In 2022, the majority of respondents stated that their company did not have good controls over their software indirect dependencies and that they were concerned about their vulnerability. Only 18 percent of respondents were confident in the security of their indirect dependencies.
How concerned are you that the indirect dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised?
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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 indirect dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322242/concerns-about-software-indirect-dependencies/
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Synk. (2022). How concerned are you that the indirect dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322242/concerns-about-software-indirect-dependencies/
Synk. "How Concerned Are You That The Indirect Dependencies Your Software Relies on Might Be Malicious or Compromised?." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322242/concerns-about-software-indirect-dependencies/
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How concerned are you that the indirect dependencies your software relies on might be malicious or compromised? [Graph], Synk, July 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322242/concerns-about-software-indirect-dependencies/