S3E26: Resilient Show w/ Chinmayi Sharma

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, hosts Chris Hughes and Dr. Nikki Robinson are joined by Chinmayi Sharma, a legal and policy expert with a unique technical background, to discuss the critical intersection of open source software and cybersecurity. Chinmayi shares insights from her research on how open source software, while foundational to critical infrastructure, also presents complex challenges for national security, software supply chains, and policy regulation.

🔑 Key Highlights:

• Open Source and Critical Infrastructure: Explore the role of open source software in critical infrastructure and why it's essential to consider it as critical infrastructure itself.

• Liability in Open Source: Chinmayi discusses the pressing need for liability and accountability measures for software vendors to enhance security and resilience.

• The Tragedy of the Digital Commons: Dive into Chinmayi's argument for why open source faces systemic security challenges similar to the "tragedy of the commons" and how we can address it.

• Public Goods and Open Source: Discover how economic theories apply to open source software, and why the current ecosystem creates market failures that impact global cybersecurity.

• Future of Software Security: What’s next for open source, liability laws, and security in an ever-evolving digital landscape?