The Emerging Need for Digital Innovators to Create Internally Curated Open Source Repositories

The Emerging Need for Digital Innovators to Create Internally Curated Open Source Repositories

This IDC Perspective provides insights into the open source software bill of materials (SBOM), software composition analysis, and the primary ways in which digital innovators build and manage internally curated open source software repositories."In the wake of recent events such as the recent Log4J vulnerability and the software supply chain attacks in 2021, organizations are beginning to realize they need more insight and control over the open source components their developers are embedding in their applications," according to Jim Mercer, research director, IDC's DevOps and DevSecOps.

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Executive Snapshot
Situation Overview
Introduction
OSS Comes with a Cost
Licensing
Vulnerabilities
Software Bill of Materials
No Standards Across Projects
Internally Curated OSS Repositories
Approaches for Managing an Internally Curated OSS Repository
Self-Managed
Proxy Pull Through
Managed
Advice for the Technology Buyer
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