Software Dark Matter: Gazing at Uncharted Files to Navigate SBOM Integrations (opens in new tab)

Modern software supply chains have evolved into vast, heterogeneous networks where transparency - the granular understanding of all software components - is now a critical security requirement. While Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) have emerged as the primary mechanism for this transparency, current industry practices rely on a metadata-centric paradigm that assumes an artifact is defined solely by its package manager declarations. We posit ...