iac-security
Safeguard articles tagged "iac-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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How Snyk IaC correlates code-level misconfigurations with...
How Snyk's Cloud Context feature joins Terraform and CloudFormation misconfigurations to live AWS, Azure, and GCP resources — and where that correlation model breaks down.
Terraform Definition: What It Is, in Plain English
A clear Terraform definition for engineers, plus what the tool actually does, how state works, and where the security responsibilities sit.
Snyk and HashiCorp Terraform Cloud partnership
Snyk's HashiCorp Terraform Cloud integration gates IaC risk at plan time — here's what it covers, what it misses, and how reachability closes the gap.
Securing AWS Infrastructure as Code: A Practical Guide
AWS infrastructure as code turns your cloud into version-controlled files, which means security review can shift left into the same pull request that provisions the resource.
aws-cdk-lib on npm: Security Review and Safe Usage
aws-cdk-lib is the single monolithic package for AWS CDK v2. Its size and its role as infrastructure code make dependency hygiene and construct review the real security work.
What Is IaC in Cyber Security? Risks, Scanning, and Best Practices
Infrastructure as Code turns your cloud setup into version-controlled files, which is powerful and dangerous in equal measure. Here is what IaC means for security teams.
What is IaC Security
IaC security scans Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes code before deployment—catching misconfigurations before they become breaches.
What is Terraform Security
Terraform security means finding and fixing risks in IaC code, state files, and providers before they become live cloud misconfigurations.
What is Configuration Drift
Configuration drift silently pulls live systems away from their secure baseline — and it's behind some of the largest cloud data exposures on record.
How to scan Terraform for misconfigurations with Checkov
A hands-on guide to running Checkov against Terraform, triaging findings, writing custom policies, and blocking IaC misconfigurations before they merge.
How to encrypt a Terraform state file
A step-by-step guide to encrypting a Terraform state file using an S3 backend, KMS keys, and IAM controls to keep infrastructure secrets safe.
Infrastructure as Code Security Tools, Compared
Infrastructure as code security tools catch misconfigured cloud resources before they're ever provisioned — here's how the main options differ and where each one fits.
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