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To wrap up the second series of CTRL+F, NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer is joined by NCIF Co-founder Matthew Rose from Snowflake to look back on the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. They review the sessions from the forum and delve into Matthew’s goals in creating the nation’s largest cyber forum that convenes policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, and government leaders f...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into part two of the eleventh session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Head of Corporate & Government Affairs at Snowflake, Matthew Rose, Chief Information Officer at the Department of Treasury, Sam Corcos, Chief Economist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Anup Malani, and CTO of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud at the White House, Andre...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into part one of the eleventh session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Head of Corporate & Government Affairs at Snowflake, Matthew Rose, Chief Information Officer at the Department of Treasury, Sam Corcos, Chief Economist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Anup Malani, and CTO of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud at the White House, Andre...

Today on CTRL+F, we continue into part two of the tenth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy, Alex Fitzsimmons, Executive Director at the National Security Agency, Darren Turner, and NCIF Founder and President, Andrew McClure, examine how the United States is working across the interagency to confront strategic comp...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the tenth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy, Alex Fitzsimmons, Executive Director at the National Security Agency, Darren Turner, and NCIF Founder and President, Andrew McClure, examine how the United States is working across the interagency to confront strategic competition and evol...

Today on CTRL+F, we continue into the ninth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, Dr. Alina Polyakova, Acting Principal Deputy CIO at the Department of War, Aaron Bishop, Chief Information Security Officer at Anduril, Joe McCaffrey, General Counsel at the Department of War, Earl Matthews, and Vice President of Head of G...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the ninth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, Dr. Alina Polyakova, Acting Principal Deputy CIO at the Department of War, Aaron Bishop, Chief Information Security Officer at Anduril, Joe McCaffrey, General Counsel at the Department of War, Earl Matthews, and Vice President of Head of Gover...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the eighth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Editor at the National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru, Executive Chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, Dmitri Alperovitch, Deputy Assistant Director of the Cyber Capabilities Branch in the FBI’s Cyber Division, Todd Hemmen, CEO & Founder of Method Security, Sam Jones, and Assistant Secretary of War...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the sixth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director at Paladin Capital, Chris Steed, CIO at ION Q, Katie Arrington, Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the Department of War, Ben Kohlmann, Principal Cyber Advisor of the U.S. Army, Brandon Pugh, and CSO at Huntress Labs, Eric Stride, join together to discuss ho...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into the fifth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Director of Carahsoft Technology Corporation, Alex Whitworth, CEO & Founder of Surefire Cyber, Billy Gouveia, CEO of Elastic, Ash Kulkarni, and CEO of Simbian, Ambuj Kumar, join together to discuss how industry leaders are driving technology and business model innovation for AI security, threat detec...

Today on CTRL+F, we continue into part two of the fourth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, Jamil Jaffer, Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Congressman James Walkinshaw of Virginia join together to discuss how Congressional leadership is shaping the policies, oversight, and investments that will define Amer...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into part one of the fourth session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, Jamil Jaffer, Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Congressman James Walkinshaw of Virginia join together to discuss how Congressional leadership is shaping the policies, oversight, and investments that will define America’...

Today on CTRL+F, we continue into part 2 of the third session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, Laura Galante, the Director of Security and Intelligence with the State of New York, Colin Ahern, the Head of Cyber & National Security Policy at Anthropic, Rob Bair, the President of Schellman, Doug Barbin, and the President of...

Today on CTRL+F, we jump into part one of the third session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, Laura Galante, the Director of Security and Intelligence with the State of New York, Colin Ahern, the Head of Cyber & National Security Policy at Anthropic, Rob Bair, the President of Schellman, Doug Barbin, and the President of Fo...

Today on CTRL+F, we continue into the second session from the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum. Vice President of Government Affairs at ForeScout Technologies, Alison King, Executive Director of the OT Cyber Coalition and the Strategic Cyber Security Coalition, Tatyana Bolton, and Associate Director of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative at CISA, Clayton Romans, join together to discuss the...

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...