How a bill of materials prevents an agency from buying a bill of goods




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: SBOM. It sounds like a play on a word you can't say. But it stands for Software Bill of Materials. The big executive order on cybersecurity from last May urged federal agencies to understand and use SBOMs as a part of their risk management efforts. Joining me to explain exactly what a software bill of materials is, and how you can use it, the chief technologist for cyber and technology at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Dr. Georgianna Shea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices