Recognition Highlights CleanStart’s Leadership in Software Supply Chain Posture Management (SSCPM)
Delaware, USA – June 15, 2026 – CleanStart today announced that it has been recognized as a winner in the Software Supply Chain Security category at the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards presented by The Hacker News.
The award recognizes CleanStart’s leadership in helping organizations secure and govern their software supply chains through visibility, provenance, policy enforcement, and continuous assurance across software artifacts from development through production. The official award listing is available on the Cybersecurity Stars Awards website hosted by The Hacker News.
“We’re honored to be recognized by The Hacker News for our contribution to software supply chain security,” said Nilesh Jain, Founder and CEO of CleanStart. “Software supply chain security has traditionally been approached as a collection of disconnected controls: scanning for vulnerabilities, generating SBOMs, signing artifacts, or enforcing policies at individual stages of the lifecycle. The challenge is that organizations still lack a unified way to understand and manage their overall software supply chain risk.
At CleanStart, we believe the industry is moving toward Software Supply Chain Posture Management, a model that continuously measures, verifies, and improves the security, integrity, and compliance of software from development through production. Just as organizations adopted CSPM to manage cloud security posture, they now need a similar approach for software supply chains. This recognition validates both the importance of the problem and the growing need for a posture-driven approach to securing modern software.”
The Cybersecurity Stars Awards recognize innovative cybersecurity companies and technologies that help organizations strengthen their security posture and address emerging threats across the digital landscape.
Commenting on the award, The Hacker News stated:
“We’re pleased to congratulate CleanStart on winning the Software Supply Chain Security award. CleanStart gives organizations visibility into their software supply chain by tracking container images, libraries, and other artifacts from build through deployment, with tools to verify where software comes from and catch problems early. Their work helps teams reduce risk across the entire pipeline, and we recognize their contribution to making software supply chain security more practical and transparent.”
As software supply chains become increasingly complex, organizations require continuous visibility into software assets, verifiable provenance, policy-driven governance, and measurable assurance that software meets security and compliance requirements before reaching production. CleanStart helps enterprises establish that trust across the software delivery lifecycle.
About CleanStart
CleanStart pioneered Software Supply Chain Posture Management (SSCPM) to help organizations establish trust in the software they build, acquire, and deploy. By combining visibility, verification, governance, and trusted software artifacts with near-zero known vulnerabilities, CleanStart enables enterprises to secure their software supply chains from code to production.
