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SBOM

Log4j, Older Vulnerabilities, CISA KEV

Software Inefficiencies are Costing U.S. Economy Trillions, Study Says

December 6, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Software quality issues such as vulnerabilities, software supply chain problems and technical debt could be costing the U.S. economy trillions, according to a new report from electronic design automation solutions and services firm Synopsys. The Mountain View, Calif. company’s report, “The Cost of Poor Software Quality in the US,” finds that software quality issues may […]

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Palo Alto Networks Releases Software Composition Analysis in Prisma Cloud

September 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is releasing a context-aware software composition analysis solution to help developers safely use open source components to help secure software supply chains. The company’s software composition analysis (SCA) solution will be integrated into its cloud-native application protection platform Prisma Cloud, which Palo Alto Networks says will help developers and security […]

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electronic design, SBOM

Static SBOMs vs Dynamic SBOMs

June 6, 2022 Liran Tancman Leave a Comment

Since the federal government mandate calling for the creation of a software bill of materials (SBOM) to avoid the next SolarWinds or Log4j exposures, software providers have been scrambling to figure out how to create SBOMs that are both effective and dynamic, given that software changes over time. Bills of material have long been standard […]

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Log4j, Older Vulnerabilities, CISA KEV

Supply Chain Attacks Jump 51% In Second Half of 2021

April 12, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Recent IT supply chain attacks such as the SolarWinds compromise, ransomware campaign that leveraged the Kaseya VSA platform or mass exploitation of the Log4j vulnerabilities have renewed focus on such attacks, which NCC Group says increased by 51% in the last half of 2021. The consulting and managed services firm’s global survey of 1,400 cybersecurity […]

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What Needs To Be In An SBOM?

March 15, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

When alleged Russian hackers compromised the SolarWinds Orion platform to spy on U.S. agencies and other high-profile entities, the tech industry renewed its call for the adoption of software bills of materials (SBOM) — an inventory of components that make up the final product. Advocates say that will help give IT and cybersecurity professionals the […]

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SBOMs, Microsoft, Salus

SBOMs Will Become A Necessity In IT Ecosystem

February 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT professionals and software developers should prepare for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) to become a regular part of the IT ecosystem, according to new research from the Linux Foundation. The term, while already known to IT professionals, became more popular in the wake of several software supply chain security crises, including the SolarWinds compromise, […]

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Log4J SBOM

Log4j Highlights the Need for a Software Bill of Materials; Here’s How to Create One

January 11, 2022 Bren Briggs, VP of DevOps and Cybersecurity at Hypergiant. Leave a Comment

Just days into the new year and the cybersecurity community is already playing catch up thanks to the recent Log4j vulnerability which illuminated major setbacks in how organizations deal with its own software and open-source packages on which its relies on. In particular, organizations have been caught off guard in auditing its own systems, giving […]

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