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Unpacking Cybersecurity Ingredients: SBOMs in the Food Industry with Marc Frankel

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Jun 3, 2024
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Marc Frankel
CEO of Manifest Cyber, Marc Frankel, discusses the importance of SBOMs in cybersecurity, focusing on the food industry. He explores regulatory requirements, streamlining security, and the duty to monitor software security. Also, he shares insights on entrepreneurship and the mission-driven importance of software supply chain security.
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ANECDOTE

Founders' Decade-Long Origin Story

  • Marc Frankel told how he and his co-founder met at Palantir and stayed friends for a decade before founding Manifest after Log4Shell exposed blind spots.
  • Their long friendship and shared experience across federal and commercial cybersecurity work drove them to solve SBOM problems urgently.
ANECDOTE

Icelandic Hakarl Travel Memory

  • Marc described trying fermented Greenlandic shark (hakarl) in Iceland as a memorable travel food experiment.
  • He uses the story to humanize the conversation and connect with listeners about memorable experiences.
INSIGHT

Software Lacks Ingredient Labels

  • Software is unique: we buy it without ingredient labels, creating major blind spots for vulnerability response.
  • SBOMs act like food ingredient lists, enabling rapid identification and remediation after incidents like Log4Shell or SolarWinds.
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