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Joining us for the first time is Rico Danielson.

He's a distinguished national security advisor, globally recognized cybersecurity expert,

and U.S. Army Combat Veteran with nine rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He's the founder of Fortitude Tech LLC and First Responder, where he specializes in digital forensics, incident response, and mitigating complex cyber threats.

His extensive experience in operational security and global defense strategy makes him a sought after voice in the fields of national security and cybersecurity.

He's regularly featured on platforms like News Nation and NTD News, where he provides

expert analysis and topics, including global conflicts, ransomware defense, and geopolitical

dynamics. Welcome to geopolitics and Empire Dico. Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it.

Thanks for coming on. And, you know, this is a topic I haven't broached too often on the podcast,

cybersecurity and all that. But before maybe before getting your thoughts on that, you know,

anything you want to add about your background and the work that you're currently doing.

Yeah, we're doing a lot of good work. Not only helping out private organizations,

private entities, but also governments as well, doing a lot of ransomware negotiation and a lot of pre-work for cybersecurity.

So it's been a fun, it was a fun year.

Now it's going to be a really good year this year.

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