A pervasive gap in software understanding threatens critical infrastructure and nearly every enterprise and agency. Organizations lack visibility into what is in their software, how software is built, and where risks originate. The rise of supply chain attacks, component vulnerabilities, and expanding dependencies turns that gap into an existential risk. Effective defense requires capturing software visibility early in the lifecycle. DevSecOps provides the context to close the gap by shifting security left, embedding security practices throughout development, making security a shared responsibility, and adopting systemic, sustainable approaches to software provenance and risk management.
Let's dig into what this really means, why it matters, and where we go from here. But then I thought a bit more. It's not just necessary-it's overdue. And not only for national security systems. This gap in software understanding exists across nearly every enterprise and agency in the public and private sector. The real challenge is not recognizing the problem. It's addressing it early, systemically and sustainably-especially in a DevSecOps context.
The CISA article-and the reports it references from MITRE, NSA, ONCD, and others-highlights a fundamental issue: We don't know enough about the software running inside our critical infrastructure. We lack the ability to fully understand what's in our software, how it's built, and where the risks lie. This isn't a new problem. But with the rise of supply chain attacks, component vulnerabilities and ever-expanding software dependencies, the risk is no longer theoretical. It's existential.
Here's the kicker: You can't secure what you don't understand. You can't defend what you can't see. So yes, we need to close the gap in software understanding-urgently. But the gap isn't just about national security. It's a DevSecOps problem at its core. The big idea in DevSecOps has always been this: shift security left, embed it early and often, and make it everyone's responsibility.
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