Securing the Supply Chain… for Software With Brian Fox, Co-Founder, SVP and CTO

Mar 15, 2022

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If companies don't truly know the elements in their products, then they are set up for trouble. According to Brian Fox, Co-Founder, SVP and CTO of Sonatype, without this knowledge they won’t know how to address issues or if bad actors have infiltrated their products with disruptive parts. Brian advises that all aspects in the supply chain for software must be identified and secured just like any physical product.

Tune in to learn:

How does Sonatype help companies make better supply chain decisions for their software? (01:56)
How did Sonatype evolve to focus on supply chain security for software? (05:57)
How did Sonatype help address the Log4j vulnerability?? (15:32)
How does Fox describe bad actors using what he calls “malicious components”? (23:25)
Can automation inadvertently amplify attacks? (29:05)
How to move fast yet deal with bad actors? (33:38)

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