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Safeguard articles tagged "aws" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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AWS IAM Roles Anywhere and the Supply Chain
IAM Roles Anywhere lets workloads outside AWS assume IAM roles using X.509 certificates. It is also becoming the authentication layer for supply chain tools. Here is what the threat model looks like.
AWS SSM Parameter Store Security
Parameter Store is everywhere in AWS workloads, which means it accumulates secrets, configuration, and bad IAM over time. Here is the security review I run on every Parameter Store deployment.
Cloud IAM And Supply Chain Overlap Mistakes
Cloud IAM and supply chain controls overlap in ways that confuse most teams. These are the 2026 mistakes that turn IAM gaps into supply chain incidents.
AWS CDK Construct Library Security
CDK constructs are code that provisions infrastructure. Most teams audit the infrastructure but not the constructs. Here is how to think about construct library security and what to check.
Cloud Marketplace Listings Supply Chain Due Diligence
AWS, Azure, and GCP marketplaces ship software into your account in minutes. The due diligence has not kept pace. This is the 2026 buyer's checklist.
AWS Step Functions Workflow Security
Step Functions workflows orchestrate everything from data pipelines to security automations. The workflow IAM role is almost always the most powerful thing in the stack. Here is how to lock it down.
AWS ECR Image Signing in Production
Image signing in ECR has moved from nice-to-have to table stakes. Here is what it actually takes to run cosign and AWS Signer in production without breaking every deploy.
AWS Secrets Manager vs Parameter Store
Two AWS services, overlapping features, and a pricing difference that adds up to real money. The decision framework for Secrets Manager vs Parameter Store, based on what actually goes wrong in production.
AWS CodePipeline Hardening Patterns
CodePipeline is the glue between your source, build, and deploy. It is also the thing that gets the widest IAM role in most AWS accounts. Here is how to harden it without rewriting your pipelines.
CloudFormation, Bicep, Terraform Supply Chain Evidence
IaC frameworks differ in how they generate supply chain evidence. This is the 2026 guide to audit-ready proof from CloudFormation, Bicep, and Terraform.
EKS Pod Identity vs IRSA: A 2026 Migration Playbook
How to migrate from IRSA to EKS Pod Identity in 2026, including the trade-offs, the operational gotchas, and the cases where IRSA still makes sense.
AWS CodeBuild Supply Chain Hardening Guide
CodeBuild projects are where most AWS supply chain compromises end up executing. Here is a practical hardening guide built from years of incident response, with specific buildspec controls and IAM patterns.
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