Buyer's Guides
In-depth guides and analysis on buyer's guides from the Safeguard engineering team.
216 articles
Best IAST tools for runtime application security testing
A practical, no-fluff comparison of IAST tools for runtime application security testing — evaluation criteria, honest vendor tradeoffs, and where supply chain risk still slips through.
Best Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security scanning tools
A practical, no-hype comparison of IaC security scanning tools — Checkov, tfsec/Trivy, Terrascan, Snyk IaC, KICS, and cfn-guard — with real strengths and limitations.
Best Terraform security and compliance tools
A practical, no-hype comparison of Terraform security tools — Checkov, tfsec/Trivy, Terrascan, Sentinel, Snyk IaC, and more — plus how Safeguard fits in.
Best cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools
A practical buyer's guide to CSPM tools: evaluation criteria that matter, a fair comparison of six leading vendors, and where supply chain security fits in.
Best CI/CD pipeline security tools
A fair, no-hype buyer's guide to CI/CD pipeline security tools: what to evaluate, six real vendors compared, and where Safeguard fits in the stack.
Best GitHub Actions security scanning tools
A practical, no-hype comparison of GitHub Actions security tools — Zizmor, StepSecurity, Scorecard, Checkov, GitGuardian, and Legit Security — plus what to evaluate before you buy.
Best CVE tracking and monitoring tools
A field guide to CVE tracking tools -- from NVD and OSV.dev to Snyk, Tenable, and Qualys -- with honest pros, cons, and how Safeguard adds supply-chain context.
Best open source license compliance tools
A practical comparison of open source license compliance tools—FOSSA, Mend, Black Duck, Snyk, and more—covering detection accuracy, policy engines, and SBOM support.
Best artifact and code signing tools
A practical, no-hype comparison of Sigstore, Notation, GitHub Attestations, DigiCert, Vault, and AWS Signer for teams choosing artifact signing tools.
Best malicious package detection tools for open source de...
A field guide to malicious package detection tools for npm and PyPI, comparing real vendors on detection method, coverage, and dependency confusion handling.
Best typosquatting and dependency confusion detection tools
A practical buyer's guide to typosquatting detection tools and dependency confusion scanners, comparing real vendors and how Safeguard fits in.
Best software provenance verification tools
A practical, no-fluff comparison of software provenance verification tools — Sigstore, in-toto, GitHub Attestations, JFrog, Chainguard, and Kosli — plus what to evaluate before you buy.
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