In Episode 13 of the Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Podcast series, hosts Ian Thornton-Trump and Philip Ingram discuss the geopolitical threat landscape involving Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

From COVID-19 to escalating conflict in Ukraine, enterprise organizations across the world have been affected by geopolitical conflict and global crises.

Congressmen Ron Wright (TX-06) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced H.R. 6917, the bipartisan Airport Infrastructure Resources (AIR) Security Act to prevent China, and their state-sponsored enterprises to infiltrate critical systems and carry out espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft. 

The White House released this week a plan of action aimed at coordinating and improving the government efforts to protect trade secrets against foreign competitors.

A Californian software company which sued the Chinese government for pirating its products was targeted by hackers from that country for the three years of the resulting legal proceedings.

The Chinese telecom company is facing fears of both equipment vulnerabilities and national security threats as it seeks to expand its business to Australia, the UK, India and the U.S.

Once again, cyber attacks targeting high profile organizations, including SCADA security companies, have been traced to China.

The Department of Justice May 23 charged a Chinese national with illegally exporting to China sensors made in the U.S. and used to produce weapons grade uranium.

It is a new age Cold War going on as Chinese steal U.S. trade secrets and criminals from Russia commit frauds against Americans.