Gartner® Reprint
The Software Supply Chain Security Playbook
How software engineering leaders can protect code integrity, reduce third-party risk, and secure the delivery pipeline — without slowing development.
Overview
Software supply chain attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication — targeting everything from open-source components and build pipelines to developer environments and post-deployment updates.
In this Gartner® reprint, learn how engineering and security leaders should rethink software supply chain security across the entire development and delivery lifecycle.
In this Gartner® reprint, you’ll learn how to:
- Protect the integrity of internal code and third-party components through strong version control, curated registries, and artifact repositories
- Reduce software supply chain risk earlier by governing open-source dependencies and external packages
- Harden CI/CD pipelines with secrets management, signing, hashing, and reproducible builds
- Secure developer environments using least-privilege access and machine identity controls
- Detect and respond to anomalous behavior across build and delivery systems
Key Insights
By 2028, 80% of organizations worldwide will have experienced attacks on their software supply chains — a 48% increase from 2024.
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Gartner, The Software Supply Chain Security Playbook, Aaron Lord, Manjunath Bhat, Mark Horvath, 23 October 2025. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.