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Name: “Organizations are now realizing that it is impossible to tackle the supply chain risk as it’s evolv
Uploaded: 2026-07-07T13:15:41.317Z
Channel: Insight Partners
Description: “Organizations are now realizing that it is impossible to tackle the supply chain risk as it’s evolving today,” says Ian Riopel, CEO and cofounder of Root. Root is an agentic, open-source security co

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“Organizations are now realizing that it is impossible to tackle the supply chain risk as it’s evolving today,” says Ian Riopel, CEO and cofounder of Root. Root is an agentic, open-source security company that automates vulnerability remediation across the software supply chain and was recently acquired by Aikido Security. Riopel spent years in cybersecurity roles at Cisco, CloudLock, and Rapid7 before founding Root, and he believes the only viable response to AI-powered attacks is to meet them with AI-powered defense. Here, he shares why the open-source security industry is at an inflection point, and what organizations need to do differently to keep pace: https://lnkd.in/esbU86AG

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