Matt Howard

Matt is a proven executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience developing high-growth software companies, at Sonatype, he leads corporate marketing, strategic partnering, and demand generation initiatives.

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2021 State of the Software Supply Chain: Open source software security and dependency management take center stage

By Matt Howard on September 15, 2021 Open Source

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As Open Source Continues to Fuel Digital Transformation, Sonatype's 2021 Software Supply Chain Report Reveals Important Trends
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Kaseya ransomware: A software supply chain attack or not?

By Matt Howard on July 06, 2021 vulnerabilities

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As companies scramble to address and resolve this devastating attack, we look at what makes a supply chain and what it takes to address upstream attacks.
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What does NIST's definition of critical software mean to you?

By Matt Howard on June 28, 2021 government

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NIST's definition of Critical Software in relation to the 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order may seem broad, but its immediate implementation is limited.
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Breaking down the Biden Cybersecurity Executive Order
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Biden's cybersecurity executive order: Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten

By Matt Howard on May 18, 2021 featured

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Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order, set to change secure development processes in the US, is actually quite simple to understand.
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Biden executive order on cybersecurity calls for enhanced software supply chain security

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Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order mandates software supply chain security and secure development practices, including creating a software bill of materials.
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Muse and SAST are highly complementary
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Sonatype + Muse: How improved code quality complements enterprise SAST

By Matt Howard on April 29, 2021 SAST

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MuseDev, Sonatype's innovative code analysis platform, is highly complementary to enterprise SAST tools like Fortify that surface a wide breadth of deep.
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DevSecOps Leadership Forum: 500 Innovators Learning From Shared Experiences

By Matt Howard on May 14, 2020 Community

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This is a recap of experiences and insights shared at the 2020 DevSecOps Leadership Forum. On demand recordings of the event are now available for free.
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DevSecOps Leaders: The Conversation Continues Online, May 7th

By Matt Howard on May 04, 2020 devsecops

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Learn from DevSecOps experts May 7th to align software, security, and operations resources so organizations innovate faster with less risk.
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Sonatype: Fighting COVID-19 Together

By Matt Howard on April 09, 2020 Community

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Sonatype is providing free Nexus software to qualifying organizations working to develop innovative software solutions to help fight COVID-19.
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