Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) – Allan Friedman – ASW #88
Allan Friedman is the Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives of NTIA (National Telecommunication and Information Administration) US Dept of Commerce. The problem: unknown software supply chain. Following a newly identified software risk, very few firms can answer the simple question: Am I affected? An overview of the solution: what is an SBOM, and how is it used. Where we are: some background on why the govt is doing this, the results thus far, and where we are going next. Potential to discuss regulation, govt policy, etc.
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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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