Matt Devost

Each year, the OODA Almanac is the most provocative piece we publish. We take the opportunity not only to provoke your thinking with disruptive ideas but to peer over the edge into the emergent future. In past years we have charted exponential disruption, jagged transitions, reorientation, and whiplash. This year the theme is re-anchoring, and it may be the most consequential framing yet with regards to identifying the risks and the opportunities of this exponential technology age.

Welcome to 9th edition of my annual top 10 books list! Each year, I read close to 100 books and distill down my 10 favorite security, technology and business books into this top 10 list and also include my favorite fiction books of year and a handful of honorable mentions that didn’t make the top ten, but are highly recommended.

In this OODAcast episode, host Matt Devost sits down with Maxie Reynolds, author of The Art of the Attack, to explore the evolution of her unique career from offshore oil rigs to elite red teaming and cybersecurity innovation. Maxie shares how her unconventional path, working a decade in oil and gas, earning degrees while on remote rigs, and eventually breaking into cybersecurity at PwC, shaped her approach to physical and digital security.