Episode

PP087: Why SBOMs Are Cooler and More Useful Than You Think

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Packet Protector
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Nov 18, 2025
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Summary

Just what’s inside that commercial software you bought? Does it contain open-source components, NPM packages, or other third-party code? How could you find out? The answer is a Software Bill of Materials, or SBOM, a machine-readable inventory of a finished piece of software. Why should you care about SBOMs? Our guest, Natalie Somersall, is here ... Read more »