Introduction

From Inventory to Actionable Intelligence A Shared Vision for SBOMs articulates how a software bill of materials SBOM moves beyond a simple inventory to become a decision support asset across procurement, vulnerability management, incident response, and ecosystem risk assessment. This synthesis integrates policy and industry threads on SBOM adoption including standards, provenance, licenses, open source, vulnerabilities, incident response, risk management, procurement, governance, NTIA guidance, and the EU CRA.