That pressure increasingly lands on procurement workflows, not just the tools themselves. Regulations around software supply chain security expect organizations to demonstrate visibility into the software they deploy, not just the data they protect.
Packet analysis platforms touch sensitive data and sit at the center of investigations, incidents, and audits. Many teams still rely on open-source tools that lack transparency - creating friction with procurement, IT security, and compliance teams. We're publishing an SBOM for CloudShark Enterprise because your purchasing process now expects it, and we want to make approval faster, not harder.
A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) provides a structured inventory of the components, libraries, and dependencies that make up a piece of software. Security teams use SBOMs to answer questions that now come up routinely:
Without an SBOM, teams rely on trust, tribal knowledge, or time-consuming manual reviews. With one, they gain a repeatable, defensible way to assess risk and demonstrate due diligence. SBOMs turn software from a black box into something security teams can evaluate, monitor, and defend.
SBOMs don't make packet analysis better. They make procurement faster and audits cleaner. For the people actually doing the analysis work, this is invisible. For the people who need to justify the purchase, it removes a blocker.
Packet analysis tools rarely start life as enterprise software. Many originate as powerful open-source projects optimized for individual experts. While these tools excel at deep inspection, they often struggle in environments that demand standardization, controlled access, predictable deployment, and audit-ready documentation.
CloudShark Enterprise addresses this gap by treating packet analysis as enterprise infrastructure rather than an individual workstation activity. The platform centralizes analysis, keeps sensitive captures off endpoints, and supports deployment models that align with real security and compliance requirements.
Publishing an SBOM for CloudShark Enterprise reinforces that philosophy. The SBOM provides security and compliance teams with visibility into the software supply chain powering the platform, making it easier to assess risk, respond to vulnerability disclosures, and meet internal governance requirements.
CloudShark Enterprise pairs SBOM transparency with architectural choices that address common compliance concerns:
These capabilities allow teams to deploy powerful packet analysis without introducing compliance exceptions or one-off approvals. Security leaders gain confidence that the tool supports both investigative depth and organizational controls.
Meeting security compliance requirements doesn’t mean slowing teams down or limiting investigative capability. SBOMs reduce uncertainty. Enterprise-grade deployment models reduce risk. Centralized workflows improve consistency and accountability.
CloudShark Enterprise brings these elements together by combining deep, Wireshark-compatible analysis with the transparency and control modern enterprises require. Packet analysis stays fast, flexible, and effective, while meeting the expectations of today’s security and compliance landscape.
If your procurement or compliance team has questions about CloudShark's SBOM, security posture, or deployment model, contact us for documentation. For teams already using CloudShark, these changes improve your workflow and make renewals and expansions easier to justify.
