The newly minted, and highly anticipated, Cybersecurity Executive Order from President Biden, marks the strongest stance ever taken by the Federal government in an attempt to secure our nation’s software supply chains from attack. For the first time in history, any company that sells software to the federal government will be required to provide not just the application – but also a software bill of materials (SBOM) that provides transparency pertaining to the components that comprise the application.
Read more about the executive order on the Sonatype Blog.
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