A preprint paper emphasizes the importance of software supply chain security amidst rising fears of vulnerabilities introduced through external components. With a focus on guidelines from NIST, CISA, and other organizations, it highlights the challenge for firms to choose from numerous defense tools. The authors propose prioritized mitigation strategies like role-based access control and system monitoring, as well as pointing to frameworks like the Proactive Software Supply Chain Risk Management Framework that consolidate various tasks for improving software security.
Software supply chain security is critical as vulnerabilities can result in severe consequences, demonstrated by past incidents involving SolarWinds and Log4j.
Organizations must navigate a plethora of supply chain defense tools, making it challenging to effectively enhance their security presence in a complex ecosystem.
The authors recommend role-based access control, system monitoring, and boundary protection as crucial strategies to mitigate software supply chain risks.
NIST and CISA provide extensive resources, and the Proactive Software Supply Chain Risk Management Framework simplifies the implementation of security tasks for organizations.
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