Principal engineer with Seagate Research Group focusing on data security based here in Singapore. Seagate are a relatively new member of our Open Trusted Technology Forum and he'll be kind of bringing the supply chain security dimension to this discussion. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. So this morning from the storage sector, I have the privilege of sharing our perspective on managing digital enterprises and particularly on how we think about cyber security and risk management. So this is the content that I put together with my counterparts on the US side. The names are mentioned here. So here we go. So coming from the storage sector, I will be talking about the digital disruption that we seem to be seeing through over the past few decades. With that basis, we will look at the scope of product security and then I intend to cover security certification and standards for designing and secure products and what is meant by a trusted life cycle which we will cover in my presentation as well. So I'm going to typically come from a practitioner's perspective. So and then before we end, we will look at how we intend to manage risk and associated with secure products and the trusted life cycle. Yep, so we will start by trying to understand how we got here. That's from the storage perspective. Okay, so we are really living in the era of the data. So it started some during some of our lifetimes with the IT 1.0 of the mainframe era and progressed to the client server platform. So the mainframe era to us was characterized by centralized computing model with millions of users and thousands of applications. So the way we see it is that the first platform of compute expanded as the number of companies expanded. The second platform was the client server era with distributed computing model. PECs were the primary enabler to expand the user base to hundreds of millions of users and use cases to tens of thousands of applications. So the growth in this era of compute is a compute platform is mainly driven by the PECs and systems. So currently what we think is that we are in the third platform, the immobile and cloud era. Like the mainframe era, the mobile cloud era is characterized by centralized computing model. So emergence of cloud computing is the center of this evolution with the ability to access anything from anywhere. So this is something we all know. So mobility expanded the user base to billions and use cases to millions of applications. So the platform is expanding as more people come online. So mobile cloud ecosystem is driven by five key trends as outlined by the IDC data H2025 study from big data to machine learning in the cloud. Mobility and IoT at the end points. So today we are living in a digital disruption as we progress from the current mobile cloud platform to the edge and edge intelligence 4.0 platform. Two of my previous speakers also mentioned about edge. So it's no coincidence I did not coordinate anything with them. So it's interesting that we are also talking about edge. Machine learning, artificial intelligence and new IoT use cases resulting in trillions of things. That's the internet of things. So there's a need for instant access and decision making will once again put the emphasis on the end points and expand this distributed ecosystem. So it's interesting we see we go from centralized to distributed to centralized and then I think we believe the distributed computing is coming again. If not, it's already here. So the digital disruption based on forecast studies we believe that the data actually will grow by 10-4 taking from 16 zettabytes in 2016 to 163 zettabytes in 2025. Well, whether this is accurate or not is yet to be seen but this is the forecast. It could be more, it could be less. So it will see that end points communicating with each other and making life critical decisions in real time. I mean the medical sector is a clear example of that. Oil and gas industry and many other industries. So our industry experience shows that customers are also coming to the realization that the amount of data is really growing. In addition to that, they're also realizing the amount of data that needs to be protected is growing. Data from new sources open up new vulnerabilities to private and sensitive information. It is projected by 2025, 90% of the data created will require some form of protection at some level. However, what is worrying is that less than half of the data that is about 45% would sufficiently be secured according to the study. So the problem will only grow as data creation grows exponentially in the next 5 to 10 years. And according to the cost of data bridge study by IBM security and Furniture Institute in the United States the average cost of data bridge to a company is above 7.9 million. This year's annual study was conducted in 15 countries or regions. It has spanned across 17 different industries and covered 477 global companies. So the same study indicates that average cost of average total cost of data bridge in the ASEAN region is above 2.53 million. So three root causes were identified in the study. Around half, about 48% of the breaches were attributed to malicious or criminal attacks. 27% attributed to human error such as negligent employees or contractors and 25% involved system glitches. So with newer regulations such as GDPR implemented, the cost of data bridge is expected to grow if nothing is done about securing these data in the future. So in order to tackle this growing data growth and the need for security, so we think that we need to leverage the enterprise security risk management spanning across the four pillars of cyber, product, physical, data privacy protection. So looking down, cyber and physical security are top priority as they are the foundation for product resilience. So with the advent of cyber physical systems in the era of the edge, it is equally important to focus on protecting the product through risk management and security by design practices. It's also interesting, the previous speaker also mentioned about security by design. So I would like to emphasise and suggest that this is apart from the conventional IT driven protection against cyber security threats such as ransomware, malware, social engineering and phishing. So what we are really targeting or thinking about is protecting from the product itself or the services that the companies would want to provide to their customers. Therefore from the storage industry that I come from we think the second line of effort is looking down the digital aspect of the product, protecting the device and its specific digital security authenticity. So I think those are things the previous speakers also mentioned about it. You have to take care of the device level protection through different means. We will touch upon those things in a short while. So developing specific device protection features such as locking down the software and firmware development and deployment are vital from our perspective. So the third line of effort involves securing the product through its product lifecycle and managing all associated risks with that. So this includes secure design, sourcing for the raw materials, manufacturing, delivery and service. So service actually to us consists of a few things. We consider deployment in use and lastly the retirement of the product under the service category. So it's simply not enough to design and develop secure products because gaps in supply chain sourcing, manufacturing and delivery of the finished product to end customers can undo the effort put in in the design and development of secure products. So as we go and think about protecting the digital enterprise, we really need to do a few things. First we need to make security available throughout the data sphere that we intend to protect. So we need to provide assurance on good security and authentic products across the global market space. So this is where security, certification and standards can help us. So we really believe in that and we actually advocate and do follow that. From our perspective, there are five critical areas of certification and standards starting with the security algorithms down here moving on to the crypto module that's security by design and security functionality. Security functionality was also mentioned earlier. Secure data disposal and lastly trusted lifecycle to have authentic and authentic security products. So it really starts with the foundational trusted cryptography designed into every product that is made. So we know that the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a program where we can engage with independent labs to get the cryptographic algorithms validated. So and then validated algorithms obviously gets published online for the public to view. So this in a way gives us good confidence that we are following good cryptographic practices and getting them accredited to independent assessment. Next is the cryptographic module certification so this is the fundamental security by design that we validate. The cryptographic module validation program jointly administered by NIST and CSC of Canada. So this program certifies the products meet FIPS 140-2 standard. FIPS 140-2 certification as many of you would probably know is required for products that are procured by the federal organizations in the US and Canada and sensitive and unclassified space. So this is also a valuable certification to have in other geographies. So that's from our experience. So next is the security functionality. So this is about if we are achieving and communicating the security and data protection we intend to provide in our products. So this to us is achieved by the Common Criteria certification and Common Criteria calls this protection profile. So Common Criteria is recognized by 28 member nations globally for information security acquisition. So in short, product certified level of service with FIPS and Common Criteria solutions are for government and enterprise customers running highly secure data sensitive services and applications. Next is Eurasia. So this is often a neglected aspect of security. Products that are discarded without proper sanitization at the end of life are potential treasure trove of data. Be it personal or enterprise related. So securely disposing data need not be limited to government, security, state secrets. In the context of enterprise, the risk of valuable information such as price list, sales figures, customer data, engineering data and bits falling into competitors hands is alarming enough. Apart from reputation damage, loss of competitiveness, there is a possibility of lawsuit from those affected by the release of his or private information. So this is even more so with the new regulations such as GDPR and other similar regulations around the world. So with critical data security standards, laws around the world, can we be assured that data is properly sanitized in a strong way and can we prove that? So with data privacy regulations introduced by various jurisdictions around the world, the need for secure data disposal requires emphasis and it should not be ignored. Therefore, adhering to international data disposal standards can save enterprises in terms of effort as well as mitigate data breach risk. So apart from that, we also need to look at the longevity of cryptographic algorithms that we use in the products, systems and services. So with advances in cryptography, what's relevant today may soon become unacceptable sometime in the future. And designing and building products takes time. Typically, the development life cycle from conceptualizing to product realization can be anywhere between one to two or even three years. And the product can last in the market space for three, four, five, ten years depending on what product we're talking about. So choosing the right cryptographic algorithms, looking at the longevity of the algorithms is also important. So this is something that we also focus on. So that's from the designing and designing products. But after many years of designing secure products and conforming to O5 140-2 and common criteria, actually we have grown to realize that these alone are not enough or not sufficient. Designing secure products is important but definitely not sufficient to deliver authentic products. Because sourcing and building of the products play a crucial role in ensuring the designed product is manufactured and delivered, authentic and untainted. So having a secure supply chain where each and every component that goes into the making of the product are trusted is vital. And mitigating introduction of maliciously tainted or counterfeit products. So counterfeit is a huge problem. So if you don't secure the supply chain, you may end up suffering business losses, reputation damage. So likewise, globalization is inherent in the business environment. So to scale production in large volumes to deliver to a global base, it may be necessary for enterprises to have a global manufacturing presence. So it is likely not all manufacturing capacity is within the span of the enterprise. But enterprises could be utilizing multiple third parties that provide manufacturing as a service. This means providing IPs such as software and firmware, bill of materials, specialized tools and equipment to the third party manufacturer may become a necessity. However, not all manufacturing service providers security compliance level may be acceptable. It could range from unacceptable to acceptable. Therefore, enterprises cannot afford to ignore the security of operational technology elements that is required to build the products in large volume. So to us, it is about the lifecycle and can we assure the world that the products are authentic and have good security in them throughout the entire product lifecycle. So when I say the entire product lifecycle, I'm really talking about the design, design source, manufacture, deploy and service. So from product cybersecurity perspective, the NIST cybersecurity framework actually to us provides a policy framework for security guidance for enterprises, common risk management structure to access and improve the ability to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover. So flowing down from this framework, this is where working with the open group and aligning along the open trusted technology provider standard, OTTPS is complementary to secure product certification and standards. So aligning to global ISO OTTPS for product security policy compliance of identify and protect. So what we're really saying here is by aligning to the OTTPS, we think that we are also covered from the identify and protect aspect of the NIST cybersecurity framework. To address product security throughout the lifecycle, we have to apply the controls throughout the organizational structures. So that may require enterprises to establish high level corporate policies across the business units and also to scale policy compliance across internally and externally to the third parties. So third parties could be like manufacturing as a service provider. So we believe that these standards should apply to them as well. So you can use that to benchmark how's the security compliance of these vendors. This is because the ISO 20243 is the cybersecurity framework for IT components, and it is recognized in the marketplace. So in today's cybersecurity world, it also matters how we communicate and handle cybersecurity compliance and issues for detect, respond and recover. So not only the identify and protect is important, we think that we have to look at it from holistically. We also have to cover the detect, respond and recover. So what we say do and don't do as we drive continued transparency and incident response capability in the Product Security Operations Centre and Product Security Incident Response Team is important. So switching gears to managing risk across the trusted product lifecycle of design, source, manufacture, deliver and service. Enterprises have to consider or think about establishing level-based compliance goals across their product portfolio. A good step would be to perform self-assessment across the trusted product lifecycle which will help to determine the gaps in the areas of technology development and supply chain security for the enterprise. The conformance level, the conformance step over here is about gap closure actions that have been put in place after the analysis, the self-assessment is done. Once you have identified the gaps, we have to think about what to do about closing the gaps. So that's the conformance step that we are talking about. So we have to put in the gap closure actions and a key aspect of that phase would be to create awareness and education in the form of conformance training. So to us, it is also about validating the initiated gap closure actions whether they have achieved the desired outcome. So the next two levels is about preparing and attaining ISO 20243 certification. So part of this could involve identifying and training and grooming personnel within the organization on security certification. For example, OTTPS and supply chain security standard because such trained personnel could apply their knowledge and tailor and deploy these skill sets within the enterprise domains which will help to move the organization up the compliance level and also the end goal is to mitigate or even reduce your cybersecurity risk. So going by the standards approach, going by certification, we think that we have a systematic way of identifying these gaps, have a concrete action plan in place and address them. So that's what this slide is about. Basically, we're talking about adopting a standards-based algorithm and certification like FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria. That serves to identify the gaps and resolve them for the product and provide assurance on security by design. We think we need to do likewise for the product lifecycle. So despite the enterprise best effort to design and build secure products, it is likely that cybersecurity incidents may crop up from time to time because discovery of vulnerabilities could come from various sources. Security research community is always looking out for such vulnerabilities and they publish them as they find them, they even notify companies. They expect some action plan to be in place and closure to happen in a timely manner. So that's one source. The research community is one source. Or it could come from internal stakeholders within the organization. Or the input source could be from publications or advisories that governments tend to publish from time to time. Or the other very painful way of discovering such issues could be counterfeit cases in the supply chain. So whatever the input source may be, enterprises will definitely do well if they have policies and processes in place to detect, respond and recover. So having an incident respond team in place that is able to review the situation, acknowledge the situation, determine the cause of action and follow through with the cause of action, both in terms of communicating internally and external stakeholders, and close out the cause of action in a timely manner is important because it's going to bring stability and reestablish trust with the enterprise customers. So this actually brings me to the last slide. So in closing, basically the enterprises are entering the era of the edge, as we know, as we keep hearing about it. This is not a fact. It's a reality, we are seeing that in our industry. Where machine-to-machine connections are growing, resulting in really data explosion. This presents a great opportunity for anyone involved in data, be it from creating to moving to storing to analyzing to learning and selling them and much more. At the same time, it presents great challenges in terms of security for the product and services. So therefore taking a standards-based approach to design, source, manufacture, deliver and service secure products will help enterprises on their governance, risk and compliance integration of information technology, operational technology and product technology. This in turn will help enterprises from IP leakage, delivering tainted product and having their network and systems available when they need it. So with that, thank you.


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So as many of you know on Tuesday the Senate reached a deal on phase four of the corona stimulus package and Predictably Chuck Schumer and the Democrats got absolutely nothing now I shouldn't actually say that they got nothing because they think that they got something they think that there's victory in Their defeat or at least that's what they're telling us that they think they got something but in actuality This is embarrassing and I think that this story It's really forcing people to come to terms with the fact that we need a new Explanation for the way that Democrats are governing because we can't just keep calling them incompetent if they never learn from their mistakes We have to at some point assume Militious intent we have to assume that maybe things are panning out exactly as they'd want them to pan out because it's not like They don't know how to play politics We just saw the entire Democratic Party establishment coalesce around Joe Biden to crush the left so they're strategic They're savvy. They know how to play politics. It's just that in instances like this Maybe they're doing exactly as much as they think they need to do to appease their donors So let's take a look at this Jeff Stein of the Washington Post explains. These were the things not expected to be included in the bill hazard pay for frontline workers additional funding for states and cities election security Which would probably include vote by mail because that would keep American secure During a pandemic assuming it goes on until November more oversight of the previous bailout Additional revenue for food stamps a rent freeze another stimulus check I mean you can make the case that They shouldn't agree to anything if all of these things are not included Especially after they just went along with a multi trillion dollar bailout I mean, I don't think people fully grasp the ramifications of that, right? So after they went along with that either willingly or unwillingly to get people that $1,200 check I Mean I would not agree to anything if we didn't get at least four of these things But let's just like take out one and really think through the importance Let's think about election security and vote by mail if this isn't something that gets codified into law by November Democrats are basically throwing this election away if the pandemic is Still going to you know require us the self-quarantine Because think about this. There's a growing contingent of the Republican Party Their base in particular that doesn't even Believe in COVID-19 like put aside the people who think that we should sacrifice Our lives for capitalism. There's people who just outright think it's a hoax so if given the choice between staying home and You know playing it safe not voting or risking your life to vote in a pandemic in November Who's going to be you know the one who is hurt by this the most if we don't get vote by mail Republicans are gonna come out no matter what they're gonna vote for Republicans But if Democrats don't get vote by mail, do you honestly think that more rational people theoretically speaking are going to risk their lives? No, it's gonna be the people who think that we should just allow the virus to wash over America And that's even if they believe it's true in the first place So like do you understand if they don't get vote by mail and this pandemic? Persists until November this election is a wrap Democrats lose and I mean think about this a hundred million people didn't even vote in 2016 Republican voters will not be deterred because of COVID-19 So if you don't get this done if you don't throw it into any bill Then I mean you're throwing this election away But Chuck Schumer doesn't think or he doesn't want us to think that they didn't get anything because he tweeted out The bill before us is an interim measure It has hard won provisions Democrats fought for but it's a building block and the weeks ahead Congress must prepare another major bill Big bold and ambitious So don't worry guys. We know this bill isn't great, but in the next bill It's gonna be better. We promise now the hard one provisions That he's referring to here I mean these are objectively good things that are needed increased funding for hospitals increased funding To the tune of I think 25 billion dollars for test kits for COVID-19 But imagine being naive enough to think that that's a victory that you won This is something that Republicans need as well, right? They can't continue to look competent if they don't propose some sort of additional funding for hospitals additional funding for test kits So basically what I can imagine happening is Mitch McConnell was probably trying to make a deal with Chuck Schumer and said hey look Well, we'll give you 25 million for COVID funding test funding and Chuck Schumer just thought that he won when Mitch McConnell was probably going to have to give some funding away anyway like they think that they won and They lost but yet he's still thinking that we should appreciate all of the hard work that he put in when he rolled Over and died immediately not once but now twice or excuse me four times because What what what phase are we on now? This is phase four? I mean, this is just it's genuinely embarrassing and I want to go through what this contains here because It really is like even what they managed to get here if we're gonna assume that they should take credit for the additional funding for hospitals and test kits Even what they got wasn't sufficient So if you're just going to draw that line at you know hospital funding and test kits Why not get an adequate amount of funding? But they couldn't even get that so as Owen Higgins of common dreams explains the bill does include 321 billion for small businesses 75 billion for hospitals and 25 billion for coronavirus testing but to center on budget and policy priorities president Robert Greenstein That's not enough while providing needed support to small businesses and hospitals the new COVID-19 package announced today Falls short even as an interim measure Failing to deliver crucial state and local fiscal relief and food assistance Greenstein said in a statement Tuesday critics of the bill pointed out that house Democrats could have moved to pass their own Bill addressing issues important to progressives, but did they choose to do that? No, so it doesn't matter that they have the House of Representatives and they could do something like that They could propose their own Stimulus relief package and say look we just passed a clean bill that provides every single American $2,000 per month for the duration of this pandemic and they could just hammer Republicans over and over again on every cable news show like they could easily do that and Force the Republicans to actually give them this victory even if they're taking the other shitty bailouts for large multi-billion dollar companies But they won't even do the bare minimum they won't even do the bare minimum and What's insane to me is that after they passed that massive multi trillion dollar bailout with the last bill They went along with it with almost no oversight. They didn't even try to improve the oversight in this new package They just threw their hands up and rolled over and died again And what's really astonishing is that after they got no oversight They're not really trying to get any additional oversight as staff writer for the Atlantic Adam sewer put it Democrats in Congress are doing no oversight over Trump's mishandling of the pandemic and have handed Trump millions with no strings attached But at least they're also caving on everything else So in other words, they got no oversight of that multi trillion dollar bailout last time No oversight of that multi trillion dollar bailout this time and what did they get an exchange for giving up oversight? Nothing zero zero concessions. Nothing. Oh, excuse me. They got additional funding for hospitals and a COVID-19 test kits something that is also mutually beneficial for Republicans as well and Okay, I shouldn't actually say that they got no oversight because according to them They have oversight that they're really proud of so there's a five-person oversight commission And there is what? 262 I think Democrats in the House of Representatives, so Nancy Pelosi is tasked with putting people on that commission She could have shows any one of these individuals. Who does she choose? Perhaps one of the least qualified members of the House of Representatives freshman congresswoman Dana Shalala Who doesn't have any expertise when it comes to the regulation of the financial services industry on top of that? She is a criminal because she didn't disclose the sale of her stocks last year which is a pretty brazen violation of the stocks act and After Nancy Pelosi chose to name this crooked politician to oversee crooked industries Making an even bigger mockery of the so-called oversight commission There were expectedly calls for Pelosi to replace her with anyone else I mean Nancy Pelosi Literally has hundreds of options Anyone she could replace Donna Shalala with but what was her response when this huge corruption scandal broke out as she's going to oversee a Multi-trillion dollar bailout. No, I'm not gonna withdraw This nomination of Donna Shalala What? Not joking. So as roll call reporter Chris Marquette tweeted speaker Pelosi will not withdraw her nomination of Representative Donna Shalala to the congressional oversight commission after the Miami Herald reported she failed to disclose her stock transactions a requirement for all members of Congress under the stock act Drew Hamill a spokesperson for Pelosi said congresswoman Shalala Has the speaker's complete confidence as she works to hold the administration accountable To the taxpayer through the cares congressional oversight commission since coming to Congress congresswoman Shalala Has taken aggressive steps to avoid even the suggestion of a conflict of interest over her personal investments Hamill said in an email Representative Shalala has taken responsibility for her mistake in missing filings required under the stock act and has been working With the ethics committee to address this issue since she became aware of it He added there are no words to describe how absurd the situation is and think of how brazen they are in trying to gaslight you like This is Gaslighting one-on-one. They're peeing on your leg and they're trying to convince you that it's raining so in response to Donna Shalala not disclosing the sale of her stocks Which is illegal mind you they end up praising her saying How moral and ethical she is because she doesn't want there to be a conflict of interest because she sold her stocks No, you don't praise her in this circumstance You lambast her you punish her Shripper of her committee assignments because she just broke the law Nancy Pelosi and now you're rewarding her with the seat on this toothless committee I Don't even know what to say and I think that David Dan Journalists for the intercept put it best 16 months of violating the law but as soon as she was aware of doing it a day before her spokesperson lied to me about it She took action amazing. Yeah, it's so amazing And now she's being praised This is unbelievable like this is things that you see in a movie She can pick anyone else.  It doesn't matter pick anyone But she won't do it So getting back to you know, all of their incompetence This isn't just incompetence This may be malicious, right? It's incompetence at best maliciousness nefarious behavior That's intentional at worst, but this is really irresponsible for them to keep caving I want to repeat to you. They are in control of the House of Representatives they have leverage they have power they can pass their own stimulus bill easily $2,000 a month scream about it on every single cable news show. They have their own propaganda outlet MSNBC Badger Republicans for not voting on your clean bill to give every single American $2,000 a month no questions asked, but what are they doing instead? Nancy Pelosi is going on late night television shows bragging about how both of her $11,000 a piece refrigerators have been restocked with ice cream That's what they're doing at a certain point. The left needs to acknowledge the likely reality that they're not just incompetent They're not just really really bad at politics. They don't know how to play chess They're doing this on purpose. They are willfully throwing these fights with Republicans because They're content with the status quo Economically speaking, they're aligned with Republicans There may be a lot of disagreements with Republicans at least when it comes to rhetoric on Social justice issues, but on economic issues the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. They're sympathico So it's not like they don't have the tools that they need to fight It's not like they don't have the leverage to pressure Republicans to give us a little bit more than crumbs or at least more crumbs They're doing this on purpose You can't just keep assuming that they're incompetent. Are they incompetent? Yes, but they're doing this on purpose.  They know how to play politics. They play politics hardcore with the left When when it comes to the right getting any sort of policy concessions that would benefit the American people like Tangible goods in the hands of Americans money They're not doing that. They're rolling over and they're dying And it's just People have to realize what's happening. You have to understand that they're also people who must be defeated It's not just Republicans. You have to fight Democrats as well because they're clearly not operating on your behalf They're not doing that.  They're not fighting for you and That's on purpose. That seems intentional at this point It's just time to people realize what's happening and not accept the gaslighting as we usually do


In some cases, two is better than one. Just ask Kevin Hart. Being one of the richest men in comedy, he can afford to splurge on the places he calls home. Records show he recently dropped $7 million on a huge mansion right beside the even larger residence he already owns. Located in a low-key gated community just outside of Calabasas, Kevin's main mansion was custom-built to his liking back in 2018 and sits on 26 next-door purchase, boasts a further 16 acres of land. Just wait till you see the mansions themselves. Also, Michael and I have dropped our own house tour of our new home that we moved into this year, so go ahead and subscribe to our personal channel if you want to see where we're living and more of what we're up to. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Kevin Hart is a stand-up comedian and an actor, and one of the wealthiest ones at that. Born and raised in Philly, he started his career by winning multiple amateur competitions, but these days, Kevin's made it to the big screen time and time again. At the time of this recording, he's amassed an impressive net worth of about $200 million, affording him his completely customized state in Calabasas, and then some. Hey guys, it's Kara the Vampire Slayer back with another exclusive house tour here in Famous Entertainment, this one looking at where Kevin Hart calls home. We're trying to get to 500,000 subscribers on here, so if you're watching and you haven't subscribed yet, please do so. As always, hit me up on Instagram to chat, and now let's get into this video. Before we dive into Kevin's Calabasas spread, let's take a look at his former home. Located in the Mulholland Park area of Tarzana, California, the comedian snagged this home in 2012 for just under $2 million and lived there for seven years. The two-story mansion boasted over 6,500 square feet of living space along with seven bedrooms and seven baths throughout. The front foyer was grandly scaled with two winding staircases on either side, and nearby there was a double height living room complete with a floor-to-ceiling fireplace. The main floor of Kevin's former mansion also contained the fully-equipped kitchen, a spacious dining room with a large window and backyard views, plus a bonus room. Moving upstairs, most of the bedrooms are located here, while Kevin's former master suite had its very own wing. The master had its own sleeping quarters, a fireplace, a sprawling attached bath, a walk-in closet, and a private balcony. Out back, the grounds offer a gorgeous pool and spa with fountain, and making the space ideal for entertaining, there's also a bart and grill. At the front of the estate, there are two garages opposite one another as well as a polished motor core. Unfortunately, there was a robbery here in 2016 while Kevin was away in Miami. The intruders made away with half a million dollars worth of jewelry, watches, and clothes seemingly getting past the two security gates. That incident no doubt affected Kevin's decision to sell. He let go of this Tarzana mansion for $2.75 million. Kevin's current residence is located in a little known gated community just on the outskirts of Calabasas, California. He's given peeks into his home on Instagram over the years, but he has never fully revealed all of the details. His main estate was custom built to his exact specifications and completed in 2018, but it was way back in 2015 that Kevin dropped 1.35 million dollars in the plot of land where it was constructed. Spanning 26 acres of land, the property is sprawling to say the lead. And according to building permits, the comedian began construction on his two-story mansion in April 2017. These days, his mansion is built in a Mediterranean meets contemporary style and spans 9,500 square feet of space. In addition to the main house, the luxury compound boasts two detached guest houses and multiple outdoor amenities from a playground to a swimming pool and much more. According to records, construction costs for the main house set Kevin back nearly 2 million dollars and that doesn't include the pool, cabana, garage, and landscaping. In total, it would have cost him about 5 million dollars. Inside we can see that Kevin has a stylish main living area with sleek double-height fireplace and light hardwood floor. The home also seems to have an open-plan layout as well as high ceilings. The star's garage spends over 900 square feet along with a 250 square foot second level pool house above it. While this structure cost Kevin around 170k to create, he's a car lover so the purchase was definitely worth it. The hearts must love the outdoors too, at least at the comfort of their own home. The add-ons on the grounds are endless. Just look at that 800 square foot swimming pool. There's also a 100 square foot built-in spa located right in the center. Costs in Kevin $60,000 in total. The yard also boasts 650 square foot open cabana that cost yet another 100k and based on social media posts, that structure is actually an indoor outdoor gym where Kevin and his wife work out. Not to mention there's a grassy lawn and a full volleyball court on the property. In June 2021, Kevin added on to his massive custom mansion with the purchase of the home right next door for 7 million dollars. Also located in the same gated community, this estate spans 16.3 acres, creating himself a sprawling 42 acre compound in total. This new property is mostly hillside like Kevin's other one and boasts a 9,300 square foot mansion with six beds and six baths throughout. The home was built in 2004 and includes large formal living and dining rooms, both of which have high ceilings, large picture windows, and oak hardwood flooring underfoot. The living room has a fireplace as well. Nearby the kitchen in the mansion has been recently upgraded. Here there are stone countertops and high-end viking appliances, including a massive industrial-sized fridge. Bonuses include a downstairs wine cellar and a separate breakfast room. The master suite in this crib is located downstairs according to listing materials and it attaches to a spa-style bath with quartz, dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a glass shower. Out back you'll find a resort-style yard with plenty of amenities. There's an infinity-edge swimming pool with a waterfall and a grotto along with a built-in spa and terrace-based surrounding it all to sunbathe and unwind. Elsewhere there's a koi pond with its own waterfall, a full size tennis court, plenty of grassy lawns, and stunning garden. If that's not enough, other lavish add-ons on the grounds include a covered patio with speakers and lounge area, a full barbecue station outdoor kitchen with pizza oven and fireplace, as well as a putting green. Not to mention there are amazing views from the property of the surrounding hills. While it's unknown what Kevin has in store for this mansion, considering it's right next door to his current home, the possibilities are endless. He could even build his own mini village. Alright so now we've taken a look at Kevin Hart's properties including his latest add-on in Calabasas. After seeing his former Tarzana house, a glimpse of his current custom mansion, and the newest acquisition, did you have a favorite? What's your favorite feature at the new crib? I definitely love the swimming area out back. There's everything from a pool to a waterfall and even a grotto. I would feel like I was on vacation every day if I lived there. Be sure to let me know your thoughts on Kevin's mansions down in that comment section or what you think the comedian is gonna do with these two massive properties. Thanks for watching, don't forget to follow me over on Instagram to chat and I'll catch you all in the next one. Bye!