SBOM Drift Guardian
9/10
Demand Score
Customers and regulators increasingly require verifiable SBOMs and provenance; drift between build and runtime creates immediate exposure.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-18k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Oracle and NetSuite Concerns
Competitor Landscape
- Snyk
- Mend (WhiteSource)
- FOSSA
- Anchore/Grype/Syft
- Chainguard Enforce
- GitHub Advanced Security
- Rezilion
Must-Have Features for MVP
Multi-format SBOM ingestion and normalization
Build-to-image-to-runtime reconciliation with drift detection
Exploit-aware risk scoring (KEV, EPSS, threat intel)
Auto-fix PRs and dependency upgrade playbooks
Supplier SBOM/attestation portal with policy checks
CI/CD and procurement policy gates with exceptions workflow
License compliance and attribution reporting
Per-customer/product materialized views for OEMs
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Incomplete or low-quality SBOMs
- Runtime collection overhead and coverage gaps
- Supplier resistance to attestation requirements
- Complexity of transitive dependency mapping
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Low false drift rates with clear remediation guidance
- High auto-fix adoption by engineering teams
- Supplier coverage and timely attestations
- Seamless integration with GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Jira, and artifact registries
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