Software Supply Chain Security

Compliance now runs on continuous signals, not annual paperwork snapshots.

Most CVE risk hides in transitive dependencies that traditional scanners never see.

Focus SCA evaluation on remediation speed, not detection count alone.

The 2026 CISA update replaces the 2021 baseline with 23 elements.

Both tools catch different flaws at different stages of the development pipeline.

FISMA supply chain controls now scrutinize DevOps pipelines annually.

Regulators now mandate automated SBOM generation at every build, not just at release time.

NIST's layered framework assigns different guidance to procurement, engineering, and pipeline teams.

A graduated security framework that establishes build integrity through provenance.

Attacks have doubled in frequency and shifted to harder-to-detect vectors.

SLSA provides cryptographic proof of how software artifacts were built and where they came from.

Malicious npm packages grew 73% in 2025, exploiting developer trust and automation at scale.

Evaluate tools by threat entry points, not vendor checkboxes.

Transitive dependencies create invisible attack surfaces most teams never see coming.