In part ONE of this Iscann Group Podcast series: Japan's New Security Posture: Net Assessment of Regional Implications, host James Chao is joined by IScann Group's Managing Director, Andrew Vasko, and Senior Advisors, Arnaud Sobrero and Yuster Yu as they discuss Japan’s changing role & capabilities in the Indo-Pacific.

For the final part of this three-part series, host James Chao is joined by Senior Advisors Yuster Yu, Richard Coyne and IScann Group's Managing Director, Andrew Vasko as they unpack the short and long term implications of the Colonial Pipeline Intrusion.

Due to its size and scope, the Colonial Pipeline intrusion was a significant event and represents one of the largest disruptions of American critical infrastructure by hackers in history.

In part two of this three-part series, our host James Chao is joined by IScann Group's Managing Director, Andrew Vasko, and Senior Advisors Yuster Yu, who has an extensive background in the US and Taiwan's naval forces, and Richard Coyne, a former UK intelligence officer specialising in acquiring concealed data. To understand how an attack like this can happen and the risks now posed for similar organisations, the four experts study the Stuxnet attack - what happened, how it happened, and the implications.

The attack on the Colonial Pipeline represents one of the largest disruptions of American critical infrastructure by hackers in history, and demonstrates how severe the global epidemic of ransomware has become.

In part one of this three-part series, our host James Chao is joined by IScann Group's Managing Director, Andrew Vasko, and Senior Advisors Yuster Yu, who has an extensive background in the US and Taiwan's naval forces, and Richard Coyne, a former UK intelligence officer specialising in acquiring concealed data. The four experts discuss the Colonial Pipeline intrusion and how this large-scale cyber-attack have moved us into another level of threat and what organisations can do to protect themselves.

Gaining momentum outside of military strategies, wargaming is swiftly becoming a popular tool for executives and strategic marketing and crisis communications. But what are the benefits? And what can organisations engaging in wargaming expect? 

Host, Victoria Powell, is joined by IScann Group’s Senior Advisors, Stephenie David and Tate Nurkin to discuss “wargaming” use in strategic communications. 

Taking a stance on the topic from different areas of focus, Tate comes to us with a long history of providing strategic thought to global militaries, defence industries and corporates throughout the globe. Tate has 22 years of experience in the design and delivery of scenario planning, wargames, and red teaming exercises. Approaching for a more commercial angle, Stephenie is a practitioner of strategic communications to the finance, insurance and broadcasting industry for years, with over 20 years of proven experience in PR strategy and crisis and reputation management.

On the longest day of the year, IScann Group's Senior Advisor, Mike Gwynn, participated in the “Chase the Sun” cycle challenge, covering a total of 205 miles to raise awareness and money for pancreatic cancer, the "silent killer".

Mike is a performance training expert and the Founder and Chief Developer of PM Development, where he runs a wide-range of in-house events, project management and performance training courses. He joins host, Victoria Powell, to talk about his motivation for participating in "Chase the Sun" and his strategies to train for this big event. He touches on versatile training tactics that can be used both in a personal and professional environment, evaluation tools, and how data analytics has changed the game in the way we measure performance and achievements. 

Have a listen and visit iscanngroup.com to learn more about performance training courses and tools. 

If you would like to  learn more about pancreatic cancer and how you can help, visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk. 

Swarms of coordinated drones, short-range reconnaissance aircrafts, and biometric robots are changing the game of warfare - these are no longer far off future scenarios.

Host, Victoria Powell, is joined by IScann Group's Senior Advisor, Tate Nurkin, to talk about uncrewed systems in the military and defense industry. Mr. Nurkin addresses the velocity of demand in the market, the volume of supply, and the variety of solutions.

A highly-esteemed expert, Mr. Nurkin has a strong focus on Indo-Pacific military capabilities and geopolitical competition, the effects of emerging technologies on security and defense communities, and the future of military capabilities and competition. He also has 22 years of experience in the design and delivery of scenario planning, wargames, and red teaming exercises.

So, what are the strategic advantages of uncrewed systems? How will they change the balance of current hot spots and disputed areas?

Have a listen and find out!

Many people and companies make the mistake of not connecting reputation with the value of what that company or brand may bring, that it is an important asset and has a specific value. 

Host, Victoria Powell, is joined by IScann Group’s Senior Advisor, Stephenie David, and Managing Director, Andrew Vasko to talk about the importance of reputation management and the tools that can be used to do so.

An expert in the field, Stephenie has over 20 years of proven experience in PR strategy and crisis and reputation management in industries, such as broadcasting, financial services and insurance.  Andrew Vasko comes from a background of security and long-term war gaming strategy.  

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