OWASP DevSlop Project Australia: SBOM’s Impact on Secure Software Deployment

OWASP DevSlop Project (Australia): SBOM’s Impact on Secure Software Deployment

With the White House’s cybersecurity executive order in May 2021, the Software Bill of Materials (aka SBOMs), graduated from being a “nice to have” to a “must-have” global standard when developing and deploying secure software from the cloud? In a nutshell, SBOMs provides visibility into which components make up a piece of software and detail how it was put together, so it’s easy to determine if it contains security and compliance issues.
In this talk, we’ll discuss

What exactly is an SBOM?
Securing your Software Supply Chain
Why SBOM must be a key element of your software development life cycle’s (SDLC) security and compliance approach
The misconceptions that exist around SBOMs
Insights and best practices on SBOM creation and usage.

William “Bill” Manning (@williammanning)

Bill is a Solutions Engineering Manager with JFrog. He is also a mentor with TechStars, Matter, and NestGSV. He has successfully exited 3 companies and took one public in Australia. He is also currently helping various startups as an advisor. In his spare time, he likes to travel with his wife and two boys. He also plays the guitar, loves the ocean, and is an avid cyclist.