Cloudsmith has announced the launch of its Enterprise Policy Manager, an advanced policy-as-code engine designed to centralize the control and governance of software supply chains through artifact management. This comprehensive tool aims to provide enterprise organizations with greater observability, auditable policies, stringent control, and enhanced flexibility to scale their software supply chains without compromising on development speed or security. The Enterprise Policy Manager is set to make its debut at KubeCon North America in Salt Lake City from November 12th to 15th. It is crafted to act as a pivotal control plane for software supply chains, offering extensive visibility over components from development to production.
By ingesting and enriching metadata from sources like vulnerability databases and quality metrics, this tool facilitates informed policy decisions and mitigates risks by ensuring that all dependencies meet security and compliance standards before entering development pipelines. The platform prioritizes observability and auditable policies, allowing enterprises to maintain full traceability and compliance while minimizing risks related to third-party software. This feature is critical in addressing the long-standing challenges between security and DevOps teams, where strict security policies often clash with development speed.
Enhanced Visibility and Control
Cloudsmith’s Enterprise Policy Manager integrates security checks early in the development cycle, enabling a shift-left security approach that identifies vulnerabilities without causing delays. Glenn Weinstein, CEO of Cloudsmith, highlighted that this solution is forward-looking, anticipating future security and compliance demands. The platform will incorporate predictive risk analytics, AI-driven security recommendations, and full lifecycle compliance management, providing a robust infrastructure for secure and efficient software delivery. This aligns with their goal of enabling enterprises to deliver secure software at scale confidently.
Key features of Cloudsmith’s Enterprise Policy Manager include centralizing artifact repositories as control points for governing software component flow, enriching software artifacts with extensive metadata for informed decision-making, and customizable, data-driven policies to maintain strict security standards while allowing development innovation. Policy-as-code capabilities and an intuitive visual policy builder facilitate policy creation and enforcement, supporting both technical and non-technical users. Compatibility with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego frameworks further enhances collaboration between security and development teams.
Addressing Security and DevOps Challenges
Moreover, the platform ensures each policy decision is logged and auditable, providing full traceability and compliance. This transparent logging capability is especially crucial for regulated industries, helping them demonstrate regulatory adherence and mitigating risks associated with third-party software. The integration of security checks early in the development cycle allows enterprises to adopt a proactive approach to security. By embedding security measures into the early stages of development, potential vulnerabilities can be identified and resolved before they escalate into serious issues later in the pipeline.
This approach aligns with the shift-left security paradigm, which emphasizes the importance of incorporating security practices early in the development process. Traditional methods of security implementation often occur toward the end of the development cycle, leading to delays and increased costs when vulnerabilities are discovered. Cloudsmith’s Enterprise Policy Manager aims to break this cycle by enabling organizations to address security concerns proactively and efficiently without slowing down the development process. As a result, enterprises can achieve a harmonious balance between rapid development and robust security practices.
Forward-Looking Innovations
Cloudsmith has unveiled its Enterprise Policy Manager, an advanced policy-as-code engine aimed at streamlining control and governance of software supply chains via artifact management. This robust tool is crafted to offer enterprises enhanced observability, auditable policies, stringent control, and flexibility, enabling them to scale their software supply chains without sacrificing speed or security. The Enterprise Policy Manager will be showcased at KubeCon North America in Salt Lake City from November 12th to 15th. Acting as a crucial control plane for software supply chains, it provides extensive visibility from development to production.
The tool ingests and enriches metadata from sources like vulnerability databases and quality metrics, empowering informed policy decisions and mitigating risks by ensuring that all dependencies meet security and compliance standards before entering development pipelines. By prioritizing observability and auditable policies, the platform ensures enterprises maintain traceability and compliance while minimizing third-party software risks. This capability addresses the persistent challenges between security and DevOps teams, where stringent security policies often conflict with development speed.
