The monumental increase in software supply chain attacks and usage of open source software (OSS) has prompted the US Federal Government and European Commission to require Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) as a standard business practice. Governments and enterprises are adopting the SBOM standard to mitigate these risks and ensure security and compliance.
Maintaining accurate and up-to-date SBOMs is challenging for organizations due to the manual, error-prone, complex, and expensive nature of current methods which often involve maintaining manual spreadsheets.