In today’s blog post I’d like to recognize all the hard work done by NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) and congratulate them on publishing the minimum elements for a Software Bill of Materials… more commonly referred to as an SBOM. In particular, I’d like to give a shout-out to Allan Friedman who has been championing the SBOM cause for some time now. It’s good to see his committed effort captured in this comprehensive...

Last week I participated in a panel discussion on the Executive Order’s Impact On Embedded Device Security hosted by ISSSource.com. I signed off with a comment about my biggest worry: someone will combine professional ransomware with a software supply chain attack to create a truly massive ransomware attack.