The modern digital business increasingly relies on technology partnerships, leveraging third-party applications, API and data to deliver new functionality and optimized user experience to the market.

However, this also exposes risks from entities in the supply chain, such as suppliers, vendors, partners, contractors, open-source developers, etc.

It is crucial to analyze the intricate nature of modern software supply chains along with the business implications of a potential supply chain breach, resulting in data exposure, operational disruptions and reputational loss.

With more than 90% of software components in enterprise apps being open source, the risks of malicious packages from the open-source ecosystem are higher than ever.

In this session, Venkatesh Vanjaku, security consultant, CloudSEK, will share insights on:

• Implementing proactive measures for identifying and mitigating software supply chain risks
• Establishing third-party governance to enhance visibility
• Evaluating a use case of securing a software supply chain process to reduce risks