compliance
Safeguard articles tagged "compliance" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Policy Bypass Culture: What Happens When Deadlines Beat G...
When deadlines collide with security gates, developers bypass them quietly and often. Here's how policy bypass culture forms, what it costs, and how to stop it.
Why Systems Integrators Are Becoming Central to Enterpris...
As regulations like NIST SSDF, DORA, and the EU Cyber Resilience Act raise the bar, systems integrators are taking the lead role in enterprise AppSec rollouts.
Compliance Reporting with Safeguard: From Raw Data to Audit-Ready Documents
How to use Safeguard's compliance reporting engine to generate audit-ready documentation for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST SSDF, and other frameworks without weeks of manual work.
NIS2 in Italy: Legislative Decree 138/2024 and the Tiered Sanctions Regime
Italy's NIS2 transposition entered into force on 16 October 2024 via Decree 138/2024, with fines reaching 10 million EUR or 2% of global turnover for essential entities.
Encryption Services: Managed vs Self-Hosted
Choosing between a managed key management service and a self-hosted encryption stack comes down to who you trust to hold the keys and who you trust to patch the software.
BSD 3-Clause License Explained
The BSD 3-clause license is one of the most permissive open source licenses in wide use — here's what its three conditions actually require and how it differs from MIT and Apache 2.0.
Software Transparency Goes Global: Regulatory Developments in 2025
From the EU Cyber Resilience Act to Japan's software security guidelines, governments worldwide are mandating software transparency. A comprehensive overview of the global regulatory landscape.
The SBOM Compliance Landscape in 2025: What You Need to Know
From the US Executive Order to the EU Cyber Resilience Act, SBOM requirements are becoming law. Here is where things stand in 2025 and what organizations need to do to comply.
Digital Health HIPAA Supply Chain Intersection
Digital health startups collide with HIPAA obligations as soon as they touch clinical data. A regulatory map of the supply chain choke points.
NYDFS 500 Meets SBOM Requirements
23 NYCRR Part 500 was amended in 2023 with stronger third-party and vulnerability management language. For covered financial entities, SBOM practice has quietly become a compliance expectation.
NIST CSF 2.0 Rollout: Field Observations
NIST CSF 2.0 added the Govern function, broadened the target audience, and clarified supply chain expectations. Field observations from the first year of adoption.
CycloneDX vs SPDX in Practice: Choosing an SBOM Format
Both formats are standards, both are mandated somewhere, and your tooling probably emits both. What actually differs when you run CycloneDX and SPDX in production.