The shift toward Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and its extension, the Artificial Intelligence Bill of Materials (AIBOM), is a fundamental change in how we manage risk, security, and compliance in the modern digital world. As an organization, adopting both of these frameworks doesn't just check a box, it provides a crucial, non-negotiable layer of transparency that is essential for both operational excellence and legal defense.
In short, SBOM gives you a complete, structured inventory of the code and libraries in your software, allowing for fast vulnerability response and license management. AIBOM takes this concept further, providing an inventory of the non-code components of an AI system, the models, training data, and configurations, to manage risks unique to artificial intelligence like bias, data leakage, and adversarial attacks.