Supply chain security for for aviation, transportation

Mission-Critical Software Supply Chain for Aviation and Transportation

Your job is to move passengers and cargo safely - not to secure and maintain software artifact infrastructure. Cloudsmith gives you a secure, fully-managed software artifact management platform to help you meet TSA, FAA, CAA and cross-industry standards like SOC2 out of the box. We're the best alternative to JFrog Artifactory or Sonatype Nexus, and purpose-built for global scale.

The problemGrowing supply chain attack surface: Aviation and transportation systems are high-value targets. AI agents and developers are pulling vulnerable dependencies from public registries with no oversight.
Cloudsmith solutionA dependency firewall for critical infrastructure: Route all dependencies through Cloudsmith. Automate policy evaluation, vulnerability scanning, and license checks before any package reaches your developers, AI agents, or CI/CD pipelines.
The problemStrict regulatory pressure: TSA cybersecurity directives and FAA airworthiness standards demand fast vulnerability discovery, and traceable remediation timelines. Manual processes cannot keep pace.
Cloudsmith solutionAutomated compliance and traceability: Cloudsmith provides full audit logging, automated vulnerability scanning and policy-as-code controls, giving you proof of compliance from discovery to resolution.
The problemReliability at any cost: Even a few hours of downtime causes cascading flight delays, revenue loss, and passenger disruption. Self-hosted artifact infrastructure adds operational risk to systems that demand four-nines or five-nines availability.
Cloudsmith solutionFully-managed, high-availability SaaS: Cloudsmith delivers a resilient, globally distributed platform with active-failover architecture and custom SLAs. Your software supply chain meets the reliability standards you set across your wider business.
The problemDistracted from core mission: Engineering teams spend time operating and maintaining artifact stores, building bespoke solutions, or wrestling with legacy on-premises tools. This is time that should be spent on flight systems, logistics platforms, and passenger-facing applications.
Cloudsmith solutionFocus on flying, not infrastructure: Cloudsmith is fully managed. Offload artifact management, security scanning, and distribution to a dedicated platform so your teams can concentrate on moving passengers and cargo safely.
Software supply chain security

Protect critical aviation systems with policy-as-code and automated vulnerability gates

Define security policies in OPA Rego to automate thousands of decisions at ingestion time. Quarantine packages that exceed your CVE severity threshold. Block dependencies with prohibited licenses. Soak newly-released packages until they're proven safe. When TSA directives and FAA cybersecurity standards demand you prove a vulnerability was discovered and remediated within defined timelines, Cloudsmith gives you the traceable, automated controls to back it up; with the audit trail your SOC 2 auditors and CAP1753 reviews require.
  • Industry-standard OPA Rego policy as code
  • Automated vulnerability scanning at ingestion
  • License compliance checks to prevent legal exposure
  • Soak periods for newly-released packages
  • Full audit trails for SOC 2, TSA, FAA, and CAP1753 compliance

Resilient Business Continuity

Flights don't stop, and neither should your software supply chain

In aviation, even a few hours of downtime causes cascading delays and significant revenue loss. Cloudsmith provides high-availability architecture with active-failover regional pairs and dedicated uptime SLAs. Our platform is backed by 600+ global edge PoPs for fast artifact distribution, and our documented BCDR processes are designed to give your security and risk teams the confidence to move from on-premises infrastructure to a fully-managed SaaS solution.
  • Fully-managed, globally distributed infrastructure across 600+ edge PoPs
  • Custom SLAs tailored to mission-critical aviation workloads
  • Documented disaster recovery processes for complete peace of mind
AI-Ready Software Supply Chain

Guardrails for AI-enabled software development in aviation

The next wave of software supply chain attacks will emerge from the rapid adoption of AI coding agents. As AI agents code, they pull dependencies from public registries at speed and scale - without context about your compliance requirements, preferred libraries, or vulnerability thresholds. Cloudsmith acts as the single source of truth for all dependencies demanded by AI workflows. Every package flows through your policies: vulnerable packages are quarantined, prohibited licenses are blocked, and AI agents inherit the organizational memory of what has been vetted and approved. Your teams ship higher-quality, safer software, faster.
  • All AI-agent dependencies routed through policy-governed registries
  • Soak periods prevent untested packages from reaching production
  • Pre-cached, source-verified registries provide organizational context to agents
  • Lower maintenance costs and reduced AI token consumption

Zero-Trust Identity & Access

Eliminate credential sprawl across your fleet of pipelines and platforms

Aviation organizations manage complex CI/CD environments spanning multiple business units, maintenance systems, and partner integrations. Cloudsmith's Ultra and Enterprise plans connect directly with your identity provider (Okta, Azure AD) to automate user lifecycle management. OIDC replaces long-lived API keys with short-lived, auditable tokens - so when a team member departs, access is revoked instantly across the entire organization.
  • SCIM deprovisioning: Revoke access instantly when a user leaves the organization
  • OIDC authentication: Secure your CI/CD with short-lived tokens, eliminating permanent API keys
  • SAML/SSO integration with your existing identity provider

Universal format support

One platform for every artifact across every team, from flight systems to passenger apps

Airlines and transportation companies operate diverse engineering teams building everything from safety-critical embedded systems to mobile boarding pass apps. Cloudsmith consolidates all of these artifacts into one observable, policy-governed home; eliminating the fragmented tooling and bespoke solutions that increase cost and risk.
  • Support for 30+ software package formats
  • Docker container registry as standard
  • Hugging Face support for AI and ML model pipelines
  • Raw file support for firmware, datasets, and proprietary assets
  • A single source of truth for all your software artifacts

G2 Momentum Leader Winter 2026

G2 recognized Cloudsmith in its Winter 2026 Momentum Grid for Repository Management Software, reflecting sustained momentum driven by customer adoption, product velocity, and market relevance.

Frequently asked questions

Here are some of the questions we get from aviation, transportation, and logistics enterprises evaluating Cloudsmith

  1. Airlines are in the business of moving passengers and cargo - not maintaining artifact infrastructure. Self-hosted solutions and bespoke internal tools (custom Lambda-based stores, for example) require ongoing maintenance, staffing, and operational overhead that distract from core business. Cloudsmith is fully managed: we handle availability, scaling, security patching, and disaster recovery, so your engineering teams focus on flight systems, logistics platforms, and passenger-facing applications.

  2. Cloudsmith provides automated vulnerability scanning at the point of ingestion, policy-as-code controls in OPA Rego, and a complete audit trail for every artifact. Whether you're meeting TSA cybersecurity directives that require vulnerability trend reporting and timely remediation, FAA airworthiness and cybersecurity standards for connected aircraft systems, UK CAA's CAP1753 requirements for aviation cyber resilience, or SOC 2 controls around change management and system availability, Cloudsmith gives you traceable evidence from discovery through resolution. Policies can be configured to automatically quarantine or block packages exceeding your severity threshold, and full audit logs provide the documentation your compliance and security teams need.

  3. We understand that moving your artifacts to a SaaS platform is a significant decision, and disaster recovery is a legitimate concern. Cloudsmith provides documented BCDR processes, high-availability architecture, and dedicated uptime SLAs. You can request access to our detailed Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery documentation to share with your security and risk teams.

  4. Aviation and transportation experience significant demand spikes around holidays; Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year. Cloudsmith's CDN-backed infrastructure spans 600+ global edge PoPs, delivering artifacts fast regardless of geography or load. Combined with comprehensive monitoring, observability tools, and custom SLA options for mission-critical workloads, Cloudsmith ensures your pipelines remain stable during your busiest periods.

  5. Yes. Aviation organizations typically have applications with very different risk profiles; passenger-facing mobile apps to safety-critical flight communication systems. Cloudsmith lets you define granular, per-repository policies using OPA Rego. You can enforce stricter vulnerability thresholds, license restrictions, and approval workflows for your highest-criticality systems, while applying lighter-touch policies to lower-risk applications.

  6. Many carriers are transitioning from legacy infrastructure to modern, cloud-native development workflows. Cloudsmith supports this journey by replacing fragmented, on-premises artifact tools with a single, cloud-native platform. With universal format support for 30+ package types, native proxy and upstream capabilities, and integrations with modern CI/CD toolchains, Cloudsmith accelerates your move to a modern software delivery practice, without requiring a complete overhaul of existing workflows.

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Let's talk about how Cloudsmith can strengthen your software supply chain, meet your compliance requirements, and free your teams to focus on what matters—moving passengers and cargo safely.