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This week Rachael and Eric discuss the recently published "Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War" report from Microsoft and the accompanying blog post by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith. They share insights and raise lingering questions on the report\u2019s findings and the five conclusions Microsoft framed from the war\u2019s first four months. They also briefly share insights from the June 2022 cyberdefense research report "The IT Army of Ukraine" from Stefan Soesanto of the Center for Security Studies in Zurich. So much to unpack in this week\u2019s episode! There will definitely be follow-on episodes with key players from these reports that you won\u2019t want to miss!

Host Rachael Lyon
Rachael Lyon brings her journalistic curiosity and more than 20 years in technology working with global industry leaders and innovative start-ups to dig into today\u2019s cyber news and trends impacting us all.

Co-host Eric Trexler
Eric Trexler is Vice President of Sales, Global Governments, Forcepoint. Eric has more than 21 years of experience in the technology industry with both the public and private sectors including the DoD, Civilian, and Intelligence components. Prior to joining Forcepoint, Eric was the Executive Director for Civilian and National Security Programs at McAfee, formerly Intel Security. Prior to joining McAfee in 2010, he managed multi-million dollar accounts at Salesforce.com, EMC Corporation and Sybase, Inc.

Eric served as an Airborne Ranger with the United States Army for four years, specializing in communications. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in marketing and an MBA with a concentration in strategy, both from the University of Maryland at College Park.

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For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e187