What Lies Beneath

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we're featuring a conversation from Interos' 2020 summit for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) featuring Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, in conversation with Nick Beim from Venrock. Richard is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the leading voices on American foreign policy and the changing nature of the global order. He served in the Pentagon and the State Department, where he was the Director of Policy planning. He's the author of 14 books on American foreign policy, most recently The World in Disarray and The World: A Brief Introduction. Building on his decades as a global diplomat and leading voice in American foreign policy, Richard provides a glimpse into the future. Our discussion included: Core technological shifts as they relate to the future of globalization The impact those shifts will have on the industry as a whole What most discussions centered on the future seem to miss The American relationship with China and why it's more important now than ever before All guests' participation in our summit was purely as a public service and is in no way an endorsement of Interos.

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we're featuring a conversation from Interos' 2020 summit for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) featuring Valerie Abend from Accenture and Jason Harrell from 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? In this session Valerie and Jason detail the core considerations that should drive supply chain risk management strategy. As part of the summit, the panel discussed: What financial services professionals need to be thinking about in terms of third party resilience and risk management The positive things that have come out of the COVID-19 pandemic The supervisory and regulatory role in enhancing financial institutions resilience How COVID-19 has impacted cyber resilience All guests' participation in our summit was purely as a public service and is in no way an endorsement of Interos.

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we're featuring a conversation from Interos' 2020 summit for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) featuring Meg Anderson from Principal Financial Group, Jim Routh from MassMutual, and Phil Venables from Goldman Sachs, in conversation with Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye. With decades of experience in digital risk, they provide lessons learned on how to integrate into C-suite and Board conversations and priorities to help improve enterprise resilience against epic business disruptions.  As part of the summit, the panel discussed: The biggest supply chain risks facing companies as a result of the COVID pandemic What we worry about in the supply chain, and how to address those supply chain risks The new normal that we're all facing as we navigate through a global pandemic Some of the challenges facing those in the cybersecurity industry are facing at this point, and how they're protecting enterprise operations in the midst of it all. All guests' participation in our summit was purely as a public service and is in no way an endorsement of Interos.

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we're featuring a conversation from Interos' 2020 summit for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) featuring Manuel Rios from Fidelity in conversation with EVP of Risk Recon, Pete Kobs. 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. Pete Kobs and Manny Rios discuss their experience working with assessment and operations managers in enterprises and their suppliers to mitigate those risks. As part of the summit, Mr Kobs and Mr. Rios discussed: The number one requirement to having a robust readiness plan The role of supply chain risk management moving forward, and and the best practices in that space What challenges people across the cybersecurity industry are dealing with in the wake of the COVID crisis How to work with a physical security vendor that you can't physically interact with. Both guests' participation in our summit was purely as a public service and is in no way an endorsement of Interos.

On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we're featuring a conversation from Interos' 2020 summit for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) featuring Senator Mark Warner in conversation with investor Ted Schlein. A former investor & venture capitalist, Sen. Warner is intimately familiar with the intersection of business, technology, & government. As a part of his official duties, Sen. Warner serves on the Senate Finance & Banking Committees. As part of the summit, Mr. Schlein and Sen. Warner discussed: The history of American investment in technology The United States' increasingly tense relationship with China Why we need to do a better job of explaining decoupling from China to our allies, or risk alienating them The perception generated by differing approaches to industrial policy Sen. Warner's participation in our summit was purely as a public service and is in no way an endorsement of Interos.

On this episode of What Lies Beneath?, we talk to Edna Conway, Vice President of Global Security, Risk & Compliance for Microsoft Azure. Having served at Cisco for 20 years prior to her time at Microsoft, Edna is a renowned expert in third party risk, and is consistently recognized as one of the most important innovators in the field. She is a recipient of the 2019 Cyber Futurist Award, and we talked all about: Digital transformation, and what we should be doing to capture opportunities while recognizing the risks. The need for a holistic approach to managing third party risk The role of private-public partnerships and how it is shaping up to evolve over the next few years The approach needed to start addressing the complexity of today's global supply chain in the wake of the current pandemic

On this episode of What Lies Beneath?, we talk with Trey Herr, & Stewart Scott, co-authors of the recent Atlantic Council report, “Breaking Trust: Shades of Crisis Across an Insecure Software Supply Chain.”  For too long, when people have talked about supply chain security, it's been all focused on the physical hardware. Where is the physical box? What chips make up that box? Who built it? Where does it live? But the digital supply chain is something that needs to be paid attention to.  Attacks against the digital supply chain can impact nearly any company, but the defense organizations are particularly susceptible to these kinds of attacks. But why is that? Is it similar to the reasons we see for other kinds of supply chain attacks?  Trey & Stewart spend the better part of this episode talking us through their report, and highlighting, among other things:  -Why digital supply chain security is so crucial -Why defense organizations are especially vulnerable to these attacks -Untrusted technology, specifically in the 5g space -Why you can't talk about 5g security without accounting for software security You can access the Atlantic Council paper here!

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!

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.

Every time there is an event worldwide that could drive eyeballs, whether it's a celebrity dying or some sort of fantastical news story, the bad guys are sitting there waiting for a chance to get into your inbox.  With a new identity theft victim every 2 seconds, the worlds of supply chain, internet fraud, and cybercrime are constantly overlapping with one another.  The world is increasingly being driven online and with that comes an untold number of places that criminals can get to us.  Banking, shopping, utilities, mortgage, car payments. It all lives online. So what do you do if someone gets a hold of your passwords?  On this episode of What Lies Beneath, we talk to Ori Eisen, founder & CEO of Trusona, all about:  -Why having a unique password & username may not be enough to keep you safe -The intersection of supply chain, internet fraud, & cyber crime -What it was like to have the company purchased by Experian -How his career has led him to work with an organization fighting child sex trafficking

August 13 is approaching and, for many in the Defense Industrial base (and beyond) that means it's time for another regulatory complication to global trade, specifically the implementation of Section 889, which forbids the government from contracting with companies who have telecom and surveillance equipment from 5 major chinese companies in their supply chains, including Huawei and ZTE. But what, exactly does that mean? And how can businesses get ahead of this massive regulatory effort? Thankfully there are people like Megan Brown in the world. Megan is an attorney and partner at Wiley Rein LLP, and on this episode of What Lies Beneath?, our guest host, Andrea Little Limbago, talks to Megan all about:  -The role of bias and how it fits into regulations and insecurity -The 2 parts of Section 889 (sections A & B) and what they have to do with the global supply chain -Why the US government is so set on not doing business with companies like Huawei -Why the lack of definitions in the statute and the lack of clarity is troublesome

When you think of a 3 time Super Bowl champion offensive tackle, you probably don't also think of a fund manager, philanthropist, investor, and Broadway theater lover.  But our guest on this episode of What Lies Beneath, Harris Barton, is not your typical retired NFL player.  Harris got interested in the investment world during his tenure with the San Francisco 49ers, because the Bay area was where all the venture capital was located in the late ‘80s and ‘90s, and it led him to a career as a philanthropist, fund manager, & investor.  Join us for this fabulous interview where Harris talks all about:  -Starting a charity geared at bringing the magic of Broadway to young people impacted by cancer -His entrance into the world of venture capital while living in the Bay area -The difficulty of restarting a career after over a decade in the NFL -His go-to favorite football story (hint: the 1989 Super Bowl)

Diversity, inclusion, engagement.  Tune into this episode to hear Jennifer chat with Renee Wynn, the former CIO of NASA and the former deputy CIO of the EPA. They discuss the need for diversity in tech, particularly gender diversity, and the recent uptick in space activity that's fueling American's imaginations.During her time at NASA, Renee worked to transform their approach to cybersecurity and IT procurement, efforts that helped dramatically raise the agency's compliance ratings.  What we talked about: -Diversity in the Workplace Fueling Innovation -The ever-changing role for Women in Tech Leadership -Paving the way for women in STEM For more risk and tier business conversations, subscribe to What Lies Beneath? on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Most of us think we're prepared. But if COVID-19 has done anything — and it's already done a lot — it's exposed the extent to which our fragile supply chains rely on subjective information and fallible processes. In this episode, I interview Bob Metzger, head of the D.C. office of Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, about how COVID-19 changed the defense supply chain. What we talked about: -COVID-19 has been a powerful wakeup call regarding the federal supply chain oversight -Information matters more than ever when it comes to changes in globalization from COVID-19 -Automation and the future of supply chain management — it's digital For more risk and tier business conversations, subscribe to What Lies Beneath? on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

COVID-19 has changed everything.  From the way that we do business, to what customers expect out of brands, to the way that brands interact with their customers. The truth is, we're never going back to the way things were in January, 2020. The new normal has yet to be revealed, but businesses are already rethinking their unflinching commitment to global supply chains and considering alternative solutions.  But such changes are not without risk.  Our guest on the What Lies Beneath? podcast this week is Bob Brese, VP at Gartner and the former CIO of the Department of Energy, and he had a lot to say around the issue of supply chain risk from the executive level. He also talked all about:  -Why he thinks there will be more scrutiny from congress moving forward around supply chain risk -How he sees the executive response to supply chain risk changing as a result of COVID-19 -Why COVID-19 is the greatest forcing function in business innovation in most people's lifetimes

The world is a mess right now.  J. Crew, Macys, & Disney have all been in the news for the ways that COVID-19 has impacted their business.  A decade of job growth has been wiped out in the United States in just over 2 months.  So is there any hope? At what point will businesses start making a comeback, and what are the signals that the decision makers are looking for to determine when companies are ready to reopen? And how will this pandemic impact or change our supply chain in the United States, particularly our retail & meat supply chain. There will no doubt be disruptions and adjustments, but what do those look like in the long run?  On this episode of What Lies Beneath?, we sit down and talk with Greg Spragg. Greg is the managing director at GrowthWise Group, and he had a lot to share with us about:  -The signals that he's looking for to determine when companies are ready to reopen?  -The disruption in the national meat supply chain and how it's going to alter the way that we feed ourselves and our families. -Why he thinks the Meal Kit business will come out of this pandemic in a great place. -The reasons he thinks the US might stop relying so much on foreign supply chains

“Big Data is thrown around so much with little appreciation of what it actually means.” For compliance specialists, things like due diligence, and clean data are huge concerns.   But do companies treat them with the care and concern they should? In a time of global crisis like CoVid19, the risk of corner cutting is at it's highest.     Our guest on the show this episode, Grace Michallet, is the director of corporate ethics and compliance for one of the world's largest infrastructure engineering and construction companies: AECOM   On this episode of What Lies Beneath, she shared with us critical compliance considerations like:   -Bribery and corruption -Third party risk -Due diligence -Clean data -The need for a regulatory body

As the coronavirus continues to threaten lives and livelihoods, large organizations are still searching for ways to maintain continuity and support the economy. This week Jennifer sits down with BAE's Global Chief Information Security Officer, JC Dodson to talk about how to build resiliency and handle the unexpected ripple effects of COVID-19. To view the full webinar this episode is based on please register here. For more risk and tier business conversations, subscribe to What Lies Beneath? on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

AI is everywhere.  From your home to your car to your microwave.  But what role does AI play in the economic world? How can you learn from and incorporate AI into your investment strategy as a venture capital firm?  Nick Beim, a partner at Venrock, was a guest on the What Lies Beneath podcast recently and had a lot to say about the topic. We talked all about:  AI in the world economy The human / AI partnership The 2 ways he utilizes AI in his VC investment strategy Why he thinks AI is the single biggest tech advancement of the last 10 years.

How well do you understand your organization's supply chain structure?  You're likely familiar with your “first-tier” suppliers. You've probably got legal contracts, or even a physical relationship in place with them. But how familiar are you with those suppliers down the chain? What at Interos, we like to call the “N-th tier suppliers.”  The less you focus on understanding them, the more you get lulled into a false sense of security in thinking that you've got your supply chain security figured out, integrated, and fully understood.  And frankly, at least according to our most recent podcast guest, Mark Weatherford, most organizations do a very poor job of understanding even their first-tier suppliers, let alone those n-th tier ones.  Mark joined us on a recent episode of the What Lies Beneath? Podcast, to talk all about:  The difference in policy & standards development as it relates to government vs. the private sector What companies need to be doing to invest in their supply chain security Why it's become a priority for every company to invest in supply chain security right now