"DHS S&T Forms New Startup Cohort to Strengthen Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools"

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has announced seven awardees for the "Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools" topic call, which pursued innovative technologies to provide Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)-based capabilities for enterprise, system administrator, and software development community stakeholders. S&T's Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) issued the solicitation, looking for open-source-based technical solutions to provide the transparency that forms the foundation of a high-assurance software supply chain, and to enable visibility into software supply chains and new risk assessment capabilities. Melissa Oh, managing director of the SVIP, stated that it is essential to use innovative tools to create a more transparent software supply chain in order to defend against the growing number of software attacks. The seven awardees will collaborate to develop two key software modules: a multi-format SBOM translator and a software component identifier translator, which will be distributed as open-source libraries and integrated into their SBOM-enabled commercial products. Software vulnerabilities are a major cybersecurity risk, with known exploits serving as the primary route for malicious actors to perpetrate a variety of harms. Allan Friedman, the US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) senior advisor and strategist, noted that leveraging SBOMs as critical elements of software security could mitigate the risk to the software supply chain and improve the response to new threats more quickly and effectively. This article continues to discuss the new startup cohort formed by DHS S&T to bolster software supply chain visibility tools. 

DHS reports "DHS S&T Forms New Startup Cohort to Strengthen Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools"