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May 8, 2026 
Maria Vermazis, contributing host and geopolitics commentator, reflects on a decade of cyber geopolitics. She and Dave revisit how cyber threats became constant. They discuss Petya’s supply-chain shock, Ukraine as a cyber war laboratory, and China’s long-game supply-chain influence. They close with defense-in-depth and zero trust as practical responses.
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Cyber Is A Constant Background Threat
- Cyber incidents are now constant, not episodic, creating a perpetual low-level threat environment.
- Dave Bittner says cybersecurity has become a daily "drone" rather than occasional shocks, shifting defender mentalities and operations.
NotPetya Showed Supply Chains Could Break Everything
- NotPetya proved global supply-chain disruption can hit everyone at once and changed risk perception.
- Dave Bittner recalls how the incident exposed fragility in global supply chains and kept the threat in organizations' consciousness.
Ukraine Became A Cyber Warfare Lab
- The Ukraine war acted as a laboratory for integrated cyber and kinetic operations, accelerating modern cyber warfare tactics.
- Dave Bittner notes cyber was used alongside battlefield ops and information campaigns, influencing later conflicts like Iran.