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Announcement

Announcing sbomify v0.26: The One Where Bootstrap Moved Out

A Faster, More Accessible UI The first thing you will notice is that sbomify feels faster. Pages load more quickly, transitions are...

Viktor Petersson • Feb 16. 2026
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Education

The Role of SBOMs in Cybersecurity: From Visibility to Vulnerability Response

A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is a foundational cybersecurity tool that provides a complete, machine-readable inventory of every...

Cowboy Neil • Feb 8. 2026
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Education

What Is CVSS? Understanding Vulnerability Severity Scoring

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an open framework for communicating the severity of software vulnerabilities. Published...

Cowboy Neil • Feb 5. 2026
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Announcement

Announcing sbomify-action v0.13: The One Where We Go to FOSDEM

We timed the sbomify-action v0.13 release for FOSDEM 2026, where we presented on CRA-ready SBOM generation. FOSDEM 2026: CRA-Ready SBOMs...

Viktor Petersson • Feb 4. 2026
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Education

SBOM Scanning: How to Detect Vulnerabilities in Your Software Components

SBOM scanning is the process of analyzing a Software Bill of Materials to identify known vulnerabilities, license issues, and other risks in...

Cowboy Neil • Feb 1. 2026
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Education

What Is a Dependency in Software? A Beginner's Guide

A dependency in software is any external component – a library, framework, module, or package – that your application relies on to function....

Cowboy Neil • Jan 29. 2026
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Education

SBOM Generation Tools Compared: Syft, Trivy, cdxgen, and More

SBOM generation tools analyze your software projects and produce machine-readable Software Bills of Materials in standard formats like...

Cowboy Neil • Jan 26. 2026
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Announcement

Announcing sbomify v0.25: The One with Attestations

Software supply chain security is not just about knowing what is in your software. It is about proving that knowledge is authentic and has...

Viktor Petersson • Jan 23. 2026
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Education

The MIT License: A Complete Guide for Developers

The MIT License is a permissive open source license that allows virtually unrestricted use, modification, distribution, and sublicensing of...

Cowboy Neil • Jan 22. 2026
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Announcement

Announcing sbomify-action v0.11: The One Where They Go to PyPI

With v0.11, sbomify-action is no longer tied to your CI/CD pipeline. Install it anywhere with pip install sbomify-action and generate...

Viktor Petersson • Jan 20. 2026
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Education

SBOM Management: How to Organize, Track, and Act on Your SBOMs

SBOM management is the practice of organizing, storing, versioning, distributing, and acting on Software Bills of Materials across an...

Cowboy Neil • Jan 18. 2026
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Education

SBOM Formats Compared: CycloneDX vs SPDX

An SBOM format defines the structure, fields, and serialization of a Software Bill of Materials. Two formats have emerged as industry...

Cowboy Neil • Jan 15. 2026
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