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A golden path for dependency management isn't a policy document – it's a preconfigured private registry with upstream proxies covering every ecosystem your teams use, set as the default. Developers don't opt into security; they get it automatically by using the standard toolchain. The alternative is teams configuring their own controls, producing inconsistent postures and compounding risk across the org. If the secure path requires extra steps, developers will route around it. Make it the easiest option and the policy enforces itself.

When a malicious package is first published, threat intelligence sources haven't flagged it yet – and every team pulling from a public registry is exposed during that entire window. The fix isn't faster scanning; it's a policy that holds new packages for a defined cooldown period before they're eligible to pull. By the time the window closes, the threat intelligence has caught up. Teams pulling direct from npm or PyPI have no equivalent enforcement layer – which is exactly how attacks like Shai-Hulud got in.