Security News > 2022 > February > 78% of organizations expect to produce or consume SBOMs in 2022

"SBOMs are no longer optional. Our Linux Foundation Research team revealed 78% of organizations expect to produce or consume SBOMs in 2022," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux Foundation.

SBOMs are designed to be shared across organizations and are particularly helpful at providing transparency of components delivered by participants in a software supply chain.

Many organizations concerned about application security are making SBOMs a cornerstone of their cybersecurity strategy.

47% are producing or consuming SBOMs. 78% of organizations expect to produce or consume SBOMs in 2022, up 66% from the prior year.

Top three benefits for producing SBOMs 51% say it's easier for developers to understand dependencies across components in an application.

53% desire better industry consensus on how SBOMs will evolve and improve.

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