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What open source scans miss in M&A due diligence
Open source composition scans like Black Duck catch known packages and licenses — but M&A due diligence needs to catch what those scans miss too.
Jun 15, 20268 min read
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Software Licensing Models Explained (and Their Hidden Security Risks)
Software licensing models decide more than what you pay. Permissive, copyleft, dual, and proprietary licenses each carry compliance and security implications your SBOM needs to track.
Jun 14, 20267 min read
Compliance
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.
Jun 12, 20267 min read
Compliance
How Snyk's open-source license compliance engine classifi...
How Snyk's license compliance engine groups open-source licenses and maps them to low, medium, high, and critical severity levels.
Jun 9, 20267 min read
Compliance
What is an Open Source Audit?
What is an open source audit, how does it compare to Black Duck's point-in-time scans, and why continuous monitoring closes the gap audits leave open.
Jun 9, 20267 min read
Compliance
What are Open Source Licenses?
Open source licenses govern how 96% of modern codebases can legally be used. Here's how license compliance works, where Black Duck's approach falls short, and how to close the gaps.
Jun 9, 20267 min read
Compliance
Sonatype Trust Center and Security Program Overview
Sonatype's trust center offers compliance snapshots on request. Safeguard compares that model to continuous, evidence-based supply chain verification.
Jun 8, 20267 min read
Compliance
OSS License Management: A Practical Guide for Engineering Teams
OSS license management is the practice of tracking every open source license in your dependency tree and checking it against policy before it ships. Here is how to do it without slowing developers down.
Jun 6, 20265 min read
Compliance
ISO 27001 and NIST Framework Alignment for Supply Chain V...
How ISO 27001:2022 and NIST's SSDF, SP 800-161, and CSF 2.0 converge on software supply chain vendors—and where CVE-only scanning tools leave compliance gaps.
Jun 6, 20267 min read
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