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The Essential Eight and software supply chain attacks: What fits, what fails, and what is missing

Gowri Ramachandran
2026-10-14 9:00 am
Breakout
Building Secure Technology
Supply Chain, Dependency and Provenance Risk

Testing the Essential Eight against SolarWinds, XZ Utils and a real malicious package shows it covers barely half of a modern supply chain attack surface.

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Dr Gowri Ramachandran is a cyber security researcher at QUT, presenting on where the Essential Eight fits, fails and falls short on supply chain attacks.
Gowri Ramachandran
Cyber Security Leader | Risk, Governance & Emerging Threats
Queensland University Of Technology
Dr Gowri Ramachandran is a cyber security researcher at QUT, presenting on where the Essential Eight fits, fails and falls short on supply chain attacks.

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