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The Benefits and Challenges of Reporting vs. Remediation with SBOMs
Learn about the benefits and challenges of reporting-centric SBOMs vs. remediation-centric SBOMs.
The Future of Vulnerability Management Programs
Keep your vulnerability management plan up-to-date. Address today’s threat landscape with advanced vulnerability detection, prioritization, and remediation.
What You Need to Know About Code Risk Management
Every piece of code, module, or package has an element of risk associated with it. Learn how to evaluate and treat that risk to reduce the likelihood of failure.
Popular JavaScript Library ua-parser-js Compromised via Account Takeover
A popular npm package with more than 7 million weekly downloads was compromised, bringing supply chain security into the headlines once again.
Why Adopting Zero Trust Security Is Necessary For DevSecOps
The usual methods of securing your apps are no longer enough. Here is why you need to implement zero trust in DevSecOps
Reducing Open Source Security Risks in Apps & IoT Devices
Over the past years, attacks on the application layer have become more and more common. Recent research reports on reducing enterprise AppSec risks have found that the highest level of security risk is considered by many to be in the application layer. Applications remain a top cause of external breaches, and the prevalence of open...
How To Transition Your Team From DevOps To DevSecOps
Learn how to transform your team from DevOps to DevSecOps smoothly and successfully. Understand the benefits of making the transition to DevSecOps.
Mend Cure: Automated Remediation for Developers
How Mend Cure’s automated remediation technology helps developers get ahead of security issues without slowing down development.
Using Zero Trust to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks
Learn how Zero Trust model can boost your software supply chain security.
The 2021 OWASP Top 10
We break down the basics of what you need to know about the OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities List 2021 & how to use it the right way to support your dev team.
Removing Technical and Security Debt with Dev – First AppSec tooling
As organizations AppSec tools and practices shift left in the DevOps pipeline, development teams are required to assume responsibility for security tasks. While this is an important step toward achieving DevSecOps maturity, integrating application security testing tools risks burying developers under a seemingly never-ending list of security alerts. How can organizations make sure that development...
Securing Your Package Manager’s Lockfiles
learn how your package managers’ lockfiles risk your supply chain security, and how to mitigate the risks.
The Forrester Wave™ Software Composition Analysis, Q3 2021: Key Takeaways
The Forrester Wave on Software Composition Analysis helps identify which vendor offers the best solution to protecting your open source.
Industry Experts Weigh In: Addressing Digital Native Security Challenges
Mend hosted industry experts at a roundtable to provide their insights and tips on the challenges of digital native security.
The Complete Guide to Prototype Pollution Vulnerabilities
An in-depth look at Prototype Pollution vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them.
How Packages’ External Resources Threaten Your Supply Chain
Learn how packages’ external resources threaten your supply chain, and how you can mitigate the risks.
Penetration Testing – A Detailed Guide
Understand what penetration testing is, why it’s important, its stages, approaches, and tools.
Cloud Computing Security: A Primer
What is cloud native computing and what are the top concerns in cloud computing security?
Accelerating Innovation With Open Source and Agile Compliance in the Financial Sector
Open source adoption is increasing rapidly within the financial services industry. Thanks to cutting edge technologies, affordability, flexibility, and the power of the open source community – more and more financial institutions are encouraged to integrate open source components into their investment and more data processing systems. Meanwhile, the industry’s growing list of compliance initiatives...
Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Open Source Projects and Programs We Love
To celebrate Pride month, Mend is highlighting a few of our favorite open source projects and programs that support LGBTQ+ communities.
Research Shows Over 100,000 Libraries Affected By Maven Vulnerability CVE-2021-26291
Mend in partnership with Jonathan Leitschuh found over 100,000 libraries affected by Maven vulnerability CVE-2021-26291.
Supply Chain Security – 10 Tips That Won’t Slow Development Down
Learn how developers can adopt easy practices to secure the open source supply chain without slowing down development.
5 Steps to Get Your Developers to Care More About Security
The relationship between security and developers has traditionally been like two teams competing at a tug-o-war. On one end developers are pulling to produce functional products at breakneck...
9 Best DevSecOps Tools To Integrate Throughout The DevOps Pipeline
In order to incorporate security into your DevOps cycle you need to know the most innovative automated DevSecOps tools around that will help you secure your application without slowing you down.
Docker Vs. Kubernetes: A Detailed Comparison
Learn about the relationship between Docker and Kubernetes. Understand the similarities and differences between Docker Swarm vs. Kubernetes.
Top Tips for Technical Due Diligence Process
What is technical due diligence, why it is important for M&As, and which items you need to cover in your technical due diligence checklist.
Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Focuses on Supply Chain Attacks
President Biden’s executive order places strict standards on software sold to the US government. Learn about the executive order and software supply chain attacks.
Software Composition Analysis Explained
What Software Composition Analysis tool is and why it should be part of your application security portfolio.
Reducing Enterprise AppSec Risks: Ponemon Report Key Takeaways
Many enterprises consider applications to be the highest security risk. This survey by Ponemon Institute looks at AppSec risks.
Three New Supply Chain Attack Methods You Should Be Aware Of
Read the latest supply chain security news and updates to learn about new supply chain methods exploited in April.
Overcoming Software Supply Chain Risk
This article focus on how to better manage the supplier dimension of the software supply chain while improving control and visibility.
Developer Security Champions Rule the DevSecOps Revolution
Learn what a developer security champion is and how it will help your developers shift security left.
Welcome to Mend, Diffend!
Today we’re thrilled to announce that Diffend, an innovative software supply chain security service, is now part of Mend.
Finding the Best Coding Easter Eggs
Coding Easter egg is a secret message or feature hidden inside interactive code. In this article we'll be finding some of the stand-out tech Easter eggs.
Forrester’s State Of Application Security Report, 2021: Key Takeaways
Forrester reports on the latest AppSec trends and recommends the AppSec strategies organizations should adopt to keep up with today’s threat landscape