Cloud Security
In-depth guides and analysis on cloud security from the Safeguard engineering team.
239 articles
GCP Cloud Build + Workload Identity Federation
Workload Identity Federation is the right way to give Cloud Build and external CI access to GCP. Here is the architecture, the traps, and the rollout plan.
What is Runtime Protection
Runtime protection catches what pre-deployment scanning can't — live attacks like the XZ Utils backdoor and Log4Shell exploitation, detected only in production.
What is Drift Detection
Drift detection catches unauthorized config changes in real time. See how it works, why it fails in most orgs, and real breaches it could have stopped.
What is Posture Management
Security posture management explained: what it covers, how it differs from vulnerability management, and why misconfiguration still drives most cloud breaches.
AWS Signer with Notation: Designing a Trust Policy That Survives Contact
AWS Signer integrates with Notation for OCI image signing. The hard part is not signing — it is the trust policy that decides what gets to run. We walk through one that holds up.
GCP Binary Authorization: Enforcing Container Trust at Deploy Time
A practical walkthrough of Binary Authorization on GKE, from attestor setup to break-glass procedures and CI/CD integration.
Serverless Security: Supply Chain Risks in Lambda, Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions
Serverless architectures shift the attack surface from infrastructure to application dependencies. This guide covers the unique supply chain risks of serverless and how to address them.
Azure DevOps Supply Chain Hardening Guide
A senior engineer's 2026 playbook for hardening Azure DevOps against the supply chain attacks that actually happen: extensions, service connections, and template injection.
What is Just-in-Time Access
Just-in-time access grants time-bound, task-scoped permissions instead of standing privileges -- here's how it works, its benefits, and how to implement it.
Azure Container Registry Security: Locking Down Your Image Pipeline
How to secure Azure Container Registry with network isolation, content trust, and Microsoft Defender for Containers integration.
Securing GCP Artifact Registry: A Complete Guide
How to configure GCP Artifact Registry for security-first container and package management, from IAM policies to vulnerability scanning.
AWS CodeBuild/CodePipeline Hardening in 2026
CodeBuild and CodePipeline still carry the biggest AWS supply chain blast radius per dollar. Here is how to harden them in 2026 without rewriting to a different CI.
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