Resource Product: Cross Domain Solutions
5 Steps to Zero Trust
In this follow-up episode of Tech Transforms, Carolyn Ford continues her conversation with Michael Blake of Owl Cyber Defense, shifting from the theory of Zero Trust to the realities of i...
Zero Trust ≠ Zero Risk: Debunking the Myths and Building Real Resilience
In this episode of Tech Transforms, Carolyn Ford sits down with Michael Blake of Owl Cyber Defense and Chris Rule of GME to unpack one of cybersecurity’s most misunderstood concepts: Ze...
2026 Predictions: What’s Now. What’s Next. What’s Urgent.
Episode Summary:
In this special 2026 Predictions episode of Tech Transforms, Carolyn Ford is joined by Brian Carter, Scott Orton, Ralph Spada, and Michael Blake from Owl Cyber Defense f...
So What Returns…..Can the Pentagon Really Boil the Ocean?
In this return episode of So What? on Tech Transforms, host Carolyn Ford reconnects with co-host Tracy Bannon to unpack one of the most significant structural shifts happening inside the ...
The Uncle Rufus Problem: Fixing Cyber’s Weakest Links Before It’s Too Late
Retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery joins Tech Transforms for a blunt, practical look at the cyber risks the U.S. keeps underestimating—and why “Uncle Rufus’s rail switch” may be...
Trust by Design: Why AI Needs a New Digital Foundation
In this episode of Tech Transforms, Carolyn Ford sits down with Will Roper, one of the key architects of modern defense digital transformation, for a wide-ranging conversation that challe...
Decoding a Career: Mike Beckerle on Data, DFDL, and Doing the Hard Stuff
In this special holiday episode of Tech Transforms, we’re joined by Mike Beckerle—Chief Software Architect at Owl Cyber Defense, co-creator of the DFDL standard, and a foundational fo...


