Below the Surface: The Supply Chain Security Podcast

Bri has spent her career investigating and defending against critical infrastructure attacks. Hear her take on the current threat landscape, supply chain security, and more!

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Dr. Yuriy Bulygin is the CEO and founder of Eclypsium, the digital supply chain security company. Prior to Eclypsium, Yuriy was Chief Threat Researcher at Intel Corporation. He is also the creator of CHIPSEC, the popular open-source firmware and hardware supply chain security assessment framework When enterprises started using CHIPSEC to find vulnerabilities, discover compromised firmware, or just poke around hardware systems, Yuriy founded Eclypsium with Alex Bazhaniuk. Since then Eclypsium has been on a mission to protect devices from supply chain risks.

This segment is sponsored by Eclypsium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eclypsium to learn more about them!

Learn about the evolution of UEFI, various aspects of supply chain security surrounding UEFI, and the interactions between links in the supply chain that ultimately end up delivering you a computer or server.

Segment Resources:

• https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/What%20is%20UEFI-Aug31-2023-Final.pdf

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Vlad is part of the Eclypsium research team and has discovered several flaws in BMC ecosystems. He comes on the show to talk about his journey and cover the details behind BMC vulnerabilities and attacks.

Segment Resources: https://forum.defcon.org/node/245714 https://eclypsium.com/research/bmcc-lights-out-forever/ https://eclypsium.com/blog/supply-chain-vulnerabilities-put-server-ecosystem-at-risk/

John Loucaides, SVP Strategy at Eclypsium, joins us on the show to discuss protecting the federal supply chain!

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We dig into network devices/appliances, why they are still around, who is attacking them, and how. Just why are attackers using network devices in ransomware campaigns and how do we stop them? Tune-in to find out as Nate Warfield, Director of Threat Research and Intelligence at Eclypsium joins us for this episode!

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Ramy Houssaini joins us to discuss the challenges enterprises face when dealing with supply chain threats, risks and vulnerabilities. We'll explore how to identify cybersecurity gaps in your various supply chains, discuss real-world examples such as Log4j and more!

Supply Chain threats and industry / government initiatives like EO 14028 are driving a deeper understanding and a set of requirements for applying supply chain risk management (SCRM) and increased transparency (ex. SBOM) across the software ecosystem up and down the stack. Platform and system firmware present unique challenges for supply chain assurance from the depths of the stack.

Segment Resources: ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Customers https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/17/2003116444/-1/-1/0/ESFSECURINGTHESOFTWARESUPPLYCHAINCUSTOMER_SLICKSHEET.PDF

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/17/2003116445/-1/-1/0/ESFSECURINGTHESOFTWARESUPPLYCHAINCUSTOMER.PDF

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Suppliers https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/31/2003105572/-1/-1/0/ESFSECURINGTHESOFTWARESUPPLYCHAINSUPPLIERS_SLICKSHEET.PDF

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/31/2003105368/-1/-1/0/SECURINGTHESOFTWARESUPPLYCHAIN_SUPPLIERS.PDF

ESF: Securing the Software Supply Chain for Developers https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/01/2003068942/-1/-1/0/ESFSECURINGTHESOFTWARESUPPLYCHAINDEVELOPERS.PDF

CISA SBOM Site https://www.cisa.gov/sbom

Firmware security is a deeply technical topic, that's hard to get started in. In this talk, Xeno will discuss some past work in firmware security, and how he has organized resources such as a low level timeline (with over 300 talks), and free MOOC classes, to help teach people about firmware security.

Segment Resources: https://ost2.fyi https://darkmentor.com/timeline.html

Brian Richardson didn't start out wanting to do marketing or computer security... but after starting his career as a BIOS programmer, he tripped and fell into technical marketing (aka "Binary to English translator"). Brian's here to talk about the importance of hardware & firmware security in a SaaS world.

Segment Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2FwiEH6dg4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PrWw4ljeg

https://medium.com/intel-tech/security-built-on-a-foundation-of-trust-1fa1dbb74cbc

https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/firmware_culisfu/