Industry Analysis
In-depth guides and analysis on industry analysis from the Safeguard engineering team.
295 articles
State of Open Source Funding and Security 2026
How open source funding flows connect to security outcomes in 2026: maintainer capacity, critical project support, and the patterns that reduce risk.
Medical Device FDA Supply Chain Cybersecurity 2026
FDA expects supply chain cybersecurity evidence at premarket and through the device lifecycle. Here is what to deliver in 2026 without delaying clearance.
AI Code Assistants and Security: The Hidden Risks in 2025
AI coding assistants are generating millions of lines of production code. But they also introduce dependency hallucinations, insecure patterns, and supply chain risks that security teams need to address.
2025 Bug Bounty Program Reforms: What Changed
From Microsoft's AI bounty expansion to the EU CRA's good-faith researcher protections, bug bounty rules of engagement shifted meaningfully in early 2025.
Quantitative vs qualitative risk analysis methods
Software supply chain risk needs numbers and judgment. Here's how Safeguard's quantitative scoring compares to Vanta's qualitative, compliance-first approach.
State of DevSecOps 2026: What Teams Actually Ship
A senior-engineer review of DevSecOps in 2026: what teams ship in production, which controls moved the needle, and where most programs still stall.
CI/CD Platform Attack Trends 2026
CI/CD platforms have become high-value supply chain targets. We analyze 2026 attack trends, including runner abuse, action poisoning, and OIDC token theft.
Retail POS Supply Chain Security in 2026
Retail point-of-sale environments combine PCI scope, vendor-managed software, and thousands of physical endpoints. Here is the 2026 supply chain baseline that actually works at scale.
AWS re:Inforce 2026 Supply Chain Sessions: Field Notes
Field notes from AWS re:Inforce 2026 supply chain track: signing at scale, SBOM adoption, and the Inspector and ECR updates that actually matter.
Digital Health Startup HIPAA Supply Chain Rollout
Digital health startups must reconcile fast iteration with HIPAA-grade supply chain controls. Here is the rollout plan that gets you to production safely.
Space Industry Software Supply Chain: Emerging Reality
COTS software, mega-constellations, and export controls are colliding. The space sector's software supply chain risk is shifting faster than its tooling.
OpenTelemetry for Supply Chain Traces: Instrumenting the Pipeline
How OpenTelemetry turns CI/CD pipelines into a traceable, queryable graph that exposes supply chain risk from source control to production deployment.
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