Third-Party Component Provenance in Software Acquisition Due Diligence
Verified component provenance is now the valuation lever in software M&A.
Dmitri Vasilchenko
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Provenance & Custody
8 stories in Provenance & Custody.
Reproducible Build Verification as a Provenance Control
Distributions now enforce reproducible builds to verify binaries match their source code.
Renata Osei-Bonsu
Artifact Registry Immutability as a Chain of Custody Requirement
Immutable registries are essential to proving supply chain integrity under emerging regulations.
Priya Subramaniam
Build Environment Provenance and Environment Drift Risk
Environment drift in build systems creates security exposures that attackers actively exploit.
Marcus Tillford
Sigstore and Transparency Logs in Compliance Contexts
Transparency logs provide the tamper-proof audit trails compliance frameworks now demand.
Renata Osei-Bonsu
In-Toto Attestations as Regulatory Evidence
Regulators now demand attestations proving vendors actually followed the processes they claim.
Marcus Tillford
SLSA Framework Levels and Their Compliance Implications
SLSA levels provide a roadmap for building supply chain security without reinventing your pipeline.
Renata Osei-Bonsu
Hash Pinning as an Audit Chain of Custody Mechanism
Cryptographic hashes replace mutable tags to prevent supply chain attacks.
Dmitri Vasilchenko