Best Practices
Asset Discovery For M&A Due Diligence
M&A due diligence runs on questionnaires that nobody can verify. Continuous asset discovery turns the diligence period into a data exercise.
Mar 20, 20267 min read
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OSS License Types Explained and Their Compliance Risks
A field guide to OSS license types, from permissive MIT and Apache to copyleft GPL and AGPL, and the obligations each one puts on the code you ship.
Mar 20, 20265 min read
Open Source
chokidar on npm: A Security Review of the File-Watching Library
chokidar is the file-watching library behind most of the Node.js tooling ecosystem, and version 4 cut its dependency count from 13 to 1. Here is what that means for your supply chain risk.
Mar 20, 20266 min read
Container Security
What is Container Monitoring
Container monitoring tracks metrics, logs, and runtime behavior across ephemeral containers—here's what it covers, why it matters, and how it differs from VM monitoring.
Mar 20, 20267 min read
Best Practices
How to Implement SLSA Level 3 Practically
SLSA Level 3 requires hardened builds, verifiable provenance, and isolated build environments. Here is the practical path, not the theoretical one.
Mar 20, 20267 min read
DevSecOps
DevSecOps and Platform Engineering: The Convergence No One Expected
Platform engineering teams are becoming the new home for security controls. Here's why that is both promising and risky.
Mar 20, 20266 min read
Open Source
npm underscore Security Review: Is It Safe to Use in 2025?
A security review of the npm underscore package, the code-injection CVE in its template function, and whether you still need it in a modern JavaScript stack.
Mar 20, 20265 min read
Emerging Technology
DNS Cache Poisoning for Software Updates: 2025
DNS cache poisoning is a known attack class with a new application: hijacking software update checks to ship malicious binaries that pass every signature check.
Mar 20, 20268 min read
Regulatory Compliance
ISO 27001 risk assessment methodology
A practical breakdown of the ISO 27001 risk assessment methodology under the 2022 revision, where GRC platforms like Vanta fall short, and how to build a register that survives Stage 2 audits.
Mar 20, 20268 min read
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