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title: "IT Brief UK: Cloudsmith finds gap in software supply chain defences"
description: "Cloudsmith has published research highlighting a gap between engineering teams’ confidence in their software supply chain defences and the steps they take to screen dependencies.\n\nThe study surveyed 400 Platform and Security Engineers in the UK and US."
canonical_url: "https://cloudsmith.com/company/press/it-brief-uk-cloudsmith-finds-gap-in-software-supply-chain-defences"
last_updated: "2026-09-30"
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# IT Brief UK: Cloudsmith finds gap in software supply chain defences