Log4Shell Is Almost Five Years Old. Most Teams Still Can't Answer "What's In Our Software?"

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Log4Shell exposed a hard truth: without an SBOM, teams may not know what's actually in their software.

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Log4Shell showed why organizations need more than vulnerability scanners: they need a reliable, continuously updated inventory of the software they actually run. This guide explains how SBOMs, vulnerability scanning, artifact signing, SLSA, and Sigstore turn that inventory into an operational security capability.