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.
Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AppConfig ships configuration changes to running applications in seconds. That makes it a powerful tool and a compelling target. Here is how to run AppConfig safely.
Serverless does not mean secure. Here are the supply chain risks hiding in your Lambda functions and how to address them.
Lambda layers feel like a convenience but they are a supply chain attack surface that most teams do not treat as code. Here is how they get abused and what to do about it.
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