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25-474: (Redirected from NSIN ) Code identifying a financial instrument "NSIN" redirects here. The term may also refer to National Security Innovation Network . A National Securities Identifying Number , or NSIN , is a generic nine-digit alphanumeric code which identifies a fungible security . The NSIN is issued by a national numbering agency (NNA) designated for that country. Regional substitute NNAs have been allocated

50-806: A basis for new military capability development. Harrison conducts research on the management of technology and innovation as it relates to the national security enterprise and the intersection of national security, entrepreneurship, and technology. His work on civil-military collaboration associated with venturing and startup company development led to the creation of the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator . He has written articles and published research for military-oriented magazines and journals, including National Defense University Defense Horizons , United States Naval Institute Proceedings , Georgetown Security Studies Review , Small Wars Journal , and

75-496: A portfolio of programs designed to build a defense innovation workforce that creates ventures relevant to both national security and high-potential civilian applications. These programs are organized in three broad categories: national service, collaboration, and acceleration. NSIN's Collaboration portfolio connects innovators inside and outside of the Department of Defense to solve national security problems. Hacking for Defense,

100-502: A university-sponsored class that teaches students to work with the DoD to better address national security challenges, was first taught at Stanford University by Steve Blank in the spring of 2016. One team from the pilot class, Capella Space , secured a combination of DoD and venture capital funding and was scheduled to send the first U.S. commercial synthetic radar satellite into orbit in 2017. Since then, Hacking for Defense has expanded to

125-989: Is Morgan Plummer . On May 6, 2019, the program was renamed from MD5 to NSIN as part of a reorganization in which it was transferred from being directly under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) into the Defense Innovation Unit. In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic , NSIN held the hackathons online and started with "Seeing into the Unknown: Situational Awareness in Dense Urban Environments". More than 200 people signed up and submitted 44 concepts, 5 finalists went on to continue developing their solutions. NSIN consists of

150-766: The National Defense University and the John Boyd National Innovation Research Fellow at New York University . In 2016, Harrison founded the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator , a partnership between the United States Department of Defense and several American universities. He served as the inaugural director from 2016 to 2017. As part of his work at MD5, he promoted the development of dual-use technology startups that address critical national security issues and pioneered

175-862: The Office of the Secretary of Defense and part of the Defense Innovation Unit . And from 2018 to 2019 he was the Command Innovation Officer of the US Army Futures Command , where he designed and implemented the organization's efforts to collaborate with the civilian high-tech sector in the development of advanced, military-relevant capabilities. Harrison was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University and graduated magna cum laude from

200-703: The University of Southern Mississippi provides digital design and manufacturing resources in support of distributed prototyping. The PoCC supports the Commandant of the Marine Corps Innovation Challenges by building hardware prototypes of concepts crowdsourced from the active duty Marine community. Other Acceleration portfolio programs include the Defense Innovation Proving Ground, an effort led by

225-771: The University of Virginia , UC San Diego , Georgetown University , University of Pittsburgh , James Madison University , the University of Southern Mississippi , the University of Nebraska at Omaha , and the University of Colorado Boulder. MD5 Hack is a series of hackathons focusing on areas of shared civil-military interest. NSIN's inaugural hackathon took place in October 2016 in Brooklyn, New York , where over 100 hackers worked to solve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief challenges faced by military personnel and first responders. NSIN Boot Camp also falls under

250-593: The West Virginia University that furnishes DoD research and development infrastructure to startups developing technologies relevant to national security, and the Deep Tech Studio, an Innovator-in-Residence program at New York University that applies technology from DoD laboratories to real-world defense and commercial applications. NSIN has received recognition from the highest levels of government. General Paul Selva , Vice Chairman of

275-573: The Center for Battlefield Innovation, part of the High Performance Computing Collaboratory at Mississippi State University , to provide a focal point for applying university-based research to problems in defense and public safety. In March 2014, Harrison was named the first director of the Center for Smart Defense at the West Virginia University . In 2015 he was appointed Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at

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300-668: The Collaboration portfolio. Lastly, NSIN promotes collaborative innovation virtually through an online platform, MD5.net, which includes modules for specific innovation communities, such as Marine Makers. NSIN's Acceleration portfolio provides funding, prototyping, and infrastructure resources needed to translate high potential concepts into minimum viable products or prototypes. NSIN also sponsors FedTech, an accelerator program that pairs entrepreneurs with technologies from federal labs to conduct customer discovery and business model development. The NSIN Proof of Concept Center (PoCC) at

325-538: The Joint Chiefs of Staff , has stated, "Through programs like MD5, the defense department will continue to cultivate innovation and creative problem solving as a core leadership competence and expand opportunities to collaborate with our partners in academia and industry to solve our biggest national security challenges." NSIN was also recognized by the White House as one of the top innovation accomplishments of

350-775: The M1400 airship , as a top innovation of the year, and in 2012 Ernst & Young recognized Harrison as the Entrepreneur of the Year in the Gulf Coast Region. In 2010, working as an advisor in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering , Harrison co-developed a process called "technology domain awareness", which matches new technologies with national security and public safety needs. In December 2011, Harrison co–founded

375-745: The NNA is Euroclear France and the NSIN used to be the Sicovam . As of July 1, 2003 SICOVAMs are no longer issued, ISINs being used instead. In Germany , the NNA is Wertpapier-Mitteilungen and the NSIN is the WKN . In Italy , the NNA is the Bank of Italy after the incorporation of the Ufficio Italiano Cambi (Italian Exchange Bureau). In Switzerland , the NNA is SIX Financial Information and

400-803: The NSIN is the Valor Number See also [ edit ] CUSIP ISO 6166 ISO 10383 ISO 10962 International Securities Identifying Number National numbering agency External links [ edit ] Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Securities_Identifying_Number&oldid=1222846404 " Categories : Financial regulation Security identifier types Financial metadata Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata National Security Innovation Network First conceived in 2015, MD5 launched on October 14, 2016 and

425-554: The Obama Administration. Adam Jay Harrison Adam Jay Harrison (born 1973) is an American defense industry entrepreneur , inventor, and advocate for military acquisition reform. He works as a startup founder and investor and is the John R. Boyd National Security Innovation Fellow at New York University , where he researches the efficacy of national innovation policies that capitalize on collaboration between

450-655: The Persistent Threat Detection System (2005), and the Constant Hawk aerial surveillance system. In 2006, Harrison left the military and co-founded Mav6, LLC, where he served as managing director and chief technology officer from 2006 to 2014. By 2011 Mav6 was earning about $ 120 million in annual revenues and had won three Inc. 500/5000 awards by creating collaborations between academia, industry, and military organizations. In 2011, Popular Science named one of Harrison's projects,

475-763: The University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 and then went on to earn master's degrees from the University of Florida , the Naval War College , and the National Intelligence University . He attended but did not complete the Master of Business Administration program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Ph.D. candidate at the New York University . In 2002 Harrison

500-559: The public and private sectors. In 2006 Harrison founded Mav6, a defense technology company recognized by Inc. magazine in 2011, 2012, and 2013 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. From 2016 to 2017 he served as the inaugural director of the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator (now the National Security Innovation Network ), a human capital innovation program within

525-799: The task of functioning as NNAs in those countries where NNAs have not yet been established. NSINs are used as part of the makeup of a product's ISIN . Sample NNA and NSIN designations [ edit ] In the United States and Canada the NNA is the CUSIP Services Bureau and the NSIN is the CUSIP . In the United Kingdom , the NNA is the London Stock Exchange and the NSIN is the SEDOL . In France ,

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550-828: The use of hackathon and crowdsourcing approaches to prototype new military capabilities. In 2018, Harrison served as senior innovation advisor to the Army Futures Command Task Force, where he developed the innovation strategy for the Army's Future Force Modernization Enterprise. On July 1, 2018, Harrison was appointed Command Innovation Officer at the Army Futures Command in Austin, TX. In this position, his work has focused on expanding opportunities for startup-derived products to transition to formal Army programs and leveraging soldier insights as

575-582: The world to observe military and counter-terrorism operations, resulting in a number of revolutionary products delivered to the battlefield in the early phases of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom . During Harrison's tenure, the United States Army awarded Army Greatest Invention recognition to three TOSA programs - the Unattended Transient Acoustic MASINT System (UTAMS) (2004),

600-661: Was part of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy. MD5 was formed in partnership with the National Defense University at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, its headquarters was in Arlington, VA. Adam "Jay" Harrison , former founder and managing director of Mav6 LLC, served as the inaugural director of MD5 from October 2016 until January 2018. The current managing director

625-715: Was selected by the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army to lead the Technical Operations Support Activity (TOSA), a secretive military organization created in 2003 chartered with finding and repurposing commercial technologies for sensitive military missions. Harrison arranged for TOSA personnel to be embedded with operational military units in Afghanistan , Iraq , and around

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