How to survive supply chain attacks
From Risky Business Features by Risky Business Media
May 25, 2026 · 37 min
About this episode
James Wilson discusses the rise of software supply chain attacks with Brad Arkin and explores solutions to mitigate these risks.
In this podcast James Wilson chats with Brad Arkin about why software supply chain attacks have gone from rare, once-in-a-while disasters to an operational problem affecting mainstream enterprises almost daily. AI has made attackers faster, and “vibe coding” means the number of environments pulling packages from the internet has gone to the moon. It also means legacy tooling that seeks out the bad packages and cleans them up isn’t enough. Package cooldown windows won’t fix this either. But all hope is not lost! Tune in to this podcast to find out how you can get a grip on the disaster de jour!
People in this episode
Host: James Wilson
Guest: Brad Arkin
Topics covered
- supply chain attacks
- software security
- AI in cybersecurity
- legacy tooling
- operational problems
Keywords
- supply chain
- cybersecurity
- software attacks
- AI
- legacy systems
- vibe coding
- package management
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Organizations: Risky Business Media
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