SBOM stands for “software bill of materials.” At its most simplistic level, an SBOM is a list of “ingredients” that describes the components in a software application. More precisely (per the NTIA), a SBOM is a “complete, formally structured list of components, libraries and modules that are required to build a given piece of software…
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SBOMs to Be Required for Software Developers Who Do Business with the Federal Government
In May of 2021, the Biden Administration issued a new and aggressive mandate to all government agencies to ratchet up cybersecurity. As a result, we can expect to see an SBOM requirement for all software developers doing business with the Federal Government. EO 14028, The Executive Order Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, is a broad and…
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It’s been a year since US President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity”, published after the SolarWinds attack (one of the worst data breaches in the last decade). The executive order provides a set of requirements as well as a timeline for strengthening the security of the apps built and used by…
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