SBOMs Alone Can't Reveal the Scope of a Supply Chain Attack
The Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack exposed that SBOMs alone cannot scope real-time impact — enterprises need runtime production-code visibility to complement static inventories mandated by CRA and NIS2.
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A recent Shai-Hulud attack shows defenders need real-time visibility into production code and affected services to respond to supply chain compromises.
Editorial Analysis
As CRA and NIS2 push SBOM adoption, enterprises risk a false sense of security; real-time production-code visibility is essential to actually scope and respond to supply-chain compromises.
Augment SBOM programmes with runtime software-composition analysis to close the visibility gap exposed by recent supply-chain attacks.
Regulatory-mandated software inventories alone cannot reveal the full impact of supply-chain attacks — additional runtime monitoring is needed.
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