The Elephant in the Pipeline: Securing the Wild, Untamed Software Supply Chain – Pete Morgan – ESW #348
We've seen general users targeted with phishing, financial employees targeted for BEC scams, and engineers targeted for access to infrastructure. The truly scary attacks, however, are the indirect ones that are automated. The threats that come in via software updates, or trusted connections with third parties.
The software supply chain is both absolutely essential, and fragile. A single developer pulling a tiny library out of NPM can cause chaos. A popular open source project changing hands could instantly give access to millions of systems. Every day, a new app store or component repository pops up and becomes critical to maintaining infrastructure.
In this interview, we'll chat with Pete Morgan about how these risks can be managed and mitigated.
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Guest
Pete Morgan is a co-founder and CSO of Phylum. He is a recognized security researcher and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in information security, software development and executive leadership. Pete’s background in offensive security drives his passion for creating and sharing the best defenses against the growing number of software supply chain attacks originating in the open-source ecosystem.
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