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Open Source Security

react-native-encrypted-storage: A Practical Security Guide

What react-native-encrypted-storage does, how it wraps iOS Keychain and Android EncryptedSharedPreferences, its maintenance status, and how it compares to react-native-secure-storage.

May 19, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

Building an Open Source Risk Intelligence Platform: Beyond Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability scanning is one dimension of open source risk. A true risk intelligence platform must also evaluate maintainer health, project sustainability, licensing, and malicious package threats.

May 16, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Maven Central's January 2025 Sigstore Validation Launch: Bringing Java Provenance to the Central Publisher Portal

Sonatype's Central Publisher Portal began validating Sigstore signature bundles in January 2025 alongside the existing PGP requirement. Here is the defender view of how the Java ecosystem's provenance story is finally catching up.

May 15, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

What is the BSD license? Top 10 questions answered

The BSD license explained: its 0-, 2-, 3-, and 4-clause variants, how it differs from MIT and GPL, and which real projects run on it.

May 9, 20268 min read
Open Source Security

5 risks of using open source software

Five documented open source risks — from Log4Shell to the XZ Utils backdoor — with real incidents, dates, and CVEs, plus how Safeguard closes the gap.

May 9, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

GPL vs MIT vs Apache: license security and compliance implications

Redis, Vizio, and Cisco show how GPL, MIT, and Apache 2.0 licenses create real legal and compliance exposure across your software supply chain.

May 9, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Building an SBOM that meets NTIA minimum elements

A field-by-field breakdown of NTIA's SBOM minimum elements, who's legally required to meet them in 2026, and why conformant fields don't guarantee real dependency coverage.

May 9, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

SPDX vs CycloneDX: comparing SBOM formats

SPDX and CycloneDX both satisfy federal SBOM rules, but they solve different problems. Here's how they actually differ — with real specs, dates, and tooling.

May 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

OpenSSF Scorecard v6 and the OSPS Baseline: Turning Probe Evidence Into Registry Trust Signals

The Scorecard v6 roadmap introduces conformance labels (PASS/FAIL/UNKNOWN/NOT_APPLICABLE/ATTESTED) layered over the same probe evidence, aligning Scorecard output with the OSPS Baseline for registry-side trust decisions.

May 4, 20267 min read
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