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The Binarly Transparency Platform provides robust SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) generation capabilities, delivering comprehensive visibility into components and dependencies within  Firmware, Embedded Linux, and Container (Docker) binaries . SBOM’s  our generated completely from the uploaded and analyzed binary. With no need to ingest or upload a vendor supplied BOM,  this provides an inventory  of the actual contents of the file or package regardless of what is attested to by a supplier or vendor.  To generate an SBOM, navigate to Products, select view images from the bottom menu, and choose SBOM from the right-side menu. SBOM outputs can also be generated from within the dependencies tab of a product’s findings. 

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Key Features

Supported SBOM Formats The platform supports widely adopted SBOM formats to ensure seamless integration and interoperability across security workflows:
  • CycloneDX: A lightweight BOM standard optimized for security and supply chain use cases.
  • SPDX (Software Package Data Exchange): A standardized and detailed format for sharing software metadata across tools and processes.
Export Capabilities
  • Export SBOMs: The platform enables users to generate SBOMs in both CycloneDX and SPDX formats. This allows organizations to share, analyze, and distribute SBOMs as part of compliance,  security,  or validation  workflows.
  • Example: Export a CycloneDX SBOM post scan and compare the results to a vendor supplied SBOM. 

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SBOM Use Cases

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Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Validate the integrity and security of third-party software components  
  • Example: An SBOM output reveals that a third-party library in an IoT firmware is not only out of date,  but is associated with several critical vulnerabilities.  This prompts the security team to review mitigation steps  

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Regulatory Compliance Assurance

Use the SBOM to demonstrate adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Example:  From an internally written tool binary,  an SBOM is generated in SPDX format to prove compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act during a 3rd party audit.

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Identification of unattested to components

Leverage SBOM’s  to expose what is truly contained within third-party packages. 
  • Example: An SBOM reveals the presence  of a compression library that was not attested to,  or present within the vendor supplied SBOM. 

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Incident Response Support

Use SBOM data to accelerate incident investigation and root cause analysis.
  • Example: An SBOM helps CIRT members  identify a compromised third-party library present within an analyzed  binary, speeding up containment and resolution during a security investigation.

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Programmatic Access

Generate SBOMs programmatically using the Binarly API: