Sonaytpe | AI Changed the Software Supply Chain
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Modern AI agents can now actively scan, discover and exploit legacy software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, fundamentally changing the cyber threat landscape. Recent breaches, such as an AI agent breaking out of a sandbox environment during the Hugging Face incident, highlight how rapidly these emerging threats are redefining cyber defense.
This executive panel brings together agency leaders and industry experts to examine how AI-driven threats impact software supply chains, agency risk and mission readiness. Discover how public sector organizations can balance rapid innovation with rigorous governance to protect critical public sector systems, and contain and mitigate these next-generation risks.
Key Takeaways:
- The Evolving Threat Landscape: Lessons learned from recent AI security events and their impact on government supply chains.
- Federal Policy & Governance: How AI is driving new government standards for software trust and accountability.
- Lifecycle Defense: Actionable steps to embed security into AI tools throughout development and deployment.
- Public-Private Alignment: Strategic focus areas for agency leaders and industry innovators moving forward.
Speakers
Scott Vigil
Chief Software Officer, 309th Software Engineering Group
United States Air Force
Scott Vigil
Chief Software Officer, 309th Software Engineering Group
United States Air Force
Brian Fox
CTO and Co-Founder
Sonatype
Brian Fox
CTO and Co-Founder
Sonatype
Brian Fox is CTO and co-founder of Sonatype, steward of Maven Central, and a longtime leader in open source and software supply chain security. He serves on the governing boards of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), and is a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Cyber and Technology Resilience Experts Panel. A member of the Apache Software Foundation and former Chair of the Apache Maven project, Brian has spent more than 20 years shaping how organizations build, consume, and secure open source software.
Shea Connelly
Executive Editor, GovExec Branded Content
GovExec
Shea Connelly
Executive Editor, GovExec Branded Content
GovExec