SBOM & Compliance
CycloneDX 1.7 New Features Reviewed
CycloneDX 1.7 brings richer ML-BOM, better attestations, and VEX tightening. A practical review of what changed and what it means for your SBOM pipeline.
Apr 5, 20266 min read
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SBOM-Driven Vendor Onboarding: Procurement Blueprint
Procurement that asks for a PDF security questionnaire is buying paperwork. SBOM-driven onboarding turns vendor risk into queryable, comparable, and enforceable data.
Apr 3, 20266 min read
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CycloneDX vs SPDX: Which Format For Your Program
A senior-engineer comparison of CycloneDX and SPDX in 2026, covering field coverage, tooling, AI-BOM support, VEX, and the practical trade-offs for your programme.
Mar 29, 20266 min read
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SBOM Quality: Fields Auditors Actually Check
Auditors do not score SBOMs on file count. They check a small set of fields that prove the artefact is real, current, and tied to a verifiable build. Here are the ones that matter.
Mar 24, 20266 min read
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VEX Statements: Eliminating SBOM Noise In 2026
An SBOM without VEX is a noise machine. Here is how disciplined VEX authoring cuts vulnerability backlogs by 70-90% while improving defensibility, not weakening it.
Mar 19, 20266 min read
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Reachability-Driven SBOM Prioritisation In 2026
An SBOM is a list. A reachability-prioritised SBOM is a triage queue. The difference determines whether the SBOM produces value or sits unread.
Mar 15, 20263 min read
SBOM & Compliance
AI-BOM And EU AI Act Article 10 Data Governance
Article 10 turns training data governance into a legal obligation. AI-BOM is how you prove it. A practical mapping of what the regulation expects to what the artefact captures.
Mar 14, 20267 min read
SBOM & Compliance
SBOM Cross-Vendor Normalisation: Enterprise Program
Vendor SBOMs arrive in every shape and size. Without disciplined normalisation, your ingest store is a junk drawer. Here is how mature programmes solve it.
Mar 9, 20267 min read
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SBOM Incident Response: Finding Affected Products Fast
When a critical CVE drops, the only number that matters is minutes-to-blast-radius. Here is how a well-run SBOM programme answers the question in under five minutes.
Mar 4, 20267 min read
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