We’re excited to welcome Daniel Bardenstein, a leading authority on supply chain security, as our featured speaker for the September ISSA-DC Chapter meeting on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 6:30 PM ET.

Opening the Black Box: Understanding and Securing AI Supply Chains

Abstract:
The rapid adoption of generative AI and machine learning has created a new kind of supply chain—one made up of models, datasets, prompts, and third-party services—that is already outpacing the ability of most security programs to govern it. Just as software supply chain security became critical in the last decade, AI supply chain security is now emerging as the next frontier. This talk will unpack the unique risks that AI introduces—data provenance, model tampering, dependency sprawl, and regulatory gaps—and why traditional security playbooks don’t fully apply.

For CISOs and security teams, the challenge is not only understanding these new attack surfaces but also operationalizing trust, compliance, and resilience at the speed of AI adoption inside their organizations. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for assessing AI risk, strategies for extending supply chain security practices to AI components, and a roadmap for building security guardrails that keep pace with innovation rather than slowing it down.

About the speaker:
Daniel Bardenstein is the CTO and co-founder of Manifest, working to make software and AI supply chains more transparent and secure. Prior to founding Manifest, Daniel served as the Chief of Tech Strategy at CISA, where he drove technology modernization and OT/ICS strategy across the agency, and led the development of the Cybersecurity Performance Goals. At the Defense Digital Service, he led cybersecurity programs across the Department of Defense, including securing the COVID-19 vaccines and the Hack the Pentagon program. Before joining government, Daniel directed product teams at Exabeam and Palantir developing cybersecurity and data analysis platforms.

Daniel was also a Tech Policy Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and is the co-President of Foresight Partners, a non-profit that provides free cybersecurity support to political campaigns. He holds several security certifications as well as a patent.

Registration is required to attend this session. Don’t miss it!