Birthday Wishes – SCW #74
This week, we welcome Allan Friedman, Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at NTIA, to discuss SBOM!
What is SBOM? Who needs to think about this? Is this required today, and what might the future of compliance look like? What is in the recent EO?
Segment Resources: ntia.gov/SBOM
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1. SBOM, Part 1 – Allan Friedman – SCW #74
What is SBOM?
Who needs to think about this?
Is this required today, and what might the future of compliance look like?
What is in the recent EO?
Segment Resources:
ntia.gov/SBOM
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Dr. Allan Friedman is Director of Cybersecurity at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. He coordinates NTIA’s multi-stakeholder processes on cybersecurity, convening cross-sector working groups with a focus on resilience in a vulnerable ecosystem. This has included pioneering government engagement on coordinated vulnerability disclosure, IoT security, and software component transparency. Prior to joining the Federal government, Friedman spent over 15 years as a noted cybersecurity and tech policy scholar at Harvard’s Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution and George Washington University’s Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, has a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University.
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2. SBOM, Part 2 – Allan Friedman – SCW #74
What is SBOM?
Who needs to think about this?
Is this required today, and what might the future of compliance look like?
What is in the recent EO?
Segment Resources:
ntia.gov/SBOM
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Dr. Allan Friedman is Director of Cybersecurity at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. He coordinates NTIA’s multi-stakeholder processes on cybersecurity, convening cross-sector working groups with a focus on resilience in a vulnerable ecosystem. This has included pioneering government engagement on coordinated vulnerability disclosure, IoT security, and software component transparency. Prior to joining the Federal government, Friedman spent over 15 years as a noted cybersecurity and tech policy scholar at Harvard’s Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution and George Washington University’s Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, has a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University.
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