRS maps 4 alternative futures, from a freeze-in-place armistice to renewed escalation, with fresh indicators to watch. Full FPB: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/trump-pu... #Ukraine #Geopolitics #ISRS #Diplomacy
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableWhy can’t China afford a Russian loss? Because if Moscow loses, the U.S. can pivot fully to Asia, and Taiwan moves to center stage. This isn’t neutrality. It’s strategy. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/why-chin...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable[This post could not be retrieved]
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableThe UK’s Online Safety Act was meant to protect users. But it may be doing the opposite. @mrr3b00t.bsky.social weighs in, urging policymakers to form a challenge advisory board of practitioners in cyber, intel, and privacy to prevent unintended consequences. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/how-the-...
- Some CISOs and Chief Risk Officers have been doing this for years, but this makes a lot of sense in larger orgs www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable🧵 Russia’s drones aren’t just made in Russia. They’re powered by China. Engines. Electronics. Even HW‑T8‑80F pick‑and‑place machines building the circuit boards that guide kamikaze strikes on Ukraine. Let’s break down the hidden supply chain /1
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableNorth Korea’s freelance IT operatives are infiltrating global companies. ISRS Advisory Council member @malwarejake.bsky.social warns: “If these ops are revenue-driven, you’re highly unlikely to detect DPRK actors through technical means alone.” Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/north-ko...
- From an OPSEC perspective, if the Astronomer CEO and HR Chief had just smiled and waved, we would have never heard anything about this. (Not to encourage that sort of thing, but just classic Streisand Effect)
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableRecently updated!
- Come on, people 🙄 therecord.media/spain-awards...
- “Spanish Government creates new classification category: REL PRC”
- Interesting read: thehackernews.com/2025/07/gpuh...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableNew from ISRS Chair @davevenable.com for @thecipherbrief.bsky.social The next war won’t target cities, it will target chokepoints. Critical infrastructure is now the frontline of strategic disruption. Read why resilience is the new deterrence: 🔗 www.thecipherbrief.com/cyber-critic...
- My latest article for @thecipherbrief.bsky.social www.thecipherbrief.com/cyber-critic...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableHere's what you need to understand about the Israel-Iran Escalation: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/flashpoi...
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable🇺🇸 Honoring 250 Years of Service 🇺🇸 The ISRS team is incredibly honored to join senior leadership at Fort Bragg to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. It was a powerful reminder of the enduring importance of transatlantic unity, defense cooperation, and strategic resilience.
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 -- 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗰? Ukraine’s recent drone strike campaign revealed more than military capability, it exposed a strategic shift in how war is planned, fought, and won. New Flashpoint Briefing: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/flashpoi...
- But it does demonstrate the increase in scale of that enduring tactical approach
- Reminder that anything Russia does next is NOT a “response” to Ukraine’s attack. Ukraine’s drone attack was a response to Russia’s sustained war on Ukraine for the last 3 years.
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable🛰️ 117 drones. 5 airbases. A new era of asymmetric warfare. Our latest 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 breaks down how low-cost, high-impact tactics are redrawing the lines of deterrence, vulnerability, and military power. Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/fpb1
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableExciting News! ISRS Board Member Brigham McCown will join Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy in a fireside chat at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on June 3, 2025, in Anchorage. Together, they’ll explore the intersection of sustainable energy, national security, and strategic infrastructure.
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableToday, ISRS participated in strategic intelligence and security discussions with the Spanish Senate. We are working together for a safer, more resilient future.
- Very excited to be joining!
- We are proud to announce that our Chairman, @davevenable.com, has been selected to join the United States delegation for high-level security discussions at the Spanish Senate in Madrid, May 2025.
- What's the best way to share slide decks or image carousels of around ~10 slides on BlueSky? Or is there one?
- The real story here is that SECDEF is using the linked devices feature of Signal, which has known vulnerabilities www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth...
- This vulnerability was revealed by Dan Black of Google’s Threat Intelligence Group: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russia-targeting-signal-messenger/
- "3 day special military operation"... still going 3 years later. "Ending the war on day 1"... still going on day 100.
- Check out our handy guide on signs a democracy is backsliding
- Reposted by Dr. Dave VenableGreat read from Christian Baghai: christianbaghai.medium.com/the-war-you-...
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- Post-Conflict recovery can be handled many different ways. Let’s make sure we use the opportunity to make things better than they were before
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- Check out some of the work my new nonprofit is doing!
- Hey friends, please follow my new NGO: @isrs.ngo We are a Geneva-based NGO focused on Resilience, Cyber, and Post Conflict
- Gen Haugh and Wendy Noble have been fired www.thecipherbrief.com/dead_drop_ar...
- Cryptography 101
- Haha this is great!
- You misspelled “checks and balances,” sir.
- Reposted by Dr. Dave Venable[This post could not be retrieved]
- Great read from @ambdanfried.bsky.social and @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social : www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
- Whoa
- Perfect example: Operation Infektion (aka Operation Denver)
- Oh cool 😑 www.ft.com/content/c284...
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