Software isn’t developed in a vacuum. An entire ecosystem of components — the software supply chain — is involved in building, testing, and delivering software. This ecosystem offers fertile ground for developing new applications, with a wealth of open source packages, libraries, tools, and processes.
However, there are significant challenges as well. The software supply chain is a complicated web of relationships, dependencies, and potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. Recent high-profile incidents have highlighted the difficulty organizations face in keeping up with evolving security threats and changing compliance regulations, prompting them to reassess how they maintain software supply chain security.
