Supply Chain Policies – Stewart Scott, Trey Herr – BTS #36
Stewart and Trey join us to talk about driving cybersecurity policies for the nation, what makes a good policy, what makes a bad policy, supply chain research and policies, and overall how we shape policies that benefit cybersecurity.
Segment Resources:
- https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/broken-trust-lessons-from-sunburst/
- https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/open-source-software-as-infrastructure/
This segment is sponsored by Eclypsium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eclypsium to learn more about them!
Announcements
Below the surface listeners can learn more about Eclypsium by visiting eclypsium.com/go - there you will find the “Ultimate guide to supply chain security”, an on-demand webinar I presented called “Unraveling Digital Supply Chain Threats and Risk”, a paper on the relationship between ransomware and the supply chain, and a customer case study with Digital Ocean. If you are interested in seeing our product in action you can also sign up for a demo, you can get all that at eclypsium.com/go!
Guests
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Stewart Scott is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, part of the the Atlantic Council Tech Programs. He works on the Initiative’s systems security portfolio, which focuses on software supply chain risk management and open source software security policy.
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Trey Herr is senior director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative (CSI), part of the Atlantic Council Technology Programs, and assistant professor of global security and policy at American University’s School of International Service. The CSI team works at the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitics across conflict, cloud computing, supply chain policy, and more. Previously, Herr was a senior security strategist with Microsoft handling cybersecurity policy, as well as a fellow with the Belfer Cybersecurity Project at the Harvard Kennedy School and a nonresident fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He holds a PhD in political science and BS in musical theatre and political science.