Why America Needs a National Security Software Revolution (w/ David Pearah)
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What kind of software revolution does Washington need to promote, and how well is the Pentagon adapting to this new challenge? What are the implications of the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel for software and national security? On this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with David Pearah, an MIT-trained computer engineer and CEO of SpiderOak, a space cybersecurity company. David recently wrote a piece for The National Interest titled "Defense Gaps with China Can Be Closed with Commercial Software." Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay
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