SBOMs: You Can't Secure What You Don’t Know

Few security professionals are likely to forget where they were on December 9, 2021, when a critical vulnerability in the popular Log4j Java logging library was disclosed. The complexity of tracking down Log4j demonstrates the challenges of securing modern applications and the need for a software bill of materials (SBOM). This white paper introduces SBOMs, explains why they’re needed, the role they play in application security, and how to generate them.

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