Supply chain security, explained clearly
Your guide to the alphabet soup of software supply chain security — SAST, SCA, reachability, secrets, containers, Kubernetes, runtime, pentesting, the BOM suite (SBOM, CBOM, AIBOM, QBOM), and the regulations behind them. Clear, plain-English explanations, from the fundamentals to what actually matters in practice.
AIBOM vs SBOM: What's the Difference and Why You Need Both
An SBOM lists your software packages. An AIBOM lists your models, datasets, and AI API calls. Here is where the line sits and why you need both.
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QBOM vs CBOM: What's the Actual Difference?
QBOM isn't a rival to CBOM, it's a CBOM with a quantum-risk layer on top. The mechanics, plus what SEBI, RBI, NIST, and EO 14412 actually require.
Software Supply Chain Attack Statistics 2026, Mapped to the BOM That Catches Each One
Real 2026 supply-chain attack data, mapped to which specific bill of materials, SBOM, CBOM, AIBOM, QBOM, or HBOM, would have actually caught it.
AI Model Supply Chain Security: Your AIBOM Needs to Cover the Model, Not Just the Code
Why AI supply chain security is bigger than vulnerable code: model weights, registry impersonation, and provenance are the parts most teams still don't track.
The Crypto Agility Maturity Model: 5 Levels, and Where Most Teams Actually Sit
A practical 5-level maturity model for crypto agility, what separates each level, and why NIST itself admits this framework doesn't fully exist yet.
Runtime Reachability Beyond eBPF
eBPF is a strong runtime reachability primitive where you can reach the kernel. Here's what to do on the compute where you can't.
What Is a QBOM? The Quantum Bill of Materials, Explained
What a Quantum Bill of Materials is, how it differs from a CBOM, and why it's the inventory behind every post-quantum migration plan.
What Is an HBOM? The Hardware Bill of Materials, Explained
What a Hardware Bill of Materials inventories, and why Spectre and Meltdown-class flaws live below what software scanners see.
Static Reachability Analysis: How Call Graphs Actually Get Built
How static reachability analysis builds call graphs, resolves symbols, and proves an execution path from entry point to vulnerable function, or fails to.
Securing Your Container Supply Chain: SBOM, Cosign Signing, and SLSA Provenance in One Pipeline
Generate an SBOM, sign with cosign, attach SLSA provenance, and enforce with Kyverno. One GitHub Actions pipeline.
What Is an AIBOM? The AI Bill of Materials, Explained
What an AI Bill of Materials is, what it inventories, how to generate one, and why the EU AI Act is about to make it mandatory.
What Is an SBOM? A Complete Guide to the Software Bill of Materials
What a software bill of materials is, what goes in one, how to generate it, SPDX vs CycloneDX, and the regulations that now require it.
Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM): What It Is and the Tools to Build One
What a CBOM is, what it inventories, why it matters before the 2030 quantum deadlines, and the tools that generate one.