SBOM stands for Software Bill of Materials, and this humble but critically important document is getting a lot of airtime recently, especially after United States Executive Order 14028 issued strong guidance on requiring SBOMS for government software acquisitions.
Alexios Zavras of Intel’s Open Ecosystem Group and Kate Stewart of the Linux Foundation are SBOM experts who are active contributors to the SPDX SBOM standard, one popular format currently in use.
In this interview, they walk us through some key background and useful information all developers should understand about SBOMs.
