Best Practices
In-depth guides and analysis on best practices from the Safeguard engineering team.
252 articles
Best Container Image Scanners 2026
A fact-based review of the best container image scanners in 2026, comparing Trivy, Grype, Snyk, Prisma Cloud, and Safeguard on accuracy and noise.
Dev Containers Security Baseline for 2026
A practical security baseline for devcontainer.json files in 2026, covering base image selection, features, lifecycle scripts, and the supply chain controls that actually matter.
Data Pipeline Platform Migration Security
Moving from one orchestration platform to another surfaces hidden trust relationships. A security-first migration plan for Airflow, Dagster, and Prefect transitions.
Post-Incident Vendor Coordination
When a vendor's incident affects you, the coordination work between their IR team and your ops becomes its own project. How to run it well.
Continuous Compliance Monitoring: A Practical Guide for Security Teams
How to replace periodic compliance audits with continuous, automated monitoring that catches drift before auditors do.
Coordinated Disclosure Zero-Day Playbook
A playbook for coordinated disclosure of zero-day vulnerabilities, covering timelines, stakeholder management, embargo discipline, and the judgement calls in between.
Dev Machine Secrets: The Exfiltration Risks
Engineer laptops are the softest target in most organizations. Here is a senior engineer's look at the real exfiltration paths for developer secrets and how to shut them down.
How to Scan Docker Images for Vulnerabilities
A production-grade vulnerability scanning pipeline for Docker images using Trivy and Grype, with reachability-based prioritization and admission enforcement.
Container Security Best Practices for 2025: Beyond Image Scanning
Container security has evolved far past vulnerability scanning. Here is what mature container security programs look like heading into 2025.
Crypto Exchange Supply Chain Hardening
Crypto exchanges are the highest-value software supply chain targets on the internet. A hardening playbook drawn from Lazarus, Ronin, and 3CX.
Zero Trust Principles Applied to the Software Supply Chain
Zero trust is not just a network architecture concept. Applied to the software supply chain, it fundamentally changes how organizations verify code, dependencies, and build processes.
Secrets Rotation Across Microservices: A Playbook
A practical senior engineer's playbook for rotating secrets across microservices without downtime, drift, or the quiet credential leaks that come from half-done cutovers.
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