Are SBOMs Failing? Supply Chain Attacks Rise as Security Teams Struggle With SBOM Data

""Software supply chain security isn't suffering from a lack of data; it's suffering from a lack of decision clarity.""

""Despite all this data, security and compliance decisions remain inconsistent, difficult to justify, and often reactive. The issue isn't visibility. It's interpretation.""

SBOMs were introduced to improve software supply chain security by providing a list of components. However, they do not indicate known vulnerabilities. VEX statements were created to clarify exploitability of vulnerabilities. Despite their introduction, supply chain attacks have increased significantly. Research indicates that the problem lies not in the availability of data but in the clarity of decision-making. Organizations struggle with inconsistent and reactive security decisions, highlighting a need for better interpretation of the data provided by SBOMs and VEX statements.

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