trivy
Safeguard articles tagged "trivy" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
33 articles
Automating container image vulnerability scans in GitHub Actions
A fail-the-build scanning pipeline is a few YAML lines away — but pin the Action wrong and you inherit its supply chain risk too.
Safeguard vs Trivy: vulnerability scanning depth and reme...
Trivy scans fast and free, but leaves remediation to you. See how Safeguard's platform handles cross-repo correlation, prioritization, and audit-ready fix tracking.
CNAPP vs CSPM: what's the difference
CSPM checks cloud configs, CNAPP consolidates workload security -- neither verifies what's inside your software. Safeguard vs Trivy (Aqua), compared.
OSS container image scanning tools compared
Trivy finds CVEs fast and free. Safeguard compares how each handles fleet-wide inventory, triage, policy enforcement, and audit evidence at scale.
Best SBOM tools compared (including Trivy)
Trivy generates SBOMs fast at scan time. Safeguard turns those SBOMs into a versioned, queryable inventory you can match against new CVEs org-wide.
GitHub secret scanning vs dedicated scanning tools
GitHub secret scanning vs Trivy: how push protection, validity checks, and multi-source coverage differ, and where Safeguard fits for cross-repo remediation.
Why static scanning misses runtime threats (the case for ...
Trivy's build-time CVE scans miss fileless malware, reverse shells, and live threats. Here's how ATT&CK-mapped runtime protection closes the gap.
What is Trivy and how it compares to other open-source sc...
Trivy is Aqua Security's free open-source scanner for containers, IaC, and dependencies. Here's how it compares to Grype, Clair, and Snyk—and where it falls short.
Trivy's etcd exhaustion problem and scan reliability issues
Trivy's local vulnerability database runs on etcd's own bbolt engine, and its single-writer lock and unbounded growth cause CI scans to stall or fail.
Aqua Vulnerability Database (AVD) explained
AVD powers Trivy's scan results, but it's a curated aggregator, not a primary source. Here's how it differs from NVD, where its gaps are, and how to close them.
How Trivy sources vulnerability data (NVD, vendor advisor...
Trivy's CVE data comes from NVD, GHSA, and distro trackers compiled into a periodic snapshot — not kube-hunter. Here's how the pipeline really works, and where it lags.
Best Open Source SCA Tools in 2026 (Tested on a Real Monorepo)
OSV-Scanner, Trivy, Grype, Dependency-Check, and dep-scan, all run against the same 4,300-dependency monorepo. Recall, false positives, and scan times measured.