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Supply Chain In The Software Industry Statistics

With 78% of organizations expecting to adopt Software Bill of Materials by 2025 and federal SBOM pressure rising 300% under EO 14028, the software supply chain is being forced into transparency faster than many teams can mature. Yet only 17% have a mature SBOM management process and 40% of software projects fail security audits due to undocumented third party code, creating a high stakes gap between compliance momentum and real operational readiness.
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Supply Chain In The Software Industry Statistics
James OkoroWritten by James Okoro·Edited by Katherine Brennan·Fact-checked by Astrid Bergmann
Last verified Jun 19, 2026
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Nearly every organization has faced a software supply chain incident in the last year. This gap persists even as most companies rush to adopt Software Bills of Materials, a process most still struggle to implement effectively.

Key Takeaways

  • 78% of organizations expect to adopt Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) by 2025
  • The Biden Executive Order 14028 increased SBOM focus by 300% in federal contracting
  • Only 17% of surveyed organizations have a mature SBOM management process
  • 80% of organizations have shifted security testing to an earlier stage in the supply chain (Shift Left)
  • DevOps teams spend 15% of their total time managing software dependencies
  • The global DevSecOps market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%
  • 40% of organizations lack visibility into the software used by their own vendors
  • The software supply chain security market is projected to reach $6.8 billion by 2030
  • 30% of global organizations will use a software supply chain integrity tool by 2026
  • 96% of software across all industries contains open source components
  • The average software application contains 128 open source dependencies
  • Open source code makes up more than 70% of the average codebase
  • 91% of organizations experienced a software supply chain incident in the last 12 months
  • 61% of businesses were impacted by a software supply chain attack in the past year
  • 82% of CIOs say their organization is vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting software supply chains

Most firms expect SBOMs and stronger supply chain security, yet few have mature processes.

Related reading

01 · Category

Compliance & Governance30 stats

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78% of organizations expect to adopt Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) by 2025
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The Biden Executive Order 14028 increased SBOM focus by 300% in federal contracting
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Only 17% of surveyed organizations have a mature SBOM management process
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47% of organizations use SBOMs primarily for license compliance monitoring
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GDPR compliance failure in software supply chain costs firms an average of $6.2M
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40% of software projects fail security audits due to undocumented third-party code
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62% of companies require third-party vendors to sign a security assessment
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Federal agencies saw a 25% increase in reporting requirements for supply chain risk (C-SCRM)
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35% of developers cite "compliance" as their biggest barrier to fast software releases
10
53% of organizations have a centralized team for software supply chain management
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9 out of 10 tech leaders say regulatory pressure is improving code quality
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38% of companies perform deep security audits of their open source stack once a year
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14% of software licenses in the average enterprise are "high risk" (copyleft or conflicting)
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44% of companies now use automated tools to enforce license policies
15
Cybersecurity insurance premiums increased by 50% for software providers due to supply chain risk
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51% of developers say they are required to produce an SBOM for every release
17
22% of legal teams block product releases due to supply chain license issues
18
European Cyber Resilience Act will mandate security updates for 100% of connected software
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ISO/IEC 27001 certifications grew by 20% among SaaS providers in 2023
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30% of software firms now have a dedicated "Open Source Program Office" (OSPO)
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68% of customers ask for supply chain security evidence before signing a contract
22
SEC rules now require public software firms to disclose cybersecurity incidents within 4 days
23
45% of security leaders prioritize "Supply Chain Transparency" over "Data Privacy"
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Only 28% of firms verify the cryptographic signatures of their incoming code
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60% of organizations increased their budget for SBOM automation tools
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33% of software vendors have failed at least one third-party risk assessment
27
Government-wide software supply chain guidelines (M-22-18) impacted 10,000+ vendors
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70% of legal experts recommend including software supply chain clauses in MSP contracts
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42% of software developers find security compliance "excessively bureaucratic"
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SOC 2 Type II compliance costs have risen 15% due to supply chain auditing requirements
Interpretation

Compliance & Governance Interpretation

We are all racing to adopt SBOMs because regulations demand it, but the chaotic reality is that most of us are still just trying to figure out which open-source licenses we’ve accidentally violated while our legal teams nervously hover over the release button.

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Development & DevOps30 stats

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80% of organizations have shifted security testing to an earlier stage in the supply chain (Shift Left)
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DevOps teams spend 15% of their total time managing software dependencies
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The global DevSecOps market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%
04
56% of developers report that security is a priority in their performance reviews
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Automation of the CI/CD pipeline results in 2x faster security patching
06
43% of teams release software multiple times per week, increasing supply chain churn
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1 in 4 DevOps engineers use "AI coding assistants" to integrate third-party APIs
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Manual code reviews are performed for only 12% of open-source imports
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63% of companies have integrated security scans directly into their IDEs
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Deployment frequency has increased by 10% year-over-year globally
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37% of developers spend more than 10 hours a week fixing supply chain vulnerabilities
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Build systems (like Jenkins or GitHub Actions) are attacked in 21% of supply chain incidents
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72% of organizations use a central repository manager (like Artifactory) for supply chain control
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50% of developers say "security testing slows down development too much"
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88% of high-performing DevOps teams use automated dependency updates (e.g., Dependabot)
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29% of software failures are caused by misconfigurations in the supply chain pipeline
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31% of developers use "GitOps" to manage their software infrastructure supply chain
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54% of security professionals feel DevOps and Security teams are not aligned
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Mean time to remediation (MTTR) for supply chain vulnerabilities is 65 days
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47% of code reviews do not include any check for supply chain integrity
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Software firms with "mature" DevSecOps practices are 1.6x more profitable
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20% of open source updates are rejected by developers because they break functionality
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CI/CD "Secret Sprawl" has increased by 67% in private software repositories
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40% of organizations use "Golden Images" to secure their software supply chain
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32% of companies perform Red Teaming specifically targeting their software build pipeline
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Vulnerability scanning in the CI/CD pipeline catches 4.5x more bugs than production scanning
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61% of developers say they are now "security owners" within their squads
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The use of distroless images for supply chain security increased by 15%
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55% of organizations use a single-vendor DevSecOps platform to simplify their chain
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Cloud-native supply chain tools (like Tekton) grew in adoption by 22% in 2023
Interpretation

Development & DevOps Interpretation

While the industry's frantic shift left has turned developers into frontline security guards, this progress is hilariously undercut by the fact that we're patching twice as fast but still taking over two months to fix a hole, all while half the team complains that security is slowing them down and a quarter of the code reviews ignore the supply chain entirely.

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Open Source & Infrastructure30 stats

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96% of software across all industries contains open source components
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The average software application contains 128 open source dependencies
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Open source code makes up more than 70% of the average codebase
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There are over 37 million unique versions of open source components across major ecosystems
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statistic:npm ecosystem grew by 22% in package volume in 2022
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Java (Maven) component downloads reached a record 1.3 trillion in one year
07
85% of open source projects are maintained by fewer than 5 people
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Only 25% of open source projects use multi-factor authentication for maintainers
09
48% of open source contributors say security is not a high priority for them
10
18% of open source code has not been updated in over 4 years
11
PyPI repository saw a 100% increase in monthly malicious package uploads
12
2.1 million new open source versions were released across 4 major ecosystems in 2022
13
76% of developers do not feel responsible for the security of the libraries they use
14
Cloud infrastructure spending for software development rose by 23% in 2023
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81% of enterprises use a multi-cloud strategy for software delivery
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Container adoption in production environments grew to 92% in 2023
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65% of organizations use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage their supply chain
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Kubernetes usage for software orchestration reached 71%
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40% of standard Docker Hub images contain high-severity vulnerabilities
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GitHub hosts over 100 million developers actively contributing to the supply chain
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One out of every 1,000 GitHub repositories contains a hardcoded API key
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The Rust ecosystem (Crates.io) saw a 45% increase in total package downloads
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30% of software engineers use Generative AI to write open-source code contributions
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50% of the world's open source code is maintained by European developers
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92% of software developers use open source in their daily professional workflows
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Only 10% of open-source projects have a defined security policy
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Open source accounts for 90% of some modern specialized software (like AI)
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72% of organizations use more than 3 different package managers
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55% of open source code is transitive (dependencies of dependencies)
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Security updates for open source libraries are delayed by an average of 4.5 weeks
Interpretation

Open Source & Infrastructure Interpretation

We have built a magnificent cathedral of code that the entire world now depends on, yet we are shocked to find its foundation is held together by toothpicks and hope.

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Security & Vulnerabilities30 stats

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91% of organizations experienced a software supply chain incident in the last 12 months
02
61% of businesses were impacted by a software supply chain attack in the past year
03
82% of CIOs say their organization is vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting software supply chains
04
There was a 742% average annual increase in software supply chain attacks over the last three years
05
Vulnerabilities in open source projects increased by 156% in a single year
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54% of security professionals consider the software supply chain their top security concern
07
89% of organizations are increasing investment in software supply chain security
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Exploitation of software supply chains accounts for 15% of all data breaches
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40% of organizations rely on manual spreadsheets to track software components
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Only 38% of organizations can detect a supply chain attack within 48 hours
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Malicious packages in open source repositories grew by 40% year-over-year
12
High-severity vulnerabilities were found in 29% of open source codebases
13
64% of companies report that their software supply chain security is "average" or "below average"
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Attackers targeting DevOps pipelines increased by 200% since 2021
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73% of organizations have no formal policy for managing third-party software risks
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51% of breaches are linked to a third-party vendor
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The average cost of a software supply chain breach is $4.46 million
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33% of apps are released with known vulnerabilities in their supply chain
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Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates contain security misconfigurations in 63% of cases
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66% of surveyed organizations do not trust their current software supply chain security posture
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Less than 50% of software projects use automated scanners for vulnerabilities
22
CI/CD pipeline exploits increased by 35% in the last 18 months
23
1 in 5 organizations experienced a breach via a compromised digital certificate
24
Log4j style vulnerabilities are still present in 25% of active systems two years later
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77% of organizations are worried about the security of their "shadow IT" software usage
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Supply chain attacks are predicted to cost businesses $60 billion annually by 2025
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58% of organizations have experienced a downtime event due to a supply chain issue
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Secrets (API keys, passwords) are leaked in 1 out of every 10 corporate commits to GitHub
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95% of serverless functions contain at least one vulnerable library
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Software supply chain attacks targeted 3 out of 5 developers in 2023
Interpretation

Security & Vulnerabilities Interpretation

The software supply chain has become a digital game of Russian roulette where nearly everyone is playing, most know the gun is loaded, yet they keep pulling the trigger while slowly, and somewhat frantically, trying to figure out how to unload it.
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