July 2026: HBOM: Shaping the Future of Semiconductor Supply Chain Transparency

When
Wednesday, July 01, 2026 11:00 AM EST

Who
Dr. Allan Friedman, Senior Technical Advisor, Institute for Security & Technology

What
"HBOM: Shaping the Future of Semiconductor Supply Chain Transparency.”

Description

Requirements around hardware supply chains are accelerating rapidly, with an increased focus on semiconductor provenance. Automotive systems depend on deeply layered, opaque semiconductor supply chains, but the sector is not alone in facing growing expectations for visibility, compliance, and assurance. What is needed is a risk-based, flexible approach to understanding and managing supply chain exposure that supports a wide range of risks, not just narrow or rigid policy requirements. This is the role of a Hardware Bill of Materials (HBOM).

HBOM development must build on lessons from SBOM, including industry-led collaboration, cross-sector alignment, and a crawl-walk-run approach, while recognizing that hardware introduces fundamentally different challenges. This talk will explore the need, urgency, and inevitability of HBOM, and outline a coordinated path toward making semiconductor provenance usable for real-world risk management.