In 2022, the majority of respondents stated that the direct dependencies their software relied on were easy to track. However, they were concern about indirect dependencies being malicious or compromised. Only six percent of respondents stated that their company did not have a good security control concerning their direct dependencies.
How concerned are you that the direct dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised?
OSS maintainers and security subject matter experts
Supplementary notes
* Sample size for OSS security perspectives was 539 participants.
Sample size for OSS best practices for secure software development was 72 participants.
Sample size for OSS security was 433 participants.
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Synk. (July 7, 2022). How concerned are you that the direct dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322239/concerns-about-software-direct-dependencies/
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