White Papers

Learn about SLSA, the industry-wide framework for keeping your software development process secure, and how you can meet all requirements up to and including the highest level of security and integrity: SLSA Level 4.

Software built with both internal and external dependencies is susceptible to dependency confusion attacks. Learn best practices to protect your software development processes.

Learn best practices for dependency vendoring to ensure scalable, consistent, up-to-date and secure environments across your SDLC, while minimizing time and effort required by your developer team.

InfoSec & AppSec leaders can use this guide to investigate the current state of their development processes and mitigate the risk associated with working with open source software.

This white paper provides leaders with the knowledge they need to manage software supply chain risks, whether they’re buying software or creating it.

Insightful white paper compares various Perl package management solutions and presents a modern approach for enterprise Perl programmers.

Insightful white paper compares various Python package management solutions and presents a modern approach for enterprise Python developers.

CI/CD is a high-stakes process that can lead to DevOps burnout. This white paper identifies the key issues and proposes a solution with the ActiveState Platform.

ActiveState surveyed Python users on how they've been preparing for Python 2 End of Life. Find out how your plans stack up, and which pitfalls to avoid.