Application Security vs. Software Supply Chain Security: What's the Difference?

The growing field of software supply chain security differs from traditional application security in various ways, requiring different tools and techniques. As Gartner predicts a three-fold increase in software supply chain attacks by 2025, it is crucial to understand the differences between these two types of security. In this blog post, we contrasted software supply chain security against application security in the context of the DevOps process. We identified various risks associated with both application and software supply chain security at different stages of the development process, such as planning, coding, building, and protecting. Managing down the risk of software supply chain attacks requires security activities at many places in the DevOps process, and the industry is maturing to address these challenges.