Supply chain security has taken on new importance, especially in a post-COVID world; from healthcare to finance, the cybersecurity threats posed to people’s lives are very real.
On this episode of Cyber Security Inside, Tom and Camille are joined by Rick Martinez, Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Office of CTO at Dell Technologies, and John Boyle, Cybersecurity Solutions & Supply Chain Security Product Management at Dell Technologies, to break down what companies are doing to mitigate these risks, what best practices entail, how Dell and Intel have partnered up on the road to boosted supply chain security and more.
They cover:
The significance of a transparent supply chain
The details of the partnership between Intel and Dell, and why it’s important
The timelines involved in figuring out adversaries’ next moves and applying mitigations
How supply chain security is optimized
What Secure Verification Component is
Best practices for companies to follow
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The views and opinions expressed are those of the guests and author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Intel Corporation.
Here are some key take-aways:
Security has become a top tier concern for customers, and being proactive is key to mitigating any threats coming customers’ way.
In addition to security, sustainability has also become a primary concern for customers.
Secure Component Verification ensures that customers receive exactly what has been shipped to them.
Nowadays, the stakes are much higher considering attackers can target institutions from healthcare to finance that impact real lives.
It’s important to be involved with the security community, security researchers and hackers, in order to best mitigate threats.
It’s also best to have the latest and greatest updates to your system in order to prevent attacks.
Some interesting quotes from today’s episode:
“It's kinda cool that we get to hang out with hackers and hang out with other security community and practitioners so that we can really have that three to five-year crystal ball of what the adversaries are going to be doing in that timeframe.”
“Our context isn't just getting the system from our shipping facility to the customer's loading dock. It's the entire end-to-end--from when we design a system to the end of life of the system in the customer's environment, and making sure that the system is secure throughout that entire life cycle.”
“We are constantly evolving, just the hardening of the platform, our supply chain security, pretty much everything that we do around manufacturing and developing and shipping systems to users.”
“We're checking the security posture of the devices in the supply chain before we send it to customers with the tools that customers can use on their end to do this exact same thing.”
“When you have these attackers bringing down environments for healthcare, financial services, energy...it is impacting real lives.”
“We are impacting businesses that impact real lives; and when those are compromised, it's not good for people around in the global community.”