Case Studies
Automotive OEM ISO 21434 Compliance
An anonymized look at how a major automotive OEM used Safeguard to operationalize ISO/SAE 21434 software supply chain requirements across vehicle platforms.
Feb 26, 20267 min read
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SBOM Quality Across Ecosystems: 2026 Report
The Safeguard Research team measured SBOM quality across ecosystems and generators. The gaps between formats, tools, and languages are larger than most teams assume.
Feb 26, 20268 min read
Cryptography
Perfect forward secrecy
Perfect forward secrecy stops a single leaked TLS key from unlocking years of past traffic. Here's how ephemeral key exchange works, and why it matters for supply chain security.
Feb 26, 20267 min read
DevSecOps
Dependency Update Triage Strategy for Eng Teams
An update PR is not a security finding. Here is a triage model that keeps reachability, risk, and engineering effort in the right conversation.
Feb 26, 20267 min read
Compliance
Types of Security Audits, Explained
There isn't one kind of security audit — compliance audits, penetration tests, code audits, and architecture reviews all answer different questions and require different evidence.
Feb 26, 20265 min read
Vulnerabilities
SQL Injection Basics for Engineers Who Aren't Security Specialists
SQL injection is still one of the most common ways applications get breached, and the fix is usually a one-line change — this walks through the basics with a real example.
Feb 26, 20265 min read
Compliance
What is the NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)
NIST SSDF (SP 800-218) explained: its four practice groups, the EO 14028 origin, federal attestation deadlines, and how it differs from SLSA and SP 800-53.
Feb 26, 20266 min read
Vulnerabilities
What Is XSS? Cross-Site Scripting Full Form and Basics
XSS is short for cross-site scripting, a vulnerability that lets attackers run malicious scripts in a victim's browser. Here's how it works, its three main types, and how it's actually caught.
Feb 26, 20265 min read
Cryptography
Cryptographic salt vs pepper
What is a cryptographic salt, and how does it differ from pepper in password hashing? A technical breakdown of salted hashes, bcrypt salt rounds, and best practices.
Feb 26, 20267 min read
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