software-supply-chain-security
Safeguard articles tagged "software-supply-chain-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Securing GitHub Actions Reusable Workflows at Scale
Reusable workflows centralize CI logic — and centralize compromise. Pinning, secrets scoping, org policy, and the review process that keeps one bad merge from owning 400 repos.
ISO 27001/27002 mapping for application security controls
ISO 27001:2022 maps 10+ Annex A controls directly to secure development. Here's how to evidence them, and where SAST-only tools like Veracode fall short.
Breaking free from alert fatigue in AppSec
Veracode-style scanners flood AppSec teams with thousands of unranked alerts. Here's why appsec alert fatigue happens, what it costs, and how reachability-based triage fixes it.
The hidden cost of surface-level code security
Legacy SAST/SCA scanning piles up findings without context, quietly building code security debt whose hidden cost shows up in engineering hours, audits, and breaches.
Slopsquatting: When AI Hallucinates Package Names
LLMs invent plausible package names; attackers register them and wait. How slopsquatting works, why hallucinations repeat predictably, and the gates that stop it.
Securing LangChain and LlamaIndex Applications in Production
Agent frameworks ship fast and patch fast. The CVE history, the dangerous defaults, and a production hardening baseline for LangChain and LlamaIndex apps.
DAST tool buyer's guide
How Safeguard's unified, defensive-only DAST compares to Black Duck's WhiteHat-derived module on correlation, safety controls, and deployment for regulated teams.
ASPM platform buyer's guide (Software Risk Manager)
A fact-based comparison of Safeguard and Black Duck's Software Risk Manager for teams evaluating ASPM platforms: architecture, SCA heritage, deployment.
What is a Software Bill of Materials workflow (SPDX/SBOM)...
A practical breakdown of SPDX-based SBOM compliance workflows — NTIA rules, EU CRA and FDA deadlines, where Black Duck falls short, and how continuous SBOM generation closes the gap.
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.
BSIMM16 report: benchmarking software security program ma...
BSIMM16 shows AI now drives more security program change than any other force, with 111 firms assessed and SBOM use up nearly 30%. Here's what it means — and its blind spots.
Open source license compliance and risk management
How to manage open source license risk beyond point-in-time scans: copyleft traps, MongoDB/Elastic relicensing, and why continuous checks beat Black Duck-style audits.
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