GitHub’s Mike Hanley and Transforming the “Dept. of No” Into the "Dept. of Yes, And…”

What's in the SOSS? An OpenSSF Podcast

In this episode, Omkhar chats with Mike Hanley, Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering at GitHub. Prior to GitHub, Mike was the Vice President of Security at Duo Security, where he built and led the security research, development, and operations functions.

After Duo’s acquisition by Cisco for $2.35 billion in 2018, Mike led the transformation of Cisco’s cloud security framework and later served as CISO for the company. Mike also spent several years at CERT/CC as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff and security researcher focused on applied R&D programs for the US Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.

When he’s not talking about security at GitHub, Mike can be found enjoying Ann Arbor, MI with his wife and nine kids.

• 01:21 Mike shares insight into transporting a family of 11
• 02:02 Mike’s day-to-day at GitHub
• 03:53 Advice on communicating supply chain risk
• 08:19 Transforming the “Department of No” into the “Department of Yes And…”
• 12:44 AI’s potential impact on secure open software and, specifically, on software supply chains
• 18:02 Mike answers Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions
• 19:26 Advice Mike would give to aspiring security or software professionals
• 20:38 Mike’s call to action for listeners

Links

• Mike Hanley on LinkedIn
• DARPA AI Cyber Challenge
• Get involved with the OpenSSF