In a rapidly evolving digital environment, organizations across various sectors—including technology firms, financial services, and manufacturing—rely on effective management of software artifacts to secure their software supply chains The risk of supply chain attacks has intensified, revealing vulnerabilities at every stage of artifact management. Compliance breaches, data leaks, and unvetted code present serious threats, and Cloudsmith aimed to tackle these challenges head-on.

As software complexity advances, understanding what’s happening across every part of your software supply chain becomes crucial. You need to see where artifacts are used, how secure they are, and whether they meet compliance standards. The ability to capture this is known as observability. Observability goes beyond data collection to provide essential insights that help teams understand, troubleshoot, and enhance complex systems.

As containerized environments evolve, effective artifact management is crucial for any organization using Kubernetes or similar ecosystems. Cloudsmith’s container registry now fully complies with the Open Container Initiative (OCI) distribution specification, allowing customers to store, secure, and distribute images and artifacts with greater efficiency.

For organizations, distributing software artifacts effectively is crucial to building strong developer relationships and delivering a seamless experience. Yet, managing and personalizing the distribution of software packages—like SDKs or container images—can be challenging. Cloudsmith, a leader in cloud-native artifact management, has introduced Broadcasts to address these needs.

Explore how to use OpenID Connect (OIDC) to enable Kubernetes to pull Docker images from Cloudsmith without relying on long-lived credentials. This approach significantly enhances security and simplifies credential management.

This guide will walk you through configuring GitHub Dependabot to authenticate with Cloudsmith using OIDC.

Integrating Cloudsmith, a cloud-native artifact management platform, with Codefresh enhances your CI/CD workflows in several significant ways. Read this blog to learn more about this powerful combination, and its automation of artifact handling and simplification of deployments!

Packages in Cloudsmith repository are so much more than just “bits on disk”, and treating them as such is really doing them a disservice!

The difference between "Cloud Native" and "Cloud Hosted" products lies in their architecture, design philosophy, and how they leverage cloud infrastructure. Let’s break down the key distinctions.

Package promotion workflows are a great way to isolate and protect production repositories away from public upstreams, so they only receive clear and vetted packages.