Securing CI/CD pipelines

Security has always been the top priority for most organizations, and it also forms a significant part of a mature organization's investment. However, security comes with its own costs. Most organizations have cybersecurity teams that audit their code regularly and give feedback. However, that process is generally slow and happens when most of the code is already developed and difficult to modify.

Therefore, embedding security at the early stages of development is an important goal for modern DevOps. Embedding security with DevOps has led to the concept of DevSecOps, where developers, cybersecurity experts, and operations teams work together toward a common goal of creating better and more secure software faster.

There are many ways of embedding security within the software supply chain. Some of these might include static code analysis, security testing, and applying organization-specific security policies within the process, but the idea of security...