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Safeguard articles tagged "hardening" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

32 articles

Security

Security Headers: A Practical Hardening Guide

Which HTTP security headers actually matter, what each one defends against, and copy-ready configuration to harden a site without breaking it.

Jul 15, 20265 min read
Application Security

The most common Spring Boot security misconfigurations, and how to fix them

CVE-2026-40976 let anonymous users hit /actuator/env and /actuator/heapdump on default Spring Boot 4 filter chains, CVSS 9.1 — here's how to actually harden Spring Boot.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Security Guides

OWASP A05: Security Misconfiguration — A Deep-Dive Guide

Security Misconfiguration ranks #5 in the OWASP Top 10 (2021) and absorbed XXE. A deep dive into defaults, exposed services, real CVEs, and how to fix them.

Jul 3, 20266 min read
Container Security

Pod Security Standards: The Complete Guide

PodSecurityPolicy is gone. Pod Security Admission and the three Pod Security Standards are how you enforce baseline and restricted profiles in modern Kubernetes — here is how to adopt them without breaking workloads.

Jul 3, 20265 min read
Containers

Kubernetes Pod Security Context: A Practical Hardening Guide

The Kubernetes pod security context controls the privileges your containers run with. Here is how to configure it, and how it relates to the retired PodSecurityPolicy.

Jun 3, 20266 min read
DevSecOps

Node Media Server Security: Hardening Your Streaming Stack

Node Media Server turns a Node.js process into an RTMP and HTTP-FLV streaming server. Exposed carelessly, it becomes an open door. Here is how to run it safely.

May 17, 20265 min read
Containers

k8s securityContext: How to Lock Down Kubernetes Pods and Containers

The k8s securityContext is your first real control over what a container can do at runtime. A field-by-field guide to a hardened, non-root pod spec.

May 16, 20266 min read
Containers

Kubernetes securityContext: A Practical Hardening Guide

The securityContext in Kubernetes is where most pod hardening actually happens. A field-by-field guide to running non-root, dropping capabilities, and read-only roots.

May 10, 20265 min read
Security

Security By Default: A Practical Guide

Security by default means the safe path is the default path, and the insecure option takes deliberate effort to reach. Here is how to design systems that protect users before anyone configures anything.

May 6, 20266 min read
DevSecOps

Azure DevOps Pipeline Supply Chain Hardening 2026

A 2026 hardening guide for Azure DevOps Pipelines: service connections, workload identity federation, approval gates, agent isolation, and SLSA integration.

May 6, 20265 min read
DevSecOps

Container Hardening Guide 2025: From Base Image to Production

A practical guide to hardening container images and deployments. Covers base image selection, build-time security, runtime protections, and Kubernetes-specific controls.

Apr 21, 20266 min read
Guides

How to Harden a Dockerfile in 10 Practical Steps

Ten concrete Dockerfile changes — digest pinning, multi-stage builds, non-root users, BuildKit secrets, SBOM attestations — that remove whole classes of container risk.

Apr 20, 20266 min read

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