Using Cloudsmith as a Dependency Firewall

Cloudsmith’s cloud-native artifact management platform helps manage and control open source dependencies by creating a layer of protection between systems and threats, ensuring security and compliance through features like package scanning, upstream proxying, license scanning, policy management, and automation tools. The platform provides a single source of truth for all software assets, automates dependency management to enforce security policies, and secures identities of developers to prevent unauthorized access. By using Cloudsmith as a dependency firewall, organizations can mitigate risks associated with public repositories, ensure visibility over dependencies, control package consumption, protect against unreliability of external repositories, and enhance their overall security and compliance measures.