Month: September 2020

Changing Trends in Cyber Risk w/ Kevin Mandia

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Episode 13:

Changing Trends in Cyber Risk w/ Kevin Mandia

COVID has affected every business differently, forcing many to make increasingly difficult decisions, many of which have unintended consequences for cybersecurity. 

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we talk to Kevin Mandia, the CEO of FireEye. Prior to assuming his current role, Kevin served as FireEye’s President, and before that was the founder and CEO of his own company Mandiant, which rose to national prominence in 2013 after exposing Chinese cyber-espionage. We talk about:

  • The top 5 Risks in Cyber right now
  • Unique challenges presented by data Storage 
  • How achievable is the Zero Trust Supply Chain?
  • Check out our October 1 Digital Summit here for more from Kevin, along with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Dr. Richard Haass, Jim Routh (MassMutual), and others!

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To learn more about how Interos can help you with Section 889 Part B compliance, visit Interos.ai.

 

Guest Bio

 

Kevin Mandia: The CEO of FireEye. Prior to assuming his current role, Kevin served as FireEye’s President, and before that was the founder and CEO of his own company Mandiant, which rose to national prominence in 2013 after exposing Chinese cyber-espionage. A veteran of U.S. Air Force, Kevin served as a Computer Security Officer in the Pentagon’s 7th Communications Group and was a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigation.

 

Interos launches Financial Services Summit; Sen. Mark Warner, Richard Haass, Kevin Mandia and more to speak.

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On Oct. 1 Interos’ Financial Services Summit, presented in partnership with RiskRecon, a Mastercard company,  will bring together leaders from across industry and government to provide a pragmatic look at restoring operations and sustaining resilience – and what we’re calling “resilience plus” – the lessons that financial services organizations can adopt from these turbulent times to shape a more resilient, more secure “new normal.”

Join Sen. Mark Warner, investor Ted Schlein, security legend Phil Venables, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, renowned diplomat Richard Haass and others for a 3.5-hour window into the minds of some of the world’s pre-eminent risk leadership.

The full summit itinerary is as follows:

12.00pm – 12.15pm    Keynote | Jennifer Bisceglie, Interos CEO and Founder  

12.20pm – 12.50pm    Industrial policy: Where Technology is Made and Who Makes it Matters 

Fireside Chat: U.S. Senator Mark Warner, Virginia & Ted Schlein, Partner, Kleiner Perkins

Industrial policy has largely been off the radar since the 1980s, but it is now back and coming to a technology near you. Senator Warner will discuss the regulations, sanctions, executive orders, and other industrial policies that are taking shape, with a focus on the impact of the impending tech regulations and their shifting requirements on hardware and software supply chains. 

1.00pm – 1.30pm        Digital Risk: Insights from Cybersecurity Experts About Protecting Enterprise Operations  

Panel: Kevin Mandia, CEO, FireEye & Panel (Meg Anderson, VP-CISO, Principal Financial Group; Jim Routh, CISO, MassMutual; Phil Venables, Board Director, Goldman Sachs) 

Kevin Mandia will moderate a panel of leading cyber and risk executives to discuss what they’ve learned navigating the ever-growing threat landscape and compliance and regulatory requirements. With decades of experience in digital risk, they will provide lessons learned on how to integrate into C-suite and Board conversations and priorities to help improve enterprise resilience against epic business disruptions.  

 1.40pm – 2.10pm        Cyber Risk: Assessing Cyber Resilience in a Post-COVID World 

Fireside Chat: Manny Rios, VP Vendor Cybersecurity Assessments, Fidelity & Kelly White, CEO, RiskRecon

Cyber risk in digital supply chains is widely acknowledged as a major source of disruption to enterprise resilience yet much of it remains hidden deep in enterprise digital supply chains.  Kelly White and Manny Rios will discuss their experience working with assessment and operations managers in enterprises and their suppliers to mitigate those risks   

  2.20pm – 2.50pm        Top 5 Risks to Resilience 

Fireside Chat: Valerie Abend, Managing Director, Accenture & Jason Harrell, Executive Director, DTCC 

How can the financial service industry build greater resiliency in a time of such uncertainty and unprecedented disruption? What are the greatest risks to resilience? This track will detail the core considerations that should drive supply chain risk management strategy. 

3.00pm – 3.30pm        The Future of Globalization and The Digital Revolution 

Fireside Chat: Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations & Nick Beim, Partner, Venrock 

Building upon his decades as a global diplomat and leading voice in American foreign policy, Richard Haass will provide a glimpse into the future, highlighting core technological shifts, the impact they will have, and what most discussions of the future seem to miss. 

Click here to register for the summit. To learn more about how you can achieve continuous, multi-factor, multi-tier risk awareness, check out the rest of our site.

Supply Chain Standouts: September 11 – Post Labor Day Edition

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From farms to factories and logistics, the supply chains for animal meat have faced numerous setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many grocery stores to ration meat. With production costs escalating, staples such as ground beef doubled in price between the beginning of March and mid-May. Facing these restrictions and higher costs, many consumers chose to try new plant-based meat alternatives instead. The producers of these alternatives, such as Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, ToFurky, and Lightlife were perfectly placed to fill empty shelves and the overall gap in the market.  

These companies had previously relied on deals with restaurants and chefs to gain recognition. With many of those locations closed or limiting customers for safety, this new industry had an existing stock to redirect and sell to consumers or grocers while ramping up production.  

The total plant-based production process is impressively quick, and often occurs under one factory roof. A protein source—often a mix of soy, pea, rice, and potato—is combined with a solid plant fat such as coconut oil and a mixture of chemical analogues to the hemoglobin, heme iron, and other goodness that make meat taste so unique. With a steady supply of protein bases in the market, this process can be ramped up in a matter of weeks and days with new opportunities emerging for customers to skip the grocery store and buy direct-to-consumer boxes of their products online.  

Since roughly five percent of Americans identify as vegetarian or vegan, plant-based meat producers have aimed to convert the other 95% into so-called “flexitarians”. This has not been an easy sell—people in the United States are eating more meat than ever, and these alternatives initially cost more than double their animal counterparts. To help make the choice easier and attract a larger market, plant-based meat producers chose to lower their prices at a time when many firms used the pandemic to price-gouge consumers. These changes drove sales up by 264% at their peak, and have now settled to just over twice their pre-pandemic levels.    

Innovation in this new industry has been expanding rapidly after the initial startups proved the concept to the public. After selling off its shares in Beyond Beef in April of 2019, Tyson Foods Inc. will release their own line of meat alternatives, Raised and Rooted, this summer. The world’s largest meat producer, Brazil-based JBS, is testing out their own line named Ozo, in select markets through their Colorado subsidiary Planterra Foods. This rush in investment will provide even more choices for consumers, such as egg-based meats and non-animal alternatives for other animal-based dishes, including deli slices and chicken nuggets. 

As the summer winds down, the plant-based meat alternatives are likely here to stay and provide additional benefits beyond consumption. These products consistently require less than 15% of the land and water and produce roughly 10% of greenhouse gases needed for an equivalent amount of animal protein. As food supply chains restructure and innovative programs emerge, plant-based alternatives can help support greater food supply chain resiliency, empower innovative solutions, and introduce alternative suppliers for a better future.  

Check out our previous Supply Chain Standouts or learn more about increasing resiliency.

What Does CMMC Mean for Government Contracting?

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Episode 12:

What does the CMMC Mean for Government Contracting? w/ Angela Dingle

 

“There’s a challenge in the supply chain. Adversaries are using these suppliers and manufacturers as a way to affect us militarily and to cut off our supply chains. And so that’s why CMMC is here.” Angela Dingle

By now you’ve seen it in all the papers, and we’ve been hearing a lot about it from Capitol Hill. 

We’re talking all about the release of the Cyber Security Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC. As much as we know about it, there are still a lot of unknowns about how it will all pan out, and the impact that it will have on businesses, specifically on small businesses. 

On this episode of What Lies Beneath?, we talk to Angela Dingle, President and CEO of Ex Nihilo Management. Angela is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise Information Technology (CGEIT), has 20+ years of experience in business leadership, cybersecurity, IT governance and risk management, and we talked all about: 

  • CMMC and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) as a whole
  • CMMC and its impact on women owned small businesses
  • How women owned small businesses and 8As can use CMMC certification as a positive
  • Looking for more information on how to Cyber secure your enterprise? Check out Angela’s website.

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To learn more, check out the podcast above, or on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you like what you hear, please rate and review the show, or share it with a friend! New episodes air every other Tuesday.

To learn more about how Interos can help you with Section 889 Part B compliance, visit Interos.ai.

Guest Bio

 

Angela Dingle: President and CEO of Ex Nihilo Management, and chairman of the Board for Women Impacting Public Policy. Angela is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise Information Technology (CGEIT) with 20+ years of experience in business leadership, cybersecurity, IT governance and risk management. An award-winning business owner, Angela has managed the successful execution of government contracts valued at over $40 million.