Firmware Security Insights with NetRise CEO Tom Pace

Key Takeaways

Firmware security “hits different” than modern software:
The episode’s core point is that while we have mature toolchains for software BOMs, vuln discovery, and remediation, doing the same work for firmware is a fundamentally harder, different problem .
It’s critical-infrastructure risk, not an edge-case:
Firmware sits underneath (and powers) a lot of the systems you rely on, so firmware weaknesses can impact some of the most critical parts of your environment , not just “devices on the side.”
Getting control starts with visibility + repeatable process:
The conversation is framed around moving from “we don’t know what’s in there” to control—by establishing visibility into firmware components and then building a repeatable workflow to identify vulnerabilities and drive remediation.