Marc Frankel

Well, it comes from a place of good intent. And I think that that's important to remember is that you have people who have spent literally years, if not decades, in service of software supply chain security. And some of them will spend years, if not decades, more advancing the cause of software supply chain security.

Well, it comes from a place of good intent. And I think that that's important to remember is that you have people who have spent literally years, if not decades, in service of software supply chain security. And some of them will spend years, if not decades, more advancing the cause of software supply chain security.

And if they hadn't defined Cyclone DX and SPDX and CSAF and OpenVex and whatever else, we wouldn't be able to make it easy and approachable because there wouldn't be a thing to make easy and approachable. But that being said, when it rises to the level of creating a barrier to entry, that's when, you know, a translation capability or a tool set to automate this and put it on rails is warranted.

And if they hadn't defined Cyclone DX and SPDX and CSAF and OpenVex and whatever else, we wouldn't be able to make it easy and approachable because there wouldn't be a thing to make easy and approachable. But that being said, when it rises to the level of creating a barrier to entry, that's when, you know, a translation capability or a tool set to automate this and put it on rails is warranted.

I would advocate to anybody who's considering creating an acronym, anything with the word BOM in it, probably not great just from like a TSA perspective, but yes.

I would advocate to anybody who's considering creating an acronym, anything with the word BOM in it, probably not great just from like a TSA perspective, but yes.

Yeah. It's not the easiest thing to fly with necessarily. We give away these little squishy bomb-shaped balls with the letter S on. But when you're traveling with a backpack full of them to a conference, Wow, that's intense. But yeah, I think, so the last thing that I'll say just about the everybody has to remember their mission is we as a company are, I mean, we're driven by mission.

Yeah. It's not the easiest thing to fly with necessarily. We give away these little squishy bomb-shaped balls with the letter S on. But when you're traveling with a backpack full of them to a conference, Wow, that's intense. But yeah, I think, so the last thing that I'll say just about the everybody has to remember their mission is we as a company are, I mean, we're driven by mission.

We're not here to like buy something for a dollar and sell something for two. There's a whole field. You know, if you want to work in Excel, you're welcome to do that. But the types of customers that we support, the Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, auto manufacturers, defense contractors, food security, et cetera, everyone has a mission.

We're not here to like buy something for a dollar and sell something for two. There's a whole field. You know, if you want to work in Excel, you're welcome to do that. But the types of customers that we support, the Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, auto manufacturers, defense contractors, food security, et cetera, everyone has a mission.

They're contributing to the not just the continued survival, but the success of our way of life. And you said, you know, I want to make sure that I feed my children trustworthy food. I want to make sure when we go into a doctor's office, they can access my kids medical records.

They're contributing to the not just the continued survival, but the success of our way of life. And you said, you know, I want to make sure that I feed my children trustworthy food. I want to make sure when we go into a doctor's office, they can access my kids medical records.

I want to make sure when I drive a car that it can't be hijacked by somebody with like a really powerful transponder standing by the side of the highway. You know, all of these are becoming real world concerns as our world becomes more and more dependent on software.

I want to make sure when I drive a car that it can't be hijacked by somebody with like a really powerful transponder standing by the side of the highway. You know, all of these are becoming real world concerns as our world becomes more and more dependent on software.

One of the best lines that I've ever heard is the software supply chain is the most valuable supply chain that humanity has ever created. And yet it's the one in which arguably we have done the least to provide visibility into. And so when I read things like major hospital systems can't access their medical records or I speak to you and we contemplate

One of the best lines that I've ever heard is the software supply chain is the most valuable supply chain that humanity has ever created. And yet it's the one in which arguably we have done the least to provide visibility into. And so when I read things like major hospital systems can't access their medical records or I speak to you and we contemplate

the implications for food security, this has real world implication. And if the only thing that's stopping a major provider of this essential service from having visibility into their software supply chain is walk up usable tooling and templatized deployment mechanisms, we have a duty to create them.

the implications for food security, this has real world implication. And if the only thing that's stopping a major provider of this essential service from having visibility into their software supply chain is walk up usable tooling and templatized deployment mechanisms, we have a duty to create them.

Yeah. I love that because, you know, I've watched that modern Marvel show. Right. And you're like, oh, wow. Like, look at all those candy bars, you know, coming off the factory line or whatever. It would be interesting to say like, hey, what's behind that door? Oh, that's accounting. Oh, can I see that? Nope. Nope. Not part of the tour.

Yeah. I love that because, you know, I've watched that modern Marvel show. Right. And you're like, oh, wow. Like, look at all those candy bars, you know, coming off the factory line or whatever. It would be interesting to say like, hey, what's behind that door? Oh, that's accounting. Oh, can I see that? Nope. Nope. Not part of the tour.