Anthony Bettini On SBOMs; What They Are, What They Are Not, And How Organizations Can Use Them To Make Us More Secure

An Interview With Ben Ari

Request that your vendors provide SBOM files during the procurement process and as those applications change.

Cyber attacks on businesses are on the rise. One of the tools that can be used to stop cyberattacks are SBOMs, or Software Bill of Materials. How exactly can they be used to keep products more secure? What are their limitations? Why and how should a business or organization use them? In this interview series, we are talking to business leaders, cyber security officers, and experts about SBOMs about how we can effectively use SBOMs to keep all of us secure. As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Anthony Bettini.

As a third time Founder & CEO, Anthony Bettini founded VulnCheck, a vulnerability intelligence company, to help enterprises, government organizations, and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge. Before its acquisition by Tenable, Anthony founded FlawCheck, a Container Security startup focused on Docker. Anthony’s first startup, Appthority, was a Mobile Security startup that launched at the RSA Innovation Sandbox…