Cyber Security & Cloud Podcast

CSCP S4EP03 - Steve Springett - To BOM or to SBOM this is the question

Oct 15, 2023

37:20

Steve Springett is the Director of Product Security at ServiceNow, helping 4,000+ developers build secure and resilient software. He’s a leader of multiple OWASP projects including Dependency Track, SCVS, and Cyclone DX. In this conversation, Steve and Francesco discuss the term SBOM (software bill of materials), the importance of regulations, and the state of the industry.

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0:00 Introduction

1:35 Steve’s background

2:35 State of the industry

7:00 Breach fatigue

10:00 Shift left, shift smart

13:45 How to make asset management sexy again

17:10 Threat modeling

20:00 Regulation

26:00 Security metrics

28:15 OWASP projects—SBOM platform

34:14 Final positive message

36:09 Get connected