Why you need an SBOM (Software Bill Of Materials)

This blog post explains what a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is, why it matters for security and license compliance, and how to create one—focusing on the CycloneDX standard and leveraging Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to identify direct and transitive dependencies and known vulnerabilities. It highlights business and regulatory drivers such as U.S. Executive Order 14028, encourages periodic analysis for deprecations and CVEs, and positions GitGuardian’s SCA tooling as a way to generate SBOMs and improve software transparency for customers.