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Protecting Intellectual Property (IP) in the Supply Chain

Data security policies are most often targeted around insider threats and external attackers, but your distributors can equally put intellectual property (IP) protection and other sensitive data at risk. IP is arguably a business’s most valuable asset and can take the form of product designs, software code, media content, etc. Protecting your IP is important because it allows your business to maintain a competitive edge in the market and generate revenue from your innovation.

Reduce silos and prevent supply chain threats

We’ve entered the fourth and final week of National Supply Chain Integrity Month, an initiative started by CISA and other government agencies to highlight the importance of securing our nation’s most critical systems and ensuring they stay resilient. I started off the month with a post about maturing your third-party risk management program, and followed that up with two more posts dedicated to securing the small business supply chain and streamlining procurement.

How We Built a Supply Chain Security Watchtower: Meet SaaS-Sentinel

SaaS-Sentinel is a free monitoring platform that notifies users when their favorite tool might be under attack, helping them stay on top of supply chain risks. Here is the full story of this innovative project that seeks to democratize the use of honeytokens. Join the adventure today!

Lessons from OpenSSL vulnerabilities part 2: Finding and fixing supply chain vulnerabilities

This supply chain series centers on the lessons learned from OpenSSL and what you need to consider when enhancing your supply chain security. While this series will focus on OpenSSL and relevant libraries, we'll also consider vulnerabilities across the board. In the first installment, we covered everything you need to know about where to look for vulnerable libraries.

The Weak Link: Recent Supply Chain Attacks Examined

Supply chain attacks are a growing and increasingly sophisticated form of cyber threat. They target the complex network of relationships between organizations and their suppliers, vendors, and third-party service providers. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities that emerge due to the interconnected nature of digital supply chains, which often span multiple organizations, systems, and geographies.

Software Supply Chain Security at RSA Conference 2023

The risk of supply chain attacks increases as more companies rely on third-party vendors and suppliers for critical services and products. Supply chain attacks have become increasingly prominent in recent years. In 2022, for instance, supply chain attacks surpassed the number of malware-based attacks by 40%.

Uplevel your supply chain risk management

We’ve entered Week #3 of National Supply Chain Integrity Month, an initiative that CISA and other government agencies started to highlight the importance of securing our nation’s most critical systems and ensuring they stay resilient. For Weeks #1 and #2, I wrote about maturing your third-party risk management program and securing the small business supply chain.

Introducing GitGuardian Honeytoken

We are proud to introduce you to the GitGuardian Honeytoken module. Honeytokens are decoy credentials that don't allow any real access but instead trigger alerts that reveal the IP address of whoever tried to use them. GitGuardian honeytokens can be used for intrusion detection in your own environments and tools. You can also plant our honeytokens in your SaaS vendors' systems to be alerted if a core vendor in the supply chain has been compromised. Placing honeytokens in your source code help you detect when your code has been leaked publicly, indicating a code leak.