Understanding Software Supply Chain Security Management: A Comprehensive Guide

For the average user, the Software Supply Chain is an abstraction. It includes all the tools and dependencies required for developing, building, and deploying software. Though unseen to the end user, the supply chain is a critical concern for software developers—and an appealing target for malevolent actors. The software supply chain includes code, configurations, proprietary and open-source binaries, libraries, plugins, and container dependencies. It also covers the development of orchestrators and tools like assemblers, compilers, code analyzers, and repositories, as well as security, monitoring, and logging operations tools. In its broadest definition, the software supply chain includes the individuals, companies, and processes involved in software development. In this blog, we will look at what Software Supply Chain Security Management is and how to enhance it by automating security and compliance checks on the top four software supply chain management products. What is Soft...