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SCA Full Form in Engineering: What Software Composition Analysis Means

In software engineering and security, the SCA full form is Software Composition Analysis: the practice of inventorying and vetting the open-source components your code depends on.

May 10, 20265 min read
Compliance

DORA regulation and operational resilience for financial software

DORA became fully applicable Jan 17, 2025. Here's what it requires of software supply chain risk, incident reporting, and SBOMs — with concrete deadlines.

May 10, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

Runbooks for Dependency Disclosure Events

Detailed runbooks for responding to dependency CVE disclosures across languages and ecosystems, with roles, commands, and timelines tuned for automation.

May 10, 20266 min read
Industry Analysis

Malicious postinstall scripts in npm packages

From eslint-scope in 2018 to the 2025 Shai-Hulud worm, npm postinstall scripts keep delivering malware before any scan or review runs. Here's how it works and what stops it.

May 10, 20267 min read
Security

What Is a Dependency in Programming?

A dependency is any external code your software relies on to run. Here is what that really means, how direct and transitive dependencies differ, and why the concept sits at the heart of software supply chain security.

May 10, 20266 min read
Compliance

NIS2 Directive compliance for software vendors

NIS2 became enforceable October 17, 2024, and Article 21 now requires software vendors to prove SBOM, CVE remediation, and disclosure practices to EU customers.

May 10, 20266 min read
Compliance

DORA Register of Information: Lessons From the First Submission

The 30 April 2025 ESA deadline forced banks and insurers to inventory every ICT contract against 105 prescribed data points — and exposed structural gaps in third-party data.

May 10, 20268 min read
Incident Analysis

Co-op UK DragonForce Breach: When the Helpdesk Becomes the Backdoor

In late April 2025 the Co-operative Group joined Marks & Spencer and Harrods as victims of a DragonForce-affiliated cluster that targeted UK retail through helpdesk social engineering. We unpack the playbook and what retailers must change.

May 10, 20267 min read
Compliance

CISA's Secure by Design pledge explained

CISA's voluntary Secure by Design pledge has grown from 68 signatories to 300+, but it's unverified and self-reported. Here's what the seven goals really require.

May 10, 20267 min read

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