As software systems become more intricate and the use of third-party components increases, the security risks within the software supply chain also escalate. To combat these risks, organizations are turning to the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) as a valuable tool. This blog will guide you through the concept of SBOM and its impact on software supply chain security.

A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is a key cyber defense item — it identifies what’s in your software, applications, and code base so that you can detect and mitigate risk more effectively. This is useful when it comes to application security because companies can only detect and fix vulnerabilities if they know what’s there in the first place. SBOMs give you that visibility. Consequently, SBOMs are now a “must-have” tool for most companies.

With FDA requirements mandating a cybersecurity bill of materials (CBOM) for medical devices, consider partnering with a trusted SBOM solution provider. In today’s world of Internet of Things (IoT), the possibility for connection is endless: cars, watches, light bulbs, HVAC, refrigerators—even humans and the devices monitoring and controlling their health can be connected.

In a post published earlier. this week, we delved into the sharing lifecycle phases of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from a report the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released. Included within the report was a survey on the current state of SBOM sharing among stakeholders, in which 21 organizations provided responses on their approaches.

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As Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) adoption efforts mature, a report recently released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides guidance to users in selecting suitable SBOM sharing platforms based on the amount of time, resources, subject-matter expertise, effort, and access to tooling available to them to implement a phase of the SBOM sharing lifecycle. The lifecycle has three phases: discovery, access, and transport.

A software bill of materials (SBOM) is a comprehensive, structured inventory of all components, libraries, and dependencies used within a software product or application. It typically includes information about the names, versions, and licensing details of each component.

Vendors have long used bills of materials to detail the pieces that make up their supply chain products. Software bill of materials (SBOM) is a similar but traditionally less critical development in IT. However, that is quickly changing: companies are concerned about the security of their purchases, especially as applications become more expensive and sophisticated.