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Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the first session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. NCIF President Andrew McClure and Acting Director of CISA, Nick Andersen, join together to discuss the White House cyber strategy that outlines priorities for ensuring America remains unrivaled in cyberspace. This session will provide an inside look at President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America and its...

To kick off the second series of CTRL+F, NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer is joined by the National Cyber Innovation Forum (NCIF) President Andrew McClure from Forgepoint Capital to discuss the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. They delve into Andrew’s professional background and his pathways to creating the nation’s largest cyber forum that convenes policymakers, investors,...

As part of our crossover series of Fault Lines and CTRL+F , “Modern Deterrence: Allies, Innovation, and the Future of Defense,” recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Morgan and Jess speak with Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Ursa Major. They discuss how startups and nontraditionals are reshaping the defense technology landscape, the strategic importance of next-generation rocket propulsion, an...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Jessica Jones and Jamil N. Jaffer sit down with Andy Lowery, CEO of Epirus. A retired Navy Lieutenant Commander and seasoned tech leader, Andy spearheads Epirus’s mission to develop cutting-edge directed energy systems that address modern defense challenges and advance U.S. defense modernization efforts. What are directed energy technologies, lik...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Jamil N. Jaffer and Martha Miller sit down with Raj Shah, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Shield Capital and Chairman of Resilience. A former F-16 pilot and leader of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), Raj brings unparalleled expertise in bridging the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and the needs of the U.S. mili...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Morgan Viña and Jamil N. Jaffer sit down with Brandon Tseng, Co-Founder, President, and Chief Growth Officer of Shield AI. A former Navy SEAL, Brandon leads Shield AI’s mission to develop intelligent autonomous systems that protect service members and civilians in contested environments. How are AI-driven autonomous technologies transforming defe...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Jessica Jones and Morgan Viña sit down with the Honorable Christine Fox, Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense. As the highest-ranking woman in Pentagon history during her tenure, Ms. Fox brings unparalleled expertise in defense modernization, cost assessment, and fostering t...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Morgan and Les interview Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Defense Modernization Caucus to discuss opportunities for strengthening national security through emergent technologies.  What spurred the creation of the Defense Modernization Caucus? Are we going fast enough in our defense moder...

Recorded live at the Reagan National Defense Forum, Martha Miller and Lester Munson interview Under Secretary Heidi Shyu, the Department of Defense’s Chief Technology Officer and Under Secretary for Research and Engineering. In this pivotal role, Ms. Shyu oversees DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency, and the DoD’s innovation ecosystem, driving efforts to maintain U.S. military technological superior...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer is joined by Dr. Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Technology Planning & Edge Solutions at Qualcomm Technologies, and Guy Filippelli, Founder and Managing Director of Squadra Ventures, to dive into the transformative potential of AI at the edge and in the cloud. They explore how the balance between processing data locally on devices and...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer is joined by Dr. Zachary Collier from Radford University and Tom Clute from Paladin Capital Group to explore how zero-trust security is transforming the cybersecurity landscape. They discuss how this model, which verifies every connection rather than assuming trust, is reshaping security strategies across industries, from financial services to national security. How d...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer is joined by Dr. Damien Desfontaines from Tumult Labs and Andrew McClure from Forgepoint Capital to discuss how differential privacy is reshaping data analysis across industries. They delve into how this innovative approach protects individual privacy while enabling large-scale insights, with applications in healthcare, finance, and national security. How is different...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer is joined by Barmak Meftah from Ballistic Ventures and Sounil Yu from Knostic to delve into the transformative concepts of secure-by-design and resilience-by-design. They explore how these approaches are integrating security and resilience into system development, ensuring that systems are both secure from the outset and capable of rapidly recovering from disruptions....

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer is joined by Dr. Anton Chuvakin from Google Cloud and Jeremy Hitchcock from New North Ventures to explore how cloud and edge computing is revolutionizing the way we store, process, and manage data. They examine how these technologies are reshaping industries like healthcare, enhancing national security, and creating new opportunities in AI, robotics, and automation. H...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil is joined by Dr. Steven Flammia from Virginia Tech and Dame Fiona Murray from MIT and the NATO Innovation Fund to discuss how quantum computing is paving the way for its realization and emphasize its ability to solve problems beyond traditional computational limits. Additionally, they advocate for allied investment in quantum computing as a national security imperative, high...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer, Dr. Natasha Jaques, Senior Research Scientist at Google Brain, and Michael Brown, Partner at Shield Capital and former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DUI), delve into the massive potential of generative AI, including its power to transform sectors ranging from healthcare to national security.  They explore how cutting-edge closed-source models like GPT...

Today on CTRL+F, Jamil Jaffer, Dr. Eric Breckenfeld, Director of Technology Policy at Nvidia, and Gilman Louie, Managing Director of America’s Frontier Fund, delve into the power of accelerated computing, its potential to affect every sector of society, the importance for American economic and national security of maintaining leadership on this domain. They explore how the combination of hard...

Check out a preview from the first episode of CTRL+F’s series, “Unleashing Innovation: Navigating Game Changing Technologies,” where listeners get a deep dive into one technology capability each episode – from quantum computing, generative AI, differential privacy, to cloud and edge computing. This clip features Nvidia’s Director of Technology Policy, Dr. Eric Breckenfeld, and Founder of America’s...

Check out a preview from the first episode of CTRL+F’s series, “Unleashing Innovation: Navigating Game Changing Technologies,” where listeners get a deep dive into one technology capability each episode – from quantum computing, generative AI, differential privacy, to cloud and edge computing. This clip features Nvidia’s Director of Technology Policy, Dr. Eric Breckenfeld, and Founder of America’s...