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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Financial services application security compliance
PCI DSS 4.0, DORA, and NYDFS 500 now demand provable SBOM and provenance evidence — see where legacy SCA tools like Black Duck fall short for financial services teams.
Public sector / government application security requirements
EO 14028, CISA's attestation form, and FedRAMP have made government application security compliance its own discipline. Here's what's required and where legacy SCA tools like Black Duck fall short.
Best Vulnerability Management Tools in 2026: An Honest Buyer's Guide
An honest guide to the best vulnerability management tools in 2026 — from broad asset scanners like Tenable, Qualys, and Rapid7 to cloud-native Wiz and reachability-driven SCA from Snyk and Endor Labs — with a clear 'best for' for each and where Safeguard fits.
Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC): vulnerability resea...
What is Black Duck's CyRC, how does it research and disclose vulnerabilities, and where do its coverage gaps leave your open source supply chain exposed?
How Snyk Open Source's PR checks block merges based on se...
A technical look at how Snyk Open Source's PR checks scan pull requests, compare severity to configured thresholds, and gate merges in CI/CD.
What is a Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) Statement
A VEX statement is a machine-readable assertion of whether a product is actually affected by a CVE — the document that stops your customers from triaging your SBOM for you.
Compare Sonatype / Why Choose Sonatype
Comparing Safeguard and Sonatype on origin, CVE-vs-malicious-package coverage, AI-agent (MCP) support, and CI/CD fit — a practical guide to Sonatype alternatives.
Java Supply Chain Security Beyond Log4Shell
Log4Shell was the fire drill. The structural problems — unverified Maven resolution, invisible shaded jars, sprawling transitive graphs — are still there. Here's what to actually fix.
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager Alternatives
Evaluating Nexus Repository Manager alternatives? A concrete look at reachability analysis, scanner fusion, auto-fix, and AI/MCP governance versus Sonatype.
How to evaluate software supply chain security vendors us...
A practical framework for evaluating software supply chain security vendors on verifiable dimensions—SBOM support, provenance, deployment model—rather than analyst labels alone.
Cursor's AI security agents: what they get right and what's missing
Cursor's Bugbot and MCP agents catch real bugs, but CurXecute and MCPoison show they open new attack surfaces SCA tools never had to face.
Software Dependency Cooldown Policies
A dependency cooldown policy delays new package versions for a set window so the ecosystem can catch malicious releases before they reach your build pipeline.
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