Latest Thoughtworks Technology Radar Reveals Greater Business Focus on Software Supply Chain Innovation – Business Wire

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thoughtworks (NASDAQ: TWKS), a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation, today released Volume 26 of the Technology Radar, a biannual report informed by Thoughtworks observations, conversations and frontline experience solving its clients toughest business challenges. While the concept of securing the software supply chain has been around for a few years, one of the major themes of the report is how there are now practical steps for businesses in the pathway to highly secure software in production and beyond.

In May 2021, the U.S. White House published its Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity. One section addresses enhancing software supply chain security. Realizing its no longer sufficient to only write secure code, businesses are now expanding their understanding of the security risks throughout the entire software supply chain and investing in more responsible engineering practices, including validating and governing project dependencies. Checklists and standards such as the Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) are new entries to this edition of the Radar, demonstrating that there are now pragmatic tools that are taking how to address this issue beyond the theoretical.

A confluence of events whether public instances of severe, brand-impacting breaches or government mandates has increased the emphasis businesses are placing on understanding the complexity and the breadth of the ecosystem involved in the software supply chain, said Dr. Rebecca Parsons, chief technology officer at Thoughtworks. While many organizations focus on systems in production, it is just as critical to place the same strong level of controls on testing, sandbox and cloud environments. While it's a daunting proposition, there are now concrete tools and engineering practices to help businesses manage and automate supply chain security as they work to keep their systems highly secure.

Highlighted themes included in Technology Radar Vol. 26 include:

Visit http://www.thoughtworks.com/radar to explore the interactive version of the Radar or download the PDF version.

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