AI Model Governance

Secure and manage AI risks in the software supply chain

AI models and services are the new dependencies in your software supply chain. Continuously discover what’s running in your code, assess each component for risk, and integrate governance into existing workflows—without slowing innovation.

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Welcome to the resistance

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How it works

1

Detect AI models and services

Detect open source AI models and third-party AI services like ChatGPT and Claude used in your applications

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Evaluate AI models for risk

Screen open source AI models from Hugging Face for security, licensing, and other operational risks.

Enforce guardrails

Set organization-wide policies governing the safe adoption and usage of AI models and third-party services.

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AI Model Governance

Secure and manage AI risks in the software supply chain

AI models and services are the new dependencies in your software supply chain. Continuously discover what’s running in your code, assess each component for risk, and integrate governance into existing workflows—without slowing innovation.

‍

Loved by security teams, painless for developers at:

How it works

1

Detect AI models and services

Detect open source AI models and third-party AI services like ChatGPT and Claude used in your applications

‍

2

Evaluate AI models for risk

Screen open source AI models from Hugging Face for security, licensing, and other operational risks.

Enforce guardrails

Set organization-wide policies governing the safe adoption and usage of AI models and third-party services.

No items found.

Discover

Inventory your AI models and services

Uncover hidden AI dependencies in your codebase—including third-party AI models and services you didn’t know were there. Maintain a continuously updated inventory that helps you eliminate blind spots and keep your SBOM accurate and audit-ready.

Discover AI models and services integrated in your code
Build a comprehensive inventory of AI components
Report the usage of AI models and services in your SBOM

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Evaluate

Assess open source AI models for risks

AI components are software dependencies—and they deserve the same level of risk assessment and oversight as your other dependencies. Analyze AI models for licensing risks and signs of malicious behavior. Get clear, actionable insights so you can make informed decisions and keep your AI applications secure.

Help developers choose safe, high-quality AI models from sources like Hugging Face
Screen AI models using 50+ risk signals spanning security, licensing, and operational quality
Flag models and services with questionable or risky security, licensing, and development practices

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Enforce

Set policies to govern AI usage

Enforce your organization’s risk standards with a powerful, flexible policy engine built on Open Policy Agent (OPA). Define rules once and apply them everywhere—whether that’s surfacing risks during development or blocking them in CI. With our API-first platform, every data point and policy is accessible and actionable, making it easy to automate AI governance at scale.

Use pre-built policies to flag risky AI models out of the box
Write custom policies to match your security, legal, and operational requirements
Warn developers—or block builds—when high-risk AI components are detected

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Secure and manage AI risks in the software supply chain

AI models and services are the new dependencies in your software supply chain. Continuously discover what’s running in your code, assess each component for risk, and integrate governance into existing workflows—without slowing innovation.

‍

Detect AI models and services

Detect open source AI models and third-party AI services like ChatGPT and Claude used in your applications

‍

Evaluate AI models for risk

Screen open source AI models from Hugging Face for security, licensing, and other operational risks.

Enforce guardrails

Set organization-wide policies governing the safe adoption and usage of AI models and third-party services.

No items found.

Discover

Inventory your AI models and services

Uncover hidden AI dependencies in your codebase—including third-party AI models and services you didn’t know were there. Maintain a continuously updated inventory that helps you eliminate blind spots and keep your SBOM accurate and audit-ready.

Discover AI models and services integrated in your code
Build a comprehensive inventory of AI components
Report the usage of AI models and services in your SBOM

‍

Evaluate

Assess open source AI models for risks

AI components are software dependencies—and they deserve the same level of risk assessment and oversight as your other dependencies. Analyze AI models for licensing risks and signs of malicious behavior. Get clear, actionable insights so you can make informed decisions and keep your AI applications secure.

Help developers choose safe, high-quality AI models from sources like Hugging Face
Screen AI models using 50+ risk signals spanning security, licensing, and operational quality
Flag models and services with questionable or risky security, licensing, and development practices

‍

Enforce

Set policies to govern AI usage

Enforce your organization’s risk standards with a powerful, flexible policy engine built on Open Policy Agent (OPA). Define rules once and apply them everywhere—whether that’s surfacing risks during development or blocking them in CI. With our API-first platform, every data point and policy is accessible and actionable, making it easy to automate AI governance at scale.

Use pre-built policies to flag risky AI models out of the box
Write custom policies to match your security, legal, and operational requirements
Warn developers—or block builds—when high-risk AI components are detected

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Click to read

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Click to read

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Grip Security Reduces Noise by 99%

Grip Security replaced their traditional SCA tool with Endor Labs to improve their ability to build trust with customers without taxing developers.

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Grip Security Builds Customer Trust with AppSec

Grip Security values strong application security because it helps them build trust with their customers. Learn how a security company approaches AppSec.

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The Uncomfortable Truth of Vulnerable and Outdated Software Components

Learn where common industry sayings such as “stay up to date” come from and how you can help Endor Labs help you overcome those challenges.

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Reduce FedRAMP Compliance Costs

Endor Labs reduces false positives and prioritizes real vulnerabilities, helping your team meet FedRAMP requirements with less stress and lower costs.

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Why OVAL Feeds Outperform NVD for Linux Vulnerability Management

Learn why OVAL feeds, curated by Linux distributions, offer more precise vulnerability data than the NVD, reducing container scanning false positives and wasted efforts.

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Achieving FedRAMP’s Container Scanning Requirements

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Breaking Changes, Breaking Trust

Breaking Changes, Breaking Trust

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Reducing FedRAMP Compliance Costs with Endor Labs

Vulnerability Management for FedRAMP compliance is expensive; your SCA tool should help you make it cheaper and easier.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Natively Integrates with Endor Labs

Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Endor Labs for reachability analysis and attack path visibility — available natively within the Defender for Cloud console. Prioritize what to fix without switching tools.

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Hugging Face Model Score Curation at Endor Labs

Understand how models are factored and scored at Endor Labs, new exploration tab for HuggingFace models

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Endor Labs Announces Integrated SAST Offerings

Endor Labs now integrates Static Application Security Testing (SAST) into your application security testing stack.

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Understanding the Cyber Resilience Act

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) sets mandatory security requirements for hardware and software. This blog covers key compliance objectives, challenges with OSS vulnerabilities, and best practices for maintaining security throughout the product life cycle.

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Start Clean With AI: Select Safer LLM Models with Endor Labs

You can now use Endor Labs to evaluate AI models on HuggingFace for security, popularity, quality, and activity.

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The U.S. Government Prioritizes Open Source Governance and Security

The U.S. Federal government's FY 2026 Cybersecurity Priorities focus on securing open source software, improving governance, and supporting OSS sustainability to strengthen the software supply chain.

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Understanding the Basics of Large Language Models (LLMs)

Understand what LLMs are, how foundational LLMs are built, the opportunities they offer and the risks they pose.

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Container Layer Analysis: Clarity in Remediation

Container layer analysis tells you which layer contains a vulnerability so you can prioritize remediation efforts more effectively and meet SLAs like FedRAMP.

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Endor Labs Achieves 92% Reduction in SCA Alerts

Endor Labs reduces open-source vulnerability noise by 92%, boosting productivity and improving collaboration between development and security teams.

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Karl Mattson Joins Endor Labs as Chief Information Security Officer

We're thrilled to have Karl Mattson as Endor Labs first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)!

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Highlights from Our 2024 Dependency Management Webinar

Get key insights from the 2024 Dependency Management webinar with Darren Meyer and Henrik Plate. We discuss how to prioritize vulnerabilities, navigate breaking changes, and leverage public vulnerability databases effectively.

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Relativity Blocks Risks with Endor Labs

Relativity changed their security program from a blocker to an enabler by integrating security into developer workflows and empowering developers to prevent risks before they ship to production.

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Blocking with Confidence: Relativity's Dev Experience Journey

Relativity changed their security program from a blocker to an enabler by integrating security into developer workflows and empowering developers to prevent risks before they ship to production.

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48 most popular open source tools for Python applications, scored

Discover the top open-source tools for Python applications, ranked by Endor Scores based on security, activity, popularity, and code quality.

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FedRAMP Requirements for Vulnerability Management and Dependency Upgrades

This blog covers key steps to simplify FedRAMP vulnerability management, helping you reduce risks and meet compliance timelines. It also provides practical tips to empower developers and streamline fixes for a smoother FedRAMP process.

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Fix Vulnerabilities Faster with Auto Patching and Endor Patches

Automatically patch open source libraries with Endor Patches during the build process, ensuring software is continuously protected against vulnerabilities without manual intervention.

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2024 Dependency Management Report

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Announcing the 2024 Dependency Management Report

Our third-annual Dependency Management Report explores how emerging trends in open source security should guide SDLC security strategy.

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Starburst Gets 98.3% Noise Reduction with Endor Labs

Starburst, an open data lakehouse, replaced Rezillion with Endor Labs for SCA. They improved their ability to identify and prioritize open source while complementing the developer experience.

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Building a DevSecOps Practice at Starburst

Wondering how to build or revamp a DevSecOps program? Get some immediately useful tips that you can apply to your startup or mature enterprise…or anywhere in between.

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What is CI/CD Security and What Tools Do You Need to Do it?

Learn what CI/CD security is, why it’s important, and discover the key tools Endor Labs offers to help you secure your CI/CD pipelines.

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PWN Request Threat: A Hidden Danger in GitHub Actions

Endor Labs provides comprehensive CI/CD security for GitHub action workflows that detect patterns that may indicate PWN request threats.

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Address Open Source Risks with Endor Labs

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Endor Labs Brand Guidelines

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Give Devs the Confidence to Fix: Making Remediation Less Painful

Endor Labs’ newest capabilities help you reduce the research required to understand the impact of dependency upgrades and Endor Magic Patches help you stay safe without changing versions.

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Endor Labs Partners with Microsoft to Strengthen Software Supply Chains

Endor Labs is now available on Azure Marketplace!

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Prioritize Open Source Risks with Endor Labs

Endor Labs provides several filters to help you prioritize which risks to address first, resulting in an average 92% noise reduction.

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Discover Open Source Risks with Endor Labs

Use Endor Labs to get accurate dependency inventories and complete vulnerability data sources.

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48 most popular open source tools for npm applications, scored

Discover the 48 most popular open-source npm tools, complete with Endor Scores, to help you choose the best dependencies for your projects based on security, activity, popularity, and code quality.

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Benchmarking Endor Labs vs. Snyk’s GitHub Apps

Compare Endor Labs and Snyk GitHub Apps.

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Using Artifact Signing to Establish Provenance for SLSA

Use artifact signing, a feature of Endor Labs, to support build provenance requirements for SLSA.

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Fixed is Better than Found | Upgrades & Remediation with Endor Labs

At Endor Labs, we believe your application security tooling must go beyond alerting—it should also helpyou fast-track remediation.

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How to Fix Vulnerabilities Without Breaking Changes

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Introducing Upgrades & Remediation: Give Developers the Confidence to Fix

Upgrade Impact Analysis shows you what breaking changes a fix could cause. Endor Patches are trusted patches you can use when upgrades are too painful.

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Static SCA vs. Dynamic SCA: Which is Better (and Why It's Neither)

Software composition analysis (SCA) tools can take a static or dynamic approach. Learn the pros and cons of each option and see how the results differ.

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33 Most Popular Open Source Tools for Maven Applications, Scored

Explore the top 33 open source tools for Maven, scored by Endor Labs on security, activity, popularity, and code quality.

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Endor Labs Partner Program Overview

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Jellyfish Enables Data-Driven AppSec with Endor Labs

Jellyfish replaced Snyk with Endor Labs to improve their ability to identify, prioritize, address, and predict open source risk. Learn more!

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Jellyfish’s Data-Driven Security Program

Learn how Jellyfish’s security team uses a data-driven approach to risk management and the role SCA plays in their strategy.

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What's a Security Pipeline? - On-Demand Webinar

Learn about common patterns and tradeoffs for security pipelines in this introductory webinar.

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Secure Everything Your Code Depends On With Endor Labs

While conventional code security tools drown teams in false positives, Endor Labs zeroes in on real risks, empowering developers without without slowing them down.

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Endor Labs Receives Strategic Investment from Citi Ventures

Endor Labs, a leader in software supply chain security, today announced a strategic investment from Citi Ventures.

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We made the Inc. Best Workplaces List for 2024!

Endor Labs is named to Inc.’s annual Best Workplaces list for 2024.

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New CocoaPods CVEs: Swift and Objective-C Supply Chains Are Fragile

Three CocoaPods CVEs raise serious security concerns for consumers of Swift and Objective-C libraries used for macOS and iOS mobile development.

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Questions to Ask Your Software Composition Analysis Vendor

When choosing an SCA tool, you’ll need to understand how the tool generates an inventory, correlates to risks, helps you prioritize results, and integrates into your toolchain.

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Backstage and Endor Labs: AppSec in a Dev’s Dream Workspace

The Endor Labs plugins for Backstage create an application security experience that doesn’t require developers to leave Backstage.

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Managing Open Source Vulnerabilities for PCI DSS Compliance - On-Demand Webinar

Watch this 30-minute on-demand webinar to learn about changes to PCI DSS that impact OSS vulnerability management.

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Container Scanning + SCA = Better Together

We’re excited to announce that Endor Labs now extends our software supply chain platform to include container scanning.

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Endor Labs Named to Rising in Cyber by CISOs and Venture Capital Investors

Company Recognized for Creating Secure Supply Chains that Improve Application Development Productivity

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Evaluating and Scoring OSS Packages

How can you tell if an OSS package is “good” or “bad”? A rigorous evaluation model, such as the Endor Score, can help developers make quick and informed decisions.

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Demystifying Transitive Dependency Vulnerabilities

95% of vulnerabilities are found in transitive dependencies. Learn how they’re unique from direct dependencies and how to incorporate them into your risk management program.

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Surprise! Your GitHub Actions Are Dependencies, Too

GitHub Actions are open source dependencies - secure them accordingly! Learn how to effectively manage the security risks associated with GitHub Actions with a proactive approach focusing on three key areas: visibility, hardening, and dependency management.

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OSS Vulnerabilities and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

Learn how your organization can achieve DORA compliance for managing open source software vulnerabilities with reachability-based SCA, SBOMs, and more.

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Protect Mobile Apps with Kotlin and Swift SCA

Learn about the mobile application threat landscape and how you can protect mobile apps from security and legal risk associated with open source software with Endor Labs Open Source.

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Endor Labs Partners with GuidePoint Security to Secure The Software Supply Chain

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Intro to Endor Labs - On-Demand Webinar

Watch this 30-minute on-demand webinar to learn how to Endor Labs supports a Software Supply Chain Security program.

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OWASP OSS Risk 1: Known Vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities are a well-understood software risk…but managing and prioritizing them is anything but simple. Learn about key considerations when building a program to detect and remediate CVEs.

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Low-Code/No Code Artifact Signing

A low-code/no code artifact signing solution makes it easy to implement an enterprise solution for verifying authenticity of software artifacts and tracing their origins.

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An Auditor’s Perspective on Addressing OSS Vulnerabilities for PCI DSS v4

Learn how your organization can achieve PCI DSS v4 compliance for managing open source software vulnerabilities with reachability-based SCA and more.

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Your Git Repo is a Supply Chain Risk

Source code repository misconfigurations can expose your organization to supply chain attacks. Repository Security Posture Management (RSPM) can offer a reliable system to enforce best practices.

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Guide to Implementing Software Supply Chain Security

In this free guide, experts answer key questions like "what is it?", "why is it important?", "and how do I secure it?" so you can make informed decisions and thoughtfully design your organization's SSCS program.

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Improve Kubernetes Security with Signed Artifacts and Admission Controllers

Control which images get deployed in Kubernetes by configuring an admission controller to admit only those which have been signed by Endor Labs.

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AppSec Goes to Devnexus: Lessons from a Thriving, Modern Java Community

What happens when an AppSec professional attends a Java conference? Great conversations on productivity, tool pain, AI/ML, and vulnerability management.

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Artifact Signing 101 - On-Demand Webinar

Watch this 30-minute on-demand webinar to learn using strong cryptographic artifact signatures to enable strong admission control, provenance, and traceability that support effective security, quality, and compliance programs.

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XZ Backdoor: How to Prepare for the Next One

While it’s improbable to prevent all exposure to supply chain risks, organizations can absolutely focus on a strategy to reduce the probability of successful attacks and reduce the time it takes them to respond to such threats.

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XZ is A Wake Up Call For Software Security: Here's Why

The xz backdoor shines a light on everything we're doing wrong in software supply chain security. Get an overview of the incident, what we can learn from it, and what we can do about it.

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SSDF Compliance and Attestation

Learn ways to comply with SSDF requirements for secure environments, trusted source code supply chains, code and artifact provenance, and vulnerabilities.

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You Have a Shadow Pipeline Problem

Learn how to establish automated CI/CD controls to reveal what’s running in your pipelines and which configs don’t align with risk and compliance requirements.

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