Product & Supply Chain Security Developments: Executive Order on Cybersecurity & Beyond

Recorded On: 03/25/2024

Following the worldâs most infamous supply chain attack on SolarWinds, government across the globe have grappled to find ways to increase software supply chain security and protect end users from potentially devastating vulnerabilities and zero-day attacks. From the Executive Order on Cybersecurity to the EU Cyber Resiliency Act, regulators are increasingly seeking to define minimum requirements and best practices around application security and software supply chain security for software applications and SaaS vendors. This panel will discuss the impacts of software security regulations on the future development, commercialization and procurement of software products and related services.

Lavonne Burke

Vice President Legal - Global Security & Resiliency and Digital

Dell Technologies

Lavonne is technology executive and award-winning attorney, speaker, author and transformative leader that has represented companies of all sizes in cybersecurity, privacy & data protection, IT, emerging technologies and intellectual property legal matters. She currently leads a global team of lawyers at Dell Technologies focused on Cybersecurity, IT, Privacy and Data Protection, Product & Application Security, Supply Chain Security, Corporate/Physical Security, Crisis Management, Insider Threat, Enterprise Resiliency & Fraud/Security Investigations. Her legal experience additionally includes advising on the creation, development and implementation of global information/cyber security and product & app security policies, enterprise-wide regulatory compliance frameworks & strategies, governance & compliance, risk management and crisis response, cyber security & product security incident management and response, negotiation of intellectual property and software licenses, product development & commercialization counseling, and technology/IP acquisitions and strategic investments.
While serving as outside counsel, Lavonne gained extensive experience supporting more than in $100B+ of global commercial and business strategic transactions in the context of technology transactions, IP monetization, buy and sell-side M&AD, IPOs, VC /Private Equity transactions, financing, licensing, sourcing and procurement and strategic capital investments. Her experience further includes evaluating, acquiring, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property rights in numerous industries, including technology, software, digital media, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, health care and energy. She has vast experience in drafting and negotiating a varied array of transactional agreements, including: IP license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercial purchase agreements, definitive purchase agreements, software/IT, cloud and aaS agreements, master service agreements, outsourcing agreements, franchising agreements, distribution and supply agreements, joint development and commercialization agreements.