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Safeguard articles tagged "slsa" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

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DevSecOps

How to Validate SLSA Provenance in CI

Generate and validate SLSA v1.0 provenance attestations in GitHub Actions using slsa-verifier, gate releases on builder identity, and prove build integrity.

Mar 9, 20264 min read
Industry Trends

Software Signing and Code Integrity in 2026: The Practical State of Play

Where software signing stands today, what Sigstore and friends changed, and why most organizations still ship unsigned artifacts.

Mar 8, 20267 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

What is In-toto Attestation

In-toto attestation is a signed, verifiable record of how software was built. Here's how the format works, how it differs from an SBOM, and where it's used today.

Mar 6, 20267 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

What is Software Provenance

Software provenance proves where an artifact came from and how it was built. Learn what it is, why it matters, and how to verify it with SLSA and Sigstore.

Mar 5, 20267 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

What is an Attestation (Software Security)

Software attestations are signed, verifiable proofs of how code was built and secured — now a legal requirement for US federal software vendors since March 2024.

Mar 5, 20267 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

Build provenance

What is build provenance and why does it matter? A practical guide to SLSA attestations, provenance predicates, and verification pipelines for software supply chains.

Mar 3, 20267 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

in-toto Attestation Framework Walkthrough 2026

A working engineer's tour of in-toto in 2026: layouts, links, the attestation predicate ecosystem, and how it composes with SLSA, sigstore, and SBOMs.

Mar 2, 20265 min read
Engineering

SLSA Level 3 in Practice: What It Takes

SLSA Build L3 is achievable in a week per repo if you use a hosted builder — and nearly impossible if you insist on rolling your own. Here is the practical path.

Feb 23, 20266 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

How to implement software supply chain security with SLSA

A step-by-step guide to implement SLSA supply chain security: map risk, generate signed provenance, and enforce verification before deploy.

Feb 17, 20268 min read
Concepts

What is a Software Attestation

A software attestation is a signed, machine-readable claim about an artifact — who built it, what it contains, which checks it passed — that a machine can verify before trusting it.

Feb 17, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

How to Publish an npm Package With Provenance

A step-by-step tutorial for publishing npm packages with provenance attestations so your consumers can cryptographically verify the build source.

Feb 16, 20266 min read
Software Supply Chain Security

SLSA Level 3 Implementation Blueprint 2026

A practical blueprint for reaching SLSA Level 3 in 2026: hosted builders, provenance generation, verification gates, and the operational habits that hold the line.

Feb 15, 20266 min read

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