Industry Analysis
In-depth guides and analysis on industry analysis from the Safeguard engineering team.
294 articles
Third-party risk management for telehealth platforms
A six-step playbook for telehealth vendor risk management: inventory PHI flows, tier HIPAA business associate risk, run SCA on vendor SDKs, and monitor continuously.
Third-party risk assessment for insurtech SaaS platforms
A practical playbook for running an insurtech third-party risk assessment across vendors, APIs, and integrations before they touch policyholder data.
Third-party risk management for telecom equipment vendors
A practical playbook for vetting telecom equipment vendors: supply chain checks, hardware/software audits, and procurement security controls.
Homomorphic Encryption in Software Supply Chains
A grounded look at BFV, CKKS, and TFHE schemes for supply chain workloads, measured costs, library choices, and where HE is not yet practical.
10 Predictions for Software Supply Chain Security in 2026
From AI-generated SBOMs to regulatory enforcement and the death of CVSS-only triage, here is what the software security landscape will look like in 2026.
Third-party risk management for OT/ICS vendors in utilities
A step-by-step guide to OT ICS vendor risk management for utilities: assessing, auditing, and monitoring SCADA and industrial control system vendors.
The 2025 Software Supply Chain Security Report: Summary
The 2025 annual SSCS report lands into a changed landscape. Key findings, trend lines, and what the numbers actually imply for 2026 planning.
Software Supply Chain Security in 2025: The Year in Review
From the CVE program funding crisis to the rise of AI-targeted supply chain attacks, 2025 reshaped the software security landscape. A comprehensive look at the year's defining events and trends.
Introduction to confidential computing and hardware-based...
Confidential computing seals data in use inside hardware-encrypted enclaves, closing the last gap in the encrypt-everywhere model. Here's how it works.
How trusted execution environments protect sensitive work...
Trusted execution environments promise hardware-isolated security for sensitive workloads, but real-world attacks show the TEE model has limits Safeguard helps you manage.
Remote attestation fundamentals for confidential computin...
A practical look at remote attestation for confidential computing: how enclave protocols and hardware verification prove workloads haven't been tampered with.
Key security risks unique to WebAssembly runtimes and mod...
WebAssembly runs your edge functions, service mesh plugins, and smart contracts. Here are the WebAssembly security risks hiding behind the sandbox.