Supply Chain In The Software Industry Statistics

GITNUXREPORT 2026

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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Key Statistics

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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

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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

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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

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22% of legal teams block product releases due to supply chain license issues

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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

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SEC rules now require public software firms to disclose cybersecurity incidents within 4 days

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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

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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

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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%

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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

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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

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40% of organizations lack visibility into the software used by their own vendors

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The software supply chain security market is projected to reach $6.8 billion by 2030

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30% of global organizations will use a software supply chain integrity tool by 2026

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65% of companies plan to increase their DevOps toolchain budget by more than 10%

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By 2025, 60% of organizations will use SBOMs as a prerequisite for software procurement

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The AI-driven software development market is expected to grow 25% annually through 2027

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70% of enterprises will mandate "secure software development" training for all staff by 2024

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45% of cyberattacks by 2025 will be supply-chain focused (up from under 10% in 2020)

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50% of software engineers are expected to use "No-Code" or "Low-Code" tools in the supply chain by 2026

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80% of organizations are consolidating their software supply chain security vendors

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The talent gap in software supply chain security reached 4 million missing professionals

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Subscription-based models for software security tools account for 70% of market revenue

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55% of organizations are exploring blockchain for software supply chain provenance

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Demand for SBOM-aware risk visualization tools grew by 150% in 2023

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Private equity investment in software supply chain startups passed $1.2B in 2022

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90% of DevOps teams believe AI will be "essential" for managing complex supply chains by 2025

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Edge computing will account for 20% of the new software supply chain nodes by 2026

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Large language models (LLMs) used for code production increase supply chain risks for 66% of firms

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Global spending on "Digital Sovereignty" in software is projected to grow by 12% annually

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48% of organizations are prioritizing software supply chain resilience over speed for the first time

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35% of businesses plan to hire a specific "Software Supply Chain Security Lead" in 2024

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Zero Trust architecture adoption for CI/CD pipelines reached 24% of enterprises

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Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) now manage 30% of small business software supply chains

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Asia-Pacific software supply chain security market is the fastest-growing region at 16% CAGR

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40% of software companies are moving to "Single Source of Truth" artifact registries

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SBOM consumption is estimated to reduce incident response time by 40%

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75% of cloud-security breaches will involve identity and access management in the supply chain by 2025

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GitHub Stars (proxy for supply chain importance) for security tools grew by 38% in 2023

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60% of the world's code will be AI-generated or AI-assisted by 2025

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28% of software firms are exploring "Software Bill of Attestations" (SBOA)

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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

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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

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48% of open source contributors say security is not a high priority for them

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18% of open source code has not been updated in over 4 years

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PyPI repository saw a 100% increase in monthly malicious package uploads

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2.1 million new open source versions were released across 4 major ecosystems in 2022

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76% of developers do not feel responsible for the security of the libraries they use

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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

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91% of organizations experienced a software supply chain incident in the last 12 months

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61% of businesses were impacted by a software supply chain attack in the past year

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82% of CIOs say their organization is vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting software supply chains

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There was a 742% average annual increase in software supply chain attacks over the last three years

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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

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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

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High-severity vulnerabilities were found in 29% of open source codebases

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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

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CI/CD pipeline exploits increased by 35% in the last 18 months

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1 in 5 organizations experienced a breach via a compromised digital certificate

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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

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Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 5, 2026
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By 2025, 78% of organizations expect to adopt Software Bill of Materials, yet only 17% have a mature SBOM management process. At the same time, regulators and insurers are moving faster than many development teams can. The result is a supply chain gap where security testing is shifting left, but risks still slip in through undocumented third party code, weak vendor oversight, and an ocean of open source dependencies.

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.

Compliance & Governance

178% of organizations expect to adopt Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) by 2025
Single source
2The Biden Executive Order 14028 increased SBOM focus by 300% in federal contracting
Directional
3Only 17% of surveyed organizations have a mature SBOM management process
Verified
447% of organizations use SBOMs primarily for license compliance monitoring
Verified
5GDPR compliance failure in software supply chain costs firms an average of $6.2M
Verified
640% of software projects fail security audits due to undocumented third-party code
Verified
762% of companies require third-party vendors to sign a security assessment
Verified
8Federal agencies saw a 25% increase in reporting requirements for supply chain risk (C-SCRM)
Single source
935% of developers cite "compliance" as their biggest barrier to fast software releases
Verified
1053% of organizations have a centralized team for software supply chain management
Verified
119 out of 10 tech leaders say regulatory pressure is improving code quality
Verified
1238% of companies perform deep security audits of their open source stack once a year
Verified
1314% of software licenses in the average enterprise are "high risk" (copyleft or conflicting)
Directional
1444% of companies now use automated tools to enforce license policies
Single source
15Cybersecurity insurance premiums increased by 50% for software providers due to supply chain risk
Verified
1651% of developers say they are required to produce an SBOM for every release
Verified
1722% of legal teams block product releases due to supply chain license issues
Verified
18European Cyber Resilience Act will mandate security updates for 100% of connected software
Verified
19ISO/IEC 27001 certifications grew by 20% among SaaS providers in 2023
Verified
2030% of software firms now have a dedicated "Open Source Program Office" (OSPO)
Verified
2168% of customers ask for supply chain security evidence before signing a contract
Verified
22SEC rules now require public software firms to disclose cybersecurity incidents within 4 days
Verified
2345% of security leaders prioritize "Supply Chain Transparency" over "Data Privacy"
Single source
24Only 28% of firms verify the cryptographic signatures of their incoming code
Verified
2560% of organizations increased their budget for SBOM automation tools
Verified
2633% of software vendors have failed at least one third-party risk assessment
Single source
27Government-wide software supply chain guidelines (M-22-18) impacted 10,000+ vendors
Verified
2870% of legal experts recommend including software supply chain clauses in MSP contracts
Directional
2942% of software developers find security compliance "excessively bureaucratic"
Verified
30SOC 2 Type II compliance costs have risen 15% due to supply chain auditing requirements
Verified

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.

Development & DevOps

180% of organizations have shifted security testing to an earlier stage in the supply chain (Shift Left)
Verified
2DevOps teams spend 15% of their total time managing software dependencies
Verified
3The global DevSecOps market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%
Verified
456% of developers report that security is a priority in their performance reviews
Verified
5Automation of the CI/CD pipeline results in 2x faster security patching
Verified
643% of teams release software multiple times per week, increasing supply chain churn
Verified
71 in 4 DevOps engineers use "AI coding assistants" to integrate third-party APIs
Verified
8Manual code reviews are performed for only 12% of open-source imports
Verified
963% of companies have integrated security scans directly into their IDEs
Verified
10Deployment frequency has increased by 10% year-over-year globally
Verified
1137% of developers spend more than 10 hours a week fixing supply chain vulnerabilities
Verified
12Build systems (like Jenkins or GitHub Actions) are attacked in 21% of supply chain incidents
Verified
1372% of organizations use a central repository manager (like Artifactory) for supply chain control
Verified
1450% of developers say "security testing slows down development too much"
Verified
1588% of high-performing DevOps teams use automated dependency updates (e.g., Dependabot)
Verified
1629% of software failures are caused by misconfigurations in the supply chain pipeline
Single source
1731% of developers use "GitOps" to manage their software infrastructure supply chain
Verified
1854% of security professionals feel DevOps and Security teams are not aligned
Verified
19Mean time to remediation (MTTR) for supply chain vulnerabilities is 65 days
Directional
2047% of code reviews do not include any check for supply chain integrity
Single source
21Software firms with "mature" DevSecOps practices are 1.6x more profitable
Verified
2220% of open source updates are rejected by developers because they break functionality
Verified
23CI/CD "Secret Sprawl" has increased by 67% in private software repositories
Verified
2440% of organizations use "Golden Images" to secure their software supply chain
Verified
2532% of companies perform Red Teaming specifically targeting their software build pipeline
Verified
26Vulnerability scanning in the CI/CD pipeline catches 4.5x more bugs than production scanning
Verified
2761% of developers say they are now "security owners" within their squads
Verified
28The use of distroless images for supply chain security increased by 15%
Verified
2955% of organizations use a single-vendor DevSecOps platform to simplify their chain
Verified
30Cloud-native supply chain tools (like Tekton) grew in adoption by 22% in 2023
Verified

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.

Open Source & Infrastructure

196% of software across all industries contains open source components
Verified
2The average software application contains 128 open source dependencies
Directional
3Open source code makes up more than 70% of the average codebase
Verified
4There are over 37 million unique versions of open source components across major ecosystems
Single source
5statistic:npm ecosystem grew by 22% in package volume in 2022
Single source
6Java (Maven) component downloads reached a record 1.3 trillion in one year
Verified
785% of open source projects are maintained by fewer than 5 people
Single source
8Only 25% of open source projects use multi-factor authentication for maintainers
Verified
948% of open source contributors say security is not a high priority for them
Verified
1018% of open source code has not been updated in over 4 years
Directional
11PyPI repository saw a 100% increase in monthly malicious package uploads
Directional
122.1 million new open source versions were released across 4 major ecosystems in 2022
Verified
1376% of developers do not feel responsible for the security of the libraries they use
Directional
14Cloud infrastructure spending for software development rose by 23% in 2023
Verified
1581% of enterprises use a multi-cloud strategy for software delivery
Single source
16Container adoption in production environments grew to 92% in 2023
Verified
1765% of organizations use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage their supply chain
Verified
18Kubernetes usage for software orchestration reached 71%
Verified
1940% of standard Docker Hub images contain high-severity vulnerabilities
Verified
20GitHub hosts over 100 million developers actively contributing to the supply chain
Directional
21One out of every 1,000 GitHub repositories contains a hardcoded API key
Verified
22The Rust ecosystem (Crates.io) saw a 45% increase in total package downloads
Verified
2330% of software engineers use Generative AI to write open-source code contributions
Verified
2450% of the world's open source code is maintained by European developers
Directional
2592% of software developers use open source in their daily professional workflows
Verified
26Only 10% of open-source projects have a defined security policy
Verified
27Open source accounts for 90% of some modern specialized software (like AI)
Verified
2872% of organizations use more than 3 different package managers
Verified
2955% of open source code is transitive (dependencies of dependencies)
Verified
30Security updates for open source libraries are delayed by an average of 4.5 weeks
Verified

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.

Security & Vulnerabilities

191% of organizations experienced a software supply chain incident in the last 12 months
Verified
261% of businesses were impacted by a software supply chain attack in the past year
Verified
382% of CIOs say their organization is vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting software supply chains
Verified
4There was a 742% average annual increase in software supply chain attacks over the last three years
Verified
5Vulnerabilities in open source projects increased by 156% in a single year
Verified
654% of security professionals consider the software supply chain their top security concern
Verified
789% of organizations are increasing investment in software supply chain security
Verified
8Exploitation of software supply chains accounts for 15% of all data breaches
Verified
940% of organizations rely on manual spreadsheets to track software components
Directional
10Only 38% of organizations can detect a supply chain attack within 48 hours
Verified
11Malicious packages in open source repositories grew by 40% year-over-year
Verified
12High-severity vulnerabilities were found in 29% of open source codebases
Verified
1364% of companies report that their software supply chain security is "average" or "below average"
Verified
14Attackers targeting DevOps pipelines increased by 200% since 2021
Directional
1573% of organizations have no formal policy for managing third-party software risks
Verified
1651% of breaches are linked to a third-party vendor
Verified
17The average cost of a software supply chain breach is $4.46 million
Verified
1833% of apps are released with known vulnerabilities in their supply chain
Verified
19Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates contain security misconfigurations in 63% of cases
Directional
2066% of surveyed organizations do not trust their current software supply chain security posture
Single source
21Less than 50% of software projects use automated scanners for vulnerabilities
Single source
22CI/CD pipeline exploits increased by 35% in the last 18 months
Verified
231 in 5 organizations experienced a breach via a compromised digital certificate
Verified
24Log4j style vulnerabilities are still present in 25% of active systems two years later
Verified
2577% of organizations are worried about the security of their "shadow IT" software usage
Single source
26Supply chain attacks are predicted to cost businesses $60 billion annually by 2025
Directional
2758% of organizations have experienced a downtime event due to a supply chain issue
Verified
28Secrets (API keys, passwords) are leaked in 1 out of every 10 corporate commits to GitHub
Single source
2995% of serverless functions contain at least one vulnerable library
Verified
30Software supply chain attacks targeted 3 out of 5 developers in 2023
Verified

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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    Reference 17
    VERACODE
    veracode.com

    veracode.com

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    Reference 18
    PALOALTONETWORKS
    paloaltonetworks.com

    paloaltonetworks.com

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    Reference 19
    CISA
    cisa.gov

    cisa.gov

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    Reference 20
    SNYK
    snyk.io

    snyk.io

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    Reference 21
    LEGITSECURITY
    legitsecurity.com

    legitsecurity.com

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    Reference 22
    KEYFACTOR
    keyfactor.com

    keyfactor.com

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    Reference 23
    TENABLE
    tenable.com

    tenable.com

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    Reference 24
    NETSKOPE
    netskope.com

    netskope.com

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    Reference 25
    JUNIPERRESEARCH
    juniperresearch.com

    juniperresearch.com

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    Reference 26
    SPLUNK
    splunk.com

    splunk.com

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    Reference 27
    BLOG
    blog.gitguardian.com

    blog.gitguardian.com

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    Reference 28
    OX
    ox.security

    ox.security

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    Reference 29
    NPMJS
    npmjs.com

    npmjs.com

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    Reference 30
    OPENSSF
    openssf.org

    openssf.org

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    Reference 31
    TIDELIFT
    tidelift.com

    tidelift.com

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    Reference 32
    BLOG
    blog.phylum.io

    blog.phylum.io

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    Reference 33
    FLEXERA
    flexera.com

    flexera.com

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    Reference 34
    CNCF
    cncf.io

    cncf.io

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    Reference 35
    HASHICORP
    hashicorp.com

    hashicorp.com

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    Reference 36
    PREEMPT
    preempt.com

    preempt.com

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    Reference 37
    OCTOVERSE
    octoverse.github.com

    octoverse.github.com

  • GITGUARDIAN logo
    Reference 38
    GITGUARDIAN
    gitguardian.com

    gitguardian.com

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    Reference 39
    CRATES
    crates.io

    crates.io

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    Reference 40
    STACKOVERFLOW
    stackoverflow.blog

    stackoverflow.blog

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    Reference 41
    EC
    ec.europa.eu

    ec.europa.eu

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    Reference 42
    FOSSA
    fossa.com

    fossa.com

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    Reference 43
    WHITEHOUSE
    whitehouse.gov

    whitehouse.gov

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    Reference 44
    ITGOVERNANCE
    itgovernance.co.uk

    itgovernance.co.uk

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    Reference 45
    ISACA
    isaca.org

    isaca.org

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    Reference 46
    BITSIGHT
    bitsight.com

    bitsight.com

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    Reference 47
    NIST
    nist.gov

    nist.gov

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    Reference 48
    GITLAB
    gitlab.com

    gitlab.com

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    Reference 49
    MARSH
    marsh.com

    marsh.com

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    Reference 50
    REVENERA
    revenera.com

    revenera.com

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    Reference 51
    DIGITAL-STRATEGY
    digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

    digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

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    Reference 52
    ISO
    iso.org

    iso.org

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    Reference 53
    SEC
    sec.gov

    sec.gov

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    Reference 54
    PWC
    pwc.com

    pwc.com

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    Reference 55
    CHAINGUARD
    chainguard.dev

    chainguard.dev

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    Reference 56
    CLOC
    cloc.org

    cloc.org

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    Reference 57
    JETBRAINS
    jetbrains.com

    jetbrains.com

  • VANTA logo
    Reference 58
    VANTA
    vanta.com

    vanta.com

  • GRANDVIEWRESEARCH logo
    Reference 59
    GRANDVIEWRESEARCH
    grandviewresearch.com

    grandviewresearch.com

  • DATADOGHQ logo
    Reference 60
    DATADOGHQ
    datadoghq.com

    datadoghq.com

  • DORA logo
    Reference 61
    DORA
    dora.dev

    dora.dev

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    Reference 62
    CIRCLECI
    circleci.com

    circleci.com

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    Reference 63
    JFROG
    jfrog.com

    jfrog.com

  • VMWARE logo
    Reference 64
    VMWARE
    vmware.com

    vmware.com

  • ATLASSIAN logo
    Reference 65
    ATLASSIAN
    atlassian.com

    atlassian.com

  • PUPPET logo
    Reference 66
    PUPPET
    puppet.com

    puppet.com

  • MANDIANT logo
    Reference 67
    MANDIANT
    mandiant.com

    mandiant.com

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    Reference 68
    VERIFIEDMARKETRESEARCH
    verifiedmarketresearch.com

    verifiedmarketresearch.com

  • STRONGDM logo
    Reference 69
    STRONGDM
    strongdm.com

    strongdm.com

  • IDC logo
    Reference 70
    IDC
    idc.com

    idc.com

  • FORRESTER logo
    Reference 71
    FORRESTER
    forrester.com

    forrester.com

  • ISC2 logo
    Reference 72
    ISC2
    isc2.org

    isc2.org

  • DELOITTE logo
    Reference 73
    DELOITTE
    deloitte.com

    deloitte.com

  • CRUNCHBASE logo
    Reference 74
    CRUNCHBASE
    crunchbase.com

    crunchbase.com

  • CHECKPOINT logo
    Reference 75
    CHECKPOINT
    checkpoint.com

    checkpoint.com

  • OKTA logo
    Reference 76
    OKTA
    okta.com

    okta.com

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    Reference 77
    CANALYS
    canalys.com

    canalys.com

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    Reference 78
    MORDORINTELLIGENCE
    mordorintelligence.com

    mordorintelligence.com

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