Compliance
In-depth guides and analysis on compliance from the Safeguard engineering team.
304 articles
DORA Register of Information: Lessons From the First Submission
The 30 April 2025 ESA deadline forced banks and insurers to inventory every ICT contract against 105 prescribed data points — and exposed structural gaps in third-party data.
CISA's Secure by Design pledge explained
CISA's voluntary Secure by Design pledge has grown from 68 signatories to 300+, but it's unverified and self-reported. Here's what the seven goals really require.
SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules for public companies
The SEC's 2023 rules give public companies four business days to disclose material cyber incidents. Here's what triggers the clock, and how supply chain visibility keeps you compliant.
Software Licensing, and Why It Is a Supply Chain Problem
Software licensing is the legal layer of your dependency tree, and getting it wrong carries real risk. Here is what the term covers and how open source licenses sneak into your product.
Apache License 2.0 Summary: What the Terms Actually Mean
An Apache License 2.0 summary in plain English: what you can do, what you must do, and why the explicit patent grant makes it a favorite for commercial use.
CISA Secure by Design Operational Guidance 2026
Translating CISA's Secure by Design pledge into operational engineering work in 2026, with the specific control mappings and evidence practices that hold up to audit.
FDA SBOM requirements for medical device software
Since Oct 2023 the FDA can reject medical device submissions missing a compliant SBOM. Here's what Section 524B actually requires, in plain terms.
Public Cloud Compliance: What It Takes to Stay Audit-Ready
Public cloud compliance is a shared responsibility, not a checkbox. Here is how the model splits, which frameworks apply, and how to stay continuously audit-ready.
Audit-readiness for open source usage policies
What auditors actually ask for in an open source usage policy review, what triggers it, and the evidence gaps that turn a written policy into a finding.
Open Source Licenses Comparison: MIT vs Apache vs GPL and the Rest
An open source licenses comparison comes down to one question: what obligations attach to using and distributing the code? Here is how the major licenses differ.
Software supply chain compliance for federal contractors
CMMC 2.0, OMB M-22-18, and SBOM mandates now hit federal contractors with overlapping deadlines and evidence demands — here's what's actually required.
CMMC compliance for software vendors
CMMC 2.0 is now contractually mandatory across the DoD supply chain. Here's what software vendors must know about levels, deadlines, costs, and SBOMs.
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