Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
Write success criteria before a supply chain security trial starts: measurable pass bars for coverage, noise, speed, workflow fit and effort to operate.
Six terms, one pipeline. Plain definitions of SBOM, SCA, CVE, OSV, KEV and VEX, how they connect and which question each one answers for your team.
When a vendor refuses or stalls on an SBOM, ask a narrower question, offer a format, escalate in contract terms, or build your own inventory by scanning.
Access scopes decide which store data an app can read and write. How to read the scope list, spot excess access and decide whether to install it.
What evidence supports SSDF practices PS.1 to PS.3: code access, release integrity and archived releases with provenance data such as an SBOM.
A plain guide to the supply chain risk management controls in NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 that a software vendor is likely to be asked about, with example artifacts
Yes. The sbom Actuator endpoint serves your application's software bill of materials, CycloneDX auto detected. How to use it and who should reach it.
A package checksum hashes the package as shipped. A verification code is a reproducible hash over its files, to spot changes. When to use each.
SPDX 2.3 allows tag value, JSON, YAML, RDF and spreadsheets. Which to pick for pipelines, humans and exchange, with file extensions and trade offs.
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