Compliance Reference — Page 3

Organizations must document vulnerability detection, prioritization.

Automation and clear ownership close the gap between vulnerability discovery and actual remediation.

Documenting why CVEs don't matter beats pretending they don't exist.

Regulators now demand documented reasoning for every dismissed vulnerability, not bulk suppression.

CVE fixes require new signed SBOMs, not just patched code.

Measuring what's actually running beats reporting what you patched.

Tracing which dependencies actually shipped requires more than pinned versions and component lists.

Binary analysis and contract language close the gaps source scanning can't reach.

FDA now requires device makers to list all software components and track vulnerabilities.

Federal buyers now enforce SBOMs through fragmented regulations, not unified standards.

SBOMs alone won't satisfy auditors—they need continuous monitoring and documented approval chains.