High profile supply chain attacks like SolarWinds, Kaseya, Codecov, ua-parser-js and Log4j have put pressure on companies and governments to address the risks associated with open source and other software supply chain risks.

President Biden’s May 2021 Executive Order includes supply chain attacks as an area of concern. More recently, on January 13, 2022, a White House summit involving representatives of the U.S. government and major tech companies discussed open source software security.

Tidelift logoAccording to a study conducted by Argon (an Aqua Security company), the number of software supply chain attacks tripled in 2021 compared to 2020.