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A new episode of the MISC. Recruiting podcast is here! We sit down with Tabetha Holyfield Savoy to discuss why "Candidate Service (vs. Customer Service)" is so critical in recruiting, her expertise from the government contract recruiting world, and how to enhance the candidate experience – all at our favorite Huntsville bagel-spot Canadian Bakin! You can watch/listen to the newest podcast at the links below -

Youtube: https://youtu.be/4VuwfY6m5iQ

Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/CflQ4LQcgJb

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/misc-recruiting/id1715371644

MISC. Recruiting Podcast Ep #3 w/ Tabetha Savoy Sitting down with Tabetha Savoy to discuss why "Candidate Service (vs. Customer Service)" is so critical in recruiting, her expertise from the government con...

The Chinese keep finding means of free espionage (most notably – TikTok) in America. This should not require an investigation – these kinds of products should simply never be allowed on the market.


https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2023/09/15/dji-isnt-the-only-chinese-drone-threat-to-us-security-meet-autel/

Remembering those we lost, those who sacrificed - a day that forever shaped our country and united us in spite of it's tragedy.

It seems like there's always something notable about Huntsville, AL in the news - and that's because it truly is an amazing place to live. And for 2023-2024, it has been rated the Best Place to Live for Families in the U.S.!


https://realestate.usnews.com/real-estate/slideshows/best-places-to-live-in-the-us-for-families

Last week China & Russia held a joint-operation and brought 11 warships near the coast of Alaska. Alaska is a pivotal piece of our defense system. This was a symbolic mission - and with both Chinese and Russian relationship tensions - we need to be aware of the implications of this.


https://news.usni.org/2023/08/06/russian-chinese-warships-operated-near-alaska-say-senators

China's BeiDou GNSS is a threat to US leverage during wartime, and a giant national security risk when emerging countries are adopting both Chinese 5G and GNSS technologies. There has to be a greater emphasis placed on US GPS advancement as well as offering competing technologies to foreign countries - since they risk being controlled by the CCP's political ambitions and mass surveillance state.

https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/Chinas-BeiDou_V10.pdf

Interesting development in the ongoing argument for U.S. Space Command's relocation to Huntsville, AL.



https://apnews.com/article/space-command-biden-colorado-alabama-382b12b57733848fd1d083227aefa0bf

Today is very relevant to our mission at MISC., National Hire A Veteran Day! Every year around 200,000 people transition from active-duty and the least we can do is help support them for all of their sacrifices for our country.

We are proud that thus far in 2023, 56% of our hires have been veterans!

With the release of SAIF from , Mandiant has teamed up to create an AI Red Team to make securing AI a priority for the future.


https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/googles-ai-red-team-the-ethical-hackers-making-ai-safer/amp/

This leak exposed contact information (names & email addresses) from intelligence and military branches globally - including the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), USCYBERCOM, and others.


https://therecord.media/virustotal-user-email-addresses-leaked-google-military-intelligence

"...But two things appear certain. First, Putin has suffered a huge political blow, and he has survived by making deals with both Prigozhin and his own colleagues in the Kremlin who are, by any definition, a humiliation. And second, Yevgeny Prigozhin has changed the Russian political environment surrounding Putin’s war in Ukraine."

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/putin-russian-coup-over-prigozhin-wagner/674522/

Chinese hackers strategy of using “living off the land” tactics is a hint that they are preparing to cripple critical infrastructure in the event of an attack. The signatures were identified in Guam, but might be more widespread than originally reported.


https://breakingdefense.com/2023/06/china-volt-typhoon-hack/

June 6th, D-Day. Ray Lambert was a combat medic in the first wave landing on Omaha beach. He is one of the few survivors still alive today in 2023 from the "Big Red One".


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-few-surviving-heroes-d-day-shares-his-story-180972323/

The FMS (Foreign Military Sales) backlog is $19 billion dollars. This is a critical issue that doesn't get enough attention - affecting the future of our allies, strategic planning globally, and the protection of our own soil. This backlog is hindering our ability to provide Taiwan with enough ammunition to deter China in the event of an invasion.


https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/05/24/china-committee-wants-congress-to-establish-a-taiwan-weapons-stockpile/

Remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Every year is a great year at the Swing for Shelter. They are an awesome organization making a huge impact in our city.

Would Zero Trust methodologies have stopped the recent intelligence leak? The approach would definitely limit the ability to access information as easily as the national guardsman did. There’s still the fundamental question of physical security that we seem to ignore during this technology-focused age – denying cell phones, printing, scanning, email, USBs, etc. to keep information confidential.


https://www.defensenews.com/cyber/2023/05/03/zero-trust-would-have-helped-prevent-pentagon-leak-cio-sherman-says/

had a great time at the this weekend at ! tent had a great view of the 18th green. We will be back next year!

How a Discord group started during the pandemic ended up leaking America's intelligence secrets.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/discord-leaked-documents/

Chinese aggression toward Taiwanese independence is growing. T-Day could be coming soon and US support to Taiwan is essential toward keeping the semiconductor supply-chain intact.


https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2023/04/10/china-military-ready-to-fight-after-drills-near-taiwan/

This was a huge success by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and partners in taking down the Genesis Market and some of its contributors. In terms of identity theft, Genesis and its bots were a giant threat to individuals, corporations, and even national security.


https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/04/fbi-seizes-bot-shop-genesis-market-amid-arrests-targeting-operators-suppliers/

Sandworm, Russia's infamous hacking unit, has a familiar operator leading the helm - Evgenii Serebriakov, the past GRU unit APT28 (or Fancy Bear) operator. He is now leading efforts focused on crippling Ukraine's cyber defenses.






https://www.wired.com/story/russia-gru-sandworm-serebriakov/

We love our space here at at and the sunshine makes it even better!

ChatGPT could enhance so many technologies - and now that it has been introduced to the public in a user-friendly manor - people can grasp it's potential more than ever.




https://www.defensenews.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/03/01/chatgpt-can-make-short-work-of-pentagon-tasks-air-force-cio-says/

The United States Department of Defense has come up with a couple of ideas for attracting & retaining talent - with DCTC (Defense Civilian Training Corps) and AIRC (Acquisition Innovation Research Center) being two of the top priorities. While these are definitely great ideas for pipelining talent - the clearance process backlog and gap in pay between federal & commercial market must be addressed to bring in new talent and keep the talent they already have.


https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/03/01/adopt-a-talent-recruitment-solution-to-spark-a-movement-at-the-dod/

was honored to sponsor and attend this year’s Cyber Gala at the Davidson Center. This event is not only a great time, but so meaningful – it provides scholarships for high-school students to attend college in a cyber-oriented career field. Congratulations to the students, your future is bright!

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
― Abraham Lincoln

The Annual Membership Meeting was outstanding! The progress that this city continues to make is inspiring. We are excited to be a part of this chamber and the North Alabama business community.

Congratulations to Boeing Huntsville and their massive Minuteman Missile contract award! This is a 16-year contract value at $1.6B.


https://huntsvillebusinessjournal.com/lead/2023/02/03/boeing-awarded-1-6b-contract-for-minuteman-missile/

The U.S. has long been a leader in innovation, science, and research. Our country's approach toward foreign scholars and workers is inviting and essential, but we must not be naive - a politically correct approach is dangerous. Strider Technologies recently released an intelligence assessment titled "The Los Alamos Club", detailing how foreign students have been working at prestigious U.S. research institutes (Oak Ridge, Los Alamos), then only to be recruited by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) to return home and share their knowledge. This is a shocking report that should raise more awareness in our country about higher education's negligent approach toward intellectual property theft.


https://www.striderintel.com/resources/the-los-alamos-club/