Intro

In our latest Distilling Cyber Policy podcast episode, Alex Botting and Jen Ellis from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy & Law are joined by Hamish Hansford, the Deputy Secretary of Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group at the Australian Department of Home Affairs. The discussion begins with the fourth annual convening of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), as well as several other cyber priorities for Australia.

News:

• The Pall Mall Process 
• The official adoption of the EU’s  Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
• The publication of the EU’s Network and Information Security Directive (NIS 2) Implementing Act
• Ghana’s New National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy 

Community Corner:

• “Software Supply Chain Security: Securing the End-to-End Supply Chain for Software, Firmware, and Hardware” by Cassie Crossely 

As always, if you would like to join us for the community corner segment, or have topic ideas for upcoming episodes, please email iaj01@venable.com.