How to Recover from the Log4j Supply Chain Attack with Ilkka Turunen

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In this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy Tom sits down with Ilkka Turunen to talk about Supply Chain Security. They go over the Log4J incident that made a lot of apps built-in Java vulnerable to exploitation, what it means to be a field CTO, how companies can place themselves to collect user feedback, and a lot more!

Ilkka Turunen is the Field CTO of https://www.sonatype.com/ (Sonatype).

On this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy Tom and Ilkka Turunen chat about:

• What is a field CTO anyways? 🤔 (01:20)
• How do you stay in the loop on customer needs and feedback? ➿ (05:19)
• How has Ikka’s job as a field CTO changed since the pandemic started? 😷 (07:30)
• Supply chain attacks have increased since the pandemic started. How have Sonatype’s customers and the business changed over this period? 🧰 (08:53)
• Breaking down how the executive order by Biden’s administration regarding supply chains is affecting the software industry ⚙️ (10:06)
• What is the best way to mitigate supply chain risk? ⚠️ (11:49)
• Getting into vendor due diligence as mitigation of supply chain risk 🚩(17:22)
• Learnings from the Log4J incident 📝 (22:44)
• Why are 40% of Log4J downloads still the old vulnerable versions? ☢️ (25:47)

Log4J vulnerability resource center:

• https://www.sonatype.com/resources/log4j-vulnerability-resource-center

Find Ilkka Turunen online:

• https://twitter.com/llkkaT

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