Executive Order 14028 implications on Software Supply Chain Security

Software supply chain cyber-attacks have increased by over 650% YOY in 2021 and the trend is continuing. According to a recent survey, more than three in five companies were targeted by software supply chain cyber-attacks in 2021. In the last year, several high-profile attacks demonstrated gaps in the software supply chain cyber-security. In the SolarWinds (network management software) and Codecov (codebase coverage tool) attacks, bad actors gained access into the development infrastructure to inject malicious code that was then downloaded …

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