Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

I hear a lot these days about SBOMs and how they are going to be the key to supply chain security accountability, to even include a Presidential Executive Order mandating SBOMs in the procurement process for federal agencies. There are multiple areas of research going on in this area, such as this Academic SBOM Repository. But before we get too far down the road, let’s get one thing straight: SBOM isn’t going to save us. It’s a transparency tool, not a solution.

For years, vulnerability scanners have been the cornerstone of enterprise security programs. But as organizations scaled, and as infrastructure, applications, and attack surfaces diversified, the single-scanner model broke down. Security teams now face a fragmented reality. Data pours in from dozens of sources: endpoint detection tools, cloud security platforms, application security testing, and more. Each of these systems generates findings with its own schema, priorities, and assumptions. The result?

The biggest cybersecurity bottleneck for today’s enterprises isn’t detection. It’s remediation. Organizations are flooded with vulnerability data, but that flood rarely translates into effective action. Instead, security teams spend their time wrangling data, chasing tickets, and firefighting the same risks week after week. The outcome? Wasted effort, missed SLAs, and real business risk.