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From SBOM to Vulnerability Management: Why I built Argus SBOM Guard

DEV Community: devsecops·Matteo Vitali·2 days ago
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Did we really need yet another open-source security tool?

A journey from software supply chain visibility to vulnerability management.

Introduction

Let's start with a simple question.

Imagine you are responsible for the security of an organization running several applications, microservices, and third-party software components.

A new critical vulnerability is disclosed. How quickly can you determine whether your systems are affected?

Do you know which applications include the vulnerable dependency? Which versions are affected? Can you track the issue until it is fixed?

This is one of the challenges of modern vulnerability management.

Software supply chains have become increasingly complex. Applications depend on hundreds of open-source libraries and third-party components, often through multiple layers of transitive dependencies.

Knowing what is running in your infrastructure is no longer enough.…

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