Industry Analysis
In-depth guides and analysis on industry analysis from the Safeguard engineering team.
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Runtime Reachability Analysis: Cutting Through Vulnerabil...
Most CVE findings are noise. Here's how runtime reachability analysis separates exploitable risk from theoretical severity, and why CVSS alone can't prioritize your patch queue.
Benchmarking Mean Time to Remediate Across Company Size a...
MTTR benchmarks vary 2-5x by company size and industry. See how financial services, healthcare, and mid-sized firms compare — and what a realistic 2026 target looks like.
Reading the Tea Leaves of Security Vendor Partner-of-the-...
Vendor Partner-of-the-Year awards dominate cybersecurity conference season. Here's what the criteria really measure — and the supply chain risk they don't.
The CVE Program Funding Crisis: What Happened and What It Means
The CVE program nearly lost its funding in early 2025, exposing deep structural risks in how we track vulnerabilities. Here is what happened and where we go from here.
Are AI Coding Assistant Vendors Ready to Own Their Securi...
AI coding assistants ship indemnification for copyright suits, not for the vulnerabilities they introduce. Here's the liability gap enterprises need to understand.
How Analyst Firms Are Redrawing Category Lines Around ASPM
Gartner, Forrester, and other analyst firms are redrawing the boundaries around ASPM, CNAPP, and traditional AppSec testing — reshaping how security teams buy and organize tools.
Reading Between the Lines of Vendor Research Reports: A M...
Vendor-sponsored security reports shape budgets and policy, but their methodologies rarely survive scrutiny. Here's how to read them critically.
Log4Shell Three Years Later: Which Fixes Actually Stuck?
Three years after Log4Shell's disclosure, which fixes actually held? A look back at CVE-2021-44228's timeline, CVSS/EPSS/KEV context, and lingering exposure.
Supply Chain Security Metrics for Executive Reporting
A field-tested board-level metrics framework for supply chain security, covering MTTR, reachable risk, SBOM coverage, and vendor posture with dollar-tied targets.
Open Source Security Census 2025: Who Maintains the Code We All Depend On?
An analysis of the state of open-source security in 2025. Critical infrastructure runs on projects maintained by small, often unpaid teams. Here is what the data shows and why it matters.
Software Supply Chain Security: An Executive Guide for 2025
Software supply chain attacks have surged 742% since 2019. This guide cuts through the noise to explain what executives need to know, what questions to ask, and where to invest.
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.