According to a GitHub survey, 94 percent of respondents reported using open source applications at least occasionally, while 81 percent used them frequently. It is both cost effective and efficient to incorporate source code into software during the development stage. Despite the cost- and time-saving benefits, open source components come with liabilities in licensing agreements. About 1 in 16 open source download requests is for a component that contains a known vulnerability. By 2019, 80% of application security testing vendors will include software composition analysis in their offerings, up from 40% today.”]