In an article by Reversinglabs, John P. Mello puts SBOMs rightfully in the scope for supply chain security with some caveats. “Like the OWASP Top 10 is to general application security, the SBOM is a starting point for operationalizing software supply chain security. “Generating an SBOM is a great first step,” said ReversingLabs software assurance evangelist Charles Jones. “You understand what’s in your software. Now you need to understand what that means as a publisher and as a consumer.”

1 Frameworks and guidelines emerge for SBOM data interchange

2. SBOMs get more useful with supplemental analysis

3. More vendors are supporting SBOMs

4. Automation helps SBOMs keep pace 

Read the whole article at Reversinglabs.