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

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Concepts

What is RASP

RASP runs inside an application and blocks attacks in real time, from the inside out. Here's how it works, how it differs from a WAF, and where it fits.

Feb 16, 20265 min read
Best Practices

What is SOAR

SOAR explained: what Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response actually does, how it differs from SIEM, and where it fits in supply chain security.

Feb 16, 20267 min read
Best Practices

What is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)

An IDS detects malicious network or host activity after it happens. Learn what an IDS is, how it differs from an IPS, and why supply chain attacks need more.

Feb 16, 20267 min read
Best Practices

What is an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

An IPS blocks malicious traffic inline in real time, but it can't stop supply chain attacks hidden inside trusted code and dependencies.

Feb 16, 20267 min read
Engineering

Security Debt: Measuring and Paying It Down

Security debt is the gap between the risk you're carrying and the risk you've decided to carry. Here's how to measure it in vuln-days and pay it down without a heroic quarter.

Feb 16, 20267 min read
Guides

How to Generate an SBOM in a GitLab CI Pipeline

A working .gitlab-ci.yml for SBOM generation with Syft: CycloneDX report artifacts, a Grype scan stage, and Cosign attestations pushed next to the image.

Feb 15, 20265 min read
Concepts

What is IAST

IAST instruments a running application from the inside to find vulnerabilities with very low false positives. Here's how it works and how it compares to SAST and DAST.

Feb 13, 20267 min read
Best Practices

What is a Honeypot

A honeypot is a decoy system or credential built to lure attackers so defenders can detect, delay, and study intrusions before real assets are touched.

Feb 13, 20267 min read
Engineering

npm Provenance Statements: What They Prove and What They Don't

npm provenance ties a package to the commit and CI run that built it. That's genuinely useful — and narrower than most teams assume. Here's the exact boundary.

Feb 11, 20266 min read
Vulnerability Management

How to set up a vulnerability management program

A step-by-step guide to setting up a vulnerability management program: scanning schedules, risk-based triage, patch management, and metrics that hold up in an audit.

Feb 11, 20268 min read
Concepts

What is Security Testing

Security testing is how teams find exploitable weaknesses before attackers do. Here's the main types — SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, fuzzing, pentesting — and how they fit together.

Feb 11, 20267 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

The Shai-Hulud npm Supply Chain Attack Explained

How the Shai-Hulud worm turned compromised npm maintainer tokens into a self-replicating supply chain attack, and how to detect and remediate it.

Feb 11, 20268 min read

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