Vulnerability Management
In-depth guides and analysis on vulnerability management from the Safeguard engineering team.
133 articles
Risk-based vulnerability management explained
Why CVSS severity alone fails to prioritize vulnerabilities, how Trivy's default scoring falls short, and how EPSS, CISA KEV, and reachability data cut remediation backlogs by 95%+.
How to reduce alert fatigue from vulnerability scanners
Container scanners like Trivy can return thousands of CVE findings per scan. Here's why most are noise, and how reachability and exploit data cut the list to what matters.
ASM vs. Penetration Testing: how they differ and work tog...
ASM and pen testing measure different things at different speeds. See how Safeguard's supply-chain-native ASM complements cloud-focused tools like Wiz—and manual testing.
Attack Surface Management Tools: 2026 comparison guide
Wiz secures your cloud footprint; Safeguard secures what ships into it. A 2026 comparison of attack surface management tools across supply chain vs. cloud scope.
Attack Surface Management (ASM): discovery, monitoring, m...
ASM isn't just cloud exposure. See why discovery, monitoring, mapping, and reduction must extend into the software supply chain—and where tools like Wiz fall short.
2026 Q1 CVE Trend Analysis
A data-driven look at CVE trends from Q1 2026: publication volume, severity distribution, exploitation patterns, and what the shifts mean for defenders.
Solving The 1,000-Vulnerability Backlog Problem
How security teams escape the four-figure vulnerability backlog using reachability analysis, automated PRs, and AI-driven triage that actually scales.
MITRE ATT&CK Framework
MITRE ATT&CK maps 200+ attacker techniques, but runtime tools like Aqua only catch supply chain compromise after deployment. Here's the build-time gap and how to close it.
Solve SCA False Positive Overload With Reachability Analysis
SCA tools produce more findings than any team can review. Reachability analysis is the filter that turns the haystack into a queue your engineers will actually finish.
Trivy (Open Source Scanner)
Trivy is free and fast, but Aqua Security built it as a funnel to its paid CNAPP. Here's what the open-source scanner misses and how Safeguard closes the gap.
CVE Fatigue: How To Stop Drowning Engineers
CVE fatigue is a productivity tax disguised as a security control. Here is how reachability filtering, auto-PRs, and AI triage restore engineering focus.
Why EPSS scores matter for vulnerability management
EPSS scores predict real-world exploitation probability, something CVSS can't do. Here's why that matters for Prisma Cloud users, and how Safeguard uses it.