🔗 HCoT CLI – Hybrid Chain of Trust
HCoT CLI is a free, open‑source command‑line tool that implements the Hybrid Chain of Trust (HCoT) framework – a unified pre‑deployment security architecture for software supply chains.
📄 Peer‑reviewed paper:
Qureshi, J. (2025). A Secure and Integrated Approach to Software Code and Docker Image Signing: Introducing the Hybrid Chain of Trust (HCoT) Algorithm.
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 5(2), 16–22.
DOI: 10.51483/IJAIML.5.2.2025.16-22
🚀 Why HCoT?
Software supply chain attacks increased 742% in the last three years (Sonatype, 2025). HCoT addresses this by:
- ✅ Cryptographic verification (SHA‑256 + RSA signatures)
- ✅ Tamper‑evident blockchain log (append‑only, chained hashes)
- ✅ Real‑time vulnerability scanning (via OSV API)
- ✅ Policy enforcement (registries, signatures, CVSS thresholds)
- ✅ Docker image support (layer inspection + integrity check)
📦 Installation
pip install hcot-cli
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