Assessing Software Supply Chain Integrity: Achieving S2C2F Maturity with Artifact Management
Strengthen your software supply chain with Cloudsmith’s Guide to Assessing Software Supply Chain Integrity. Based on the OpenSSF S2C2F framework, this guide explains how to build visibility, governance, and resilience into every stage of software delivery using artifact management.
About this guide
The modern software supply chain is a complex web of open-source components, internal builds, and external dependencies - and every link matters. As recent attacks have shown, a single unchecked dependency can compromise an entire ecosystem.
To help teams build trust and resilience into their software delivery, we’ve created Cloudsmith’s Guide to Assessing Software Supply Chain Integrity, anchored in the Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework (S2C2F) - the framework originally developed by Microsoft and now maintained by the OpenSSF.
This guide breaks down S2C2F into practical, actionable steps for engineering and security leaders. It shows how a mature artifact management platform becomes the control plane for visibility, automation, and governance across the entire software lifecycle.
What you'll learn:
- A clear explanation of the S2C2F maturity model and its four levels of adoption.
- Practical examples of artifact management in action, from preventing typosquatting to responding to zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Guidance for roles and responsibilities, aligning engineering, security, and compliance teams.
- Internal audit questions to benchmark your current software supply chain maturity.
- Policy templates and strategies for continuous improvement.
