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Dave interviews Jean-Paul Bergeaux about the implications of OMB rescinding software bill of materials requirements and discusses recent cybersecurity developments.

This week, Dave talks with Jean-Paul Bergeaux, CTO for Federal for GuidePoint Security, about OMB rescinding two Biden era orders, which had mandated that agencies require a software bill of materials (SBOM) from software vendors. Ben shares a follow-up story on the Anthropic/Pentagon dustup. Dave has the latest on the new National Cyber Strategy from the White House. While this show covers legal topics, and Ben is a lawyer, the views expressed do not constitute legal advice. For official legal advice on any of the topics we cover, please contact your attorney. Links to today's stories: ⁠Anthropic sues the Trump administration after it was designated a supply chain risk Trump Admin Cyber Strategy Centers Private Sector in Offensive Cyber Operations Get the weekly Caveat Briefing delivered to your inbox. Like what you heard? Be sure to check out and subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caveat Briefing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a weekly newsletter available exclusively to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ members on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠N2K CyberWire's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website. N2K Pro members receive our Thursday wrap-up covering the latest in privacy, policy, and research news…

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Guest: Jean-Paul Bergeaux

Topics covered

• software bill of materials
• cybersecurity
• government policy
• legal issues
• national cyber strategy

Keywords

• SBOM
• OMB
• Biden administration
• Anthropic
• Pentagon
• cyber strategy
• software vendors
• legal advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GuidePoint Security, OMB, Biden, Anthropic, Pentagon, White House, N2K Networks, N2K Pro, N2K CyberWire

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