aibom
Safeguard articles tagged "aibom" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
22 articles
How to Audit the Dependencies of an AI Agent
An AI agent's dependency tree spans packages, MCP servers, models, and system prompts. A step-by-step audit method that actually enumerates all four layers.
Best AI Security Tools in 2026: Guardrails, Red Teaming, and Agentic AI Security Compared
An honest guide to the best AI security tools in 2026 — red-teaming and testing tools, runtime guardrails for prompt injection, agentic AI and MCP security, and the AI supply chain layer (AIBOM) — with a clear best-for line for each.
Best ASPM Tools in 2026: Application Security Posture Management Compared
An honest buyer's guide to the best ASPM tools in 2026 — Apiiro, ArmorCode, Cycode, Snyk AppRisk, OX Security, and Safeguard — with a fair blurb and a best-for line for each, plus how AIBOM and supply chain risk reshape the category.
Best SCA Tools in 2026: Software Composition Analysis Compared
An honest comparison of the best SCA tools in 2026 — Snyk, Endor Labs, Socket, Mend, Sonatype, JFrog, Trivy, and Safeguard — covering reachability analysis, malicious-package detection, SBOM/AIBOM, and remediation, with a clear best-for line for each.
What Are AI Bills of Materials (AIBOMs)
What is an AI Bill of Materials (AIBOM), why do SBOM tools like Sonatype fall short on AI components, and how do teams build one in 2025.
Snyk Alternatives in 2026: 8 Options Compared
An honest, opinionated guide to the best Snyk alternatives in 2026 — Endor Labs, Socket, Mend, Aikido, Semgrep, Sonatype, Trivy, and Safeguard — with a fair blurb and a 'best for' line for each, plus where reachability and remediation actually matter.
An Engineering Guide to AI Bill of Materials (AIBOM)
An AIBOM extends the SBOM to models, datasets, and prompts. What goes in one, how CycloneDX 1.6 encodes it, and how to generate it in CI without a documentation project.
Model Weights as Supply Chain Artifacts: Signing and Provenance
A 4 GB safetensors file deserves the same signing, hashing, and provenance discipline as a container image. How to actually do it with Sigstore, OCI registries, and AIBOMs.
AI BOM Spec Comparison: CycloneDX ML-BOM in 2026
AI bills of materials moved from proposal to procurement requirement. A practical comparison of CycloneDX ML-BOM, SPDX 3.0 AI profile, and what to ship in 2026.
CycloneDX ML-BOM in 1.7: Implementation Guide
CycloneDX 1.7 was published in October 2025 and adopted by the General Assembly in December. We unpack what the ML-BOM capability means in practice for AI inventory.
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