Make the right thing the default behaviour.
Capital One has built one of the most sophisticated engineering organisations in financial services. Cloudsmith gives platform teams policy enforcement at ingestion and developer experience without the tradeoffs.
The Cloudsmith difference
- Policy at ingestion, not as an afterthoughtRules run when a package arrives. Vulnerable or non-compliant artifacts are quarantined before any developer can pull them. No manual vetting queue. No silent failures.
- A feedback loop developers can act onWhen a package is blocked, developers get a clear, actionable error – not a resolution failure with no context. Every block is logged. Every exception request has a defined path. Security and developer experience are not opposites.
- One registry replacing the sprawlECR, GitHub Packages, S3, language-specific registries – Cloudsmith consolidates every format into a single managed platform with consistent policy enforcement. One access model. One audit trail. One set of controls.
Where JFrog leaves the platform team holding the problem
At 15,000 developers, the gap between detection and enforcement becomes a full-time operational burden. Cloudsmith enforces policy at ingestion and closes the developer feedback loop. The right thing becomes the default behaviour.
With JFrog ArtifactoryX-Ray scans after the package is already in Artifactory. There is a gap between a package arriving and a vulnerability being flagged – during which developers can already pull it.
With CloudsmithPolicy runs at the point of ingestion. A package that violates the rules is quarantined immediately – before it is ever resolvable. Developers cannot pull it because it is never made available.
With JFrog ArtifactoryX-Ray generates a report. A platform or security engineer reads it, identifies affected packages, traces every consuming team, and coordinates remediation manually. At Capital One's scale, this is a full-time operational burden.
With CloudsmithCloudsmith quarantines the package automatically. Security teams review the quarantine queue and decide to release or permanently block. The workflow is defined by policy, not improvised per incident and not dependent on engineer availability.
With JFrog ArtifactoryWhen a package is blocked, developers get a resolution failure with no context. No explanation of why. No guidance on what to do next. No exception path. The platform team absorbs every support ticket.
With CloudsmithWhen a package is quarantined, developers get a clear, actionable error. They know why the package was blocked, what the policy violation is, and how to request an exception if one is warranted. The audit trail captures every decision.
With JFrog ArtifactoryECR manages container images. GitHub Packages handles some dependencies. S3 holds binaries. Language-specific registries cover the rest. Multiple access models, multiple policy frameworks, no consistent enforcement across any of it.
With CloudsmithOne platform handles every format – Docker, npm, Maven, NuGet, PyPI, Helm, and more. Policy is defined once and applied consistently across all of them. One access model, one audit trail, one set of controls. Platform teams maintain one integration, not seven.
Policy enforcement that runs before a developer sees the package
Rules run as code. When a package arrives on One Pipeline, policy runs before any developer can pull it. One definition, enforced everywhere.
- Policies written in OPA Rego: version-controlled, reviewable, and consistently applied across every repository on the platform
- Packages violating CVSS thresholds are quarantined automatically on arrival – before they are resolvable
- Security teams manage the quarantine queue directly – release or block, with full context on why each package was flagged
- License compliance violations are caught at ingestion, not discovered during a legal review six months later
Quarantine closes the developer feedback loop
When a build fails because of a quarantined package, the developer gets a structured error: what the policy violation is and what their options are. Exception requests follow a defined workflow. When a new CVE lands, Cloudsmith rescans existing packages and quarantines retroactively. The platform team stops fielding support tickets. Security and developer experience stop trading off against each other.
- Quarantined packages cannot be resolved – developers cannot pull what the policy blocks
- Developers get a structured, actionable error explaining why the package was blocked and what the path forward is
- Exception requests follow a defined workflow – no informal escalations, no undocumented approvals
- When a new CVE lands, Cloudsmith rescans existing packages and quarantines retroactively – no manual sweep required
- Every quarantine event, every decision, and every actor lands in the audit log by default
For AppSec and DevSecOps teams
The controls your security team needs. Without the infrastructure.
Cloudsmith gives your AppSec and DevSecOps teams the controls to enforce security consistently across your software supply chain — without adding operational overhead or requiring developers to change how they work.
Dependency graph visibility
Cloudsmith's dependency graph shows every package in every repository, what it depends on, and which teams are consuming it. When a CVE lands, you know the blast radius immediately. No manual investigation, no cross-team interviews.
Full audit trail
Every push, pull, policy trigger, quarantine event, and configuration change is logged with full context — who, what, when, from where. Client logs and audit trails export to your SIEM or S3. Compliance and incident response have the evidence they need.
Continuous vulnerability scanning
Cloudsmith scans against multiple vulnerability data sources, not just NVD. Continuous rescan means your repositories stay current as new CVEs are disclosed — no manual sweep required, and no reliance on a single feed with known backlog issues.
Migration
Migration is a solved problem.
Cloudsmith's customer onboarding team runs a structured migration path that makes migrating off Nexus and Artifactory a smooth, predictable process.
Other engineering organizations have run it in phases, without downtime, using our dedicated support team to design and manage the transition.
Repository structure mapping
Cloudsmith maps your existing Nexus and Artifactory repository structure format by format, with metadata preserved.
Phased artifact transfer, no downtime
Artifacts migrate in phases. Your teams continue resolving from existing registries until each repository is cut over. No big-bang migration, no forced downtime window.
Pipeline and credential migration
CI/CD pipelines, environment variables, and package manager configuration are updated to point to Cloudsmith endpoints. Upstream proxying means public dependencies resolve through Cloudsmith from day one.
Dedicated onboarding support
Cloudsmith's onboarding team works with your security and platform engineers through every stage. Named contacts, agreed deadlines, and regular check-ins — not self-serve documentation.
