Compliance
In-depth guides and analysis on compliance from the Safeguard engineering team.
304 articles
Open source license risk in M&A due diligence
Open source license conflicts hide in most acquisition targets' codebases. Here's why manifest-based SCA tools like Mend.io miss them in M&A diligence — and what a real audit needs.
Cloud Data Compliance: A Practical Guide to Getting It Right
Cloud data compliance is the practice of meeting legal and contractual rules for how data is stored, processed, and protected in cloud environments. Here is how to make it real.
HIPAA Security Rule Update: What the 2026 Final Rule Will Require
HHS published the HIPAA Security Rule NPRM in January 2025. Finalization is on the agenda for 2026. Covered entities and business associates need to start work now.
Is HIPAA International? How U.S. Health Privacy Rules Reach Overseas
HIPAA is a U.S. law, not an international standard, but its obligations follow protected health information across borders through covered entities and business associates.
Compliance Reporting with Safeguard: From Raw Data to Audit-Ready Documents
How to use Safeguard's compliance reporting engine to generate audit-ready documentation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST SSDF, and other frameworks without weeks of manual work.
NIS2 Directive: What EU Software Vendors Must Do Now
NIS2 is in force, transposition is late in half the EU, and the obligations bind anyway if you're in scope. The supply chain security and 24-hour reporting duties, decoded.
Open Source Software Licenses: A Security and Compliance Guide
Open source software licenses decide what you can legally do with a dependency. Getting them wrong is a compliance risk that sits right next to your security risk.
Types of Software Licensing Explained for Security and Compliance
Understanding the types of software licensing keeps a copyleft obligation or a proprietary term from surprising you at audit time. Here is a practical map of the licensing types that matter.
NY DFS 23 NYCRR 500 amendments and third-party software risk in 2026
The November 2023 amendments to NY DFS 23 NYCRR Part 500 tightened third-party service provider requirements and added new obligations around software supply chain risk. Covered entities are now in steady-state implementation.
Open Source Software License: A Compliance and Security Guide
An open source software license grants you rights to use code others wrote, with obligations attached. Here is how the types differ and how to stay compliant at scale.
EO 14028 producer self-attestation: where the CISA Form sits in 2026
The CISA Secure Software Development Attestation Form went live in March 2024. Two years and several revisions later, here is what producers actually have to attest, and where the common gotchas are.
Cloud Security Compliance Standards: A Practical Guide to the Frameworks That Matter
Cloud security compliance standards can feel like alphabet soup. This guide maps SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and more to what you actually have to do.
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