SBOM
In-depth guides and analysis on sbom from the Safeguard engineering team.
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From Inventory to Insight: Turning SBOM Data Into Priorit...
A complete SBOM often surfaces thousands of CVEs. Here's how reachability, exploitability, and business context turn that noise into a prioritized action plan.
SBOM standard formats compared (CycloneDX, SPDX, SWID)
CycloneDX, SPDX, and SWID solve different problems. Here's how the SBOM formats differ, and how Safeguard's multi-format generation compares to Mend.io's approach.
Best SBOM tools for automating bill-of-materials generation
A practical look at the best SBOM tools for 2026, comparing how Safeguard and Mend.io generate, format, and continuously update software bills of materials.
SBOM security: key components and top use cases
A practical breakdown of SBOM security components and top use cases—incident response, compliance, M&A—plus how Safeguard's approach differs from SCA-first tools like Mend.io.
Communicating security posture to customers/investors via...
How to turn SBOMs into a real vendor-risk communication tool for customers and investors, and where Mend.io's scan-first approach falls short.
Log4j-style incident response using SBOM inventories
How SBOM inventories turned days of Log4Shell triage into minutes-long queries — and why scanner-first tools like Mend.io struggled when every team needed answers at once.
SBOM for Containers: 2026 Buyer's Guide
How to generate, manage, and act on SBOMs for containers in 2026: tool comparison, layered SBOMs, signing, and runtime drift detection.
SBOM vs. VEX: What's the Difference and When Do You Need Each?
SBOMs tell you what is in your software. VEX tells you which of those components are actually exploitable. Here is how to use both without drowning in noise.
CycloneDX vs SPDX: SBOM Format Comparison 2026
A practical CycloneDX vs SPDX comparison for 2026 buyers: schema depth, tool support, regulatory alignment, and which format to pick for which use case.
How to Read a CycloneDX SBOM: A Line-by-Line Walkthrough
A walkthrough of a CycloneDX 1.6 JSON document — metadata, components, services, dependencies, and vulnerabilities — with a real snippet and what to check first.
SBOM standards and formats compared (SPDX vs CycloneDX vs...
SPDX, CycloneDX, and Syft JSON aren't interchangeable. A concrete breakdown of what each format is for, where Anchore's Syft defaults, and how Safeguard handles both.
What is a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) — definitions...
What is an SBOM? A plain-language breakdown of definitions, contents, formats (SPDX vs CycloneDX), compliance drivers, and real use cases like Log4Shell and xz-utils.
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