provenance
Safeguard articles tagged "provenance" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
62 articles
AIBOM in 2026: Treating AI Models as a Software Supply Chain
The AI bill of materials is graduating from optional security artifact to procurement requirement. Here is what AIBOM/ML-BOM actually tracks in 2026, how it ties to the EU AI Act, and where it still falls short.
How to Verify an npm Package Before Installing It
Five checks that take about four minutes — tarball inspection, install-script review, provenance verification, maintainer signals — before you let a new npm package run code on your machine.
Maven Central's January 2025 Sigstore Validation Launch: Bringing Java Provenance to the Central Publisher Portal
Sonatype's Central Publisher Portal began validating Sigstore signature bundles in January 2025 alongside the existing PGP requirement. Here is the defender view of how the Java ecosystem's provenance story is finally catching up.
npm provenance attestations walkthrough for 2026
npm provenance ties a published package to the specific GitHub Actions run that built it, signed through sigstore. Here is how to enable it for a publisher, verify it on the install side, and enforce it in CI without breaking your release process.
org.opencontainers.image.source: OCI Labels for Provenance
The org.opencontainers.image.source label ties a container image back to the repository that built it — a small string with outsized value for provenance, registry linking, and supply chain security.
Aikido vs Socket: supply chain security comparison
Aikido bundles SAST/DAST/SCA into one ASPM platform; Socket digs into package behavior. Here's where Safeguard's provenance-first approach fits between them.
SLSA v1.1 Build Track: What Approved Means for Adopters
SLSA v1.1 was approved in April 2025 with the Build track stabilized. We dig into the spec changes, what L2 and L3 verifiers must reject, and how producers should re-evaluate provenance.
Container Image Supply Chain Security Deep Dive 2026
A senior-engineer deep dive into 2026 container image supply chain security: base image risk, provenance, signing, attestation chains, and what actually moves the needle.
Cloudflare Workers Build Attestations: A Defender's Field Guide
Workers Builds emits provenance attestations for the code it deploys. We trace how to verify them, gate on them, and integrate them into a multi-cloud supply chain program.
SLSA in Canada: A Practical Supply Chain Security Guide
How Canadian teams can adopt SLSA to harden build pipelines, prove provenance, and align with federal and provincial procurement expectations.
Why SLSA Level 3 Matters (and Level 4 Usually Doesn't)
SLSA Level 3 gives you verifiable build provenance that satisfies CISA M-22-18 and EO 14028. Level 4 adds hermetic builds most teams will never need.
Provenance, Attestation, and Signing: A Practical Glossary
Provenance describes how software was built, attestations are signed claims about that process, and signing proves origin. Here's how the pieces fit.
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