SBOMs In 2026: Some Love, Some Hate, Much Ambivalence
Dark Reading, Monday, December 29th, 2025
With a new year upon us, software and cybersecurity experts disagree on the utility of software bill of materials - in theory, SBOMs are great, but in practice, they're a mess.
A software bill of materials (SBOMs) has been touted as a critical tool in solving software supply-chain security issues, but the rapid change of software ecosystems and the complexity of creating an end-to-end verified chain of code continue to foil widespread adoption.
Docker, for example, has fully embraced the software ingredient lists in its Docker Hardened Images, the company's minimal, security-focused recipes for building secure software containers.