Confused Deputy Attacks on CI/CD Service Accounts
Build systems hold broad trust and tight deadlines, which makes them perfect confused deputies. Here is how the attack pattern shows up in modern CI/CD and how to defang it.
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.
Build systems hold broad trust and tight deadlines, which makes them perfect confused deputies. Here is how the attack pattern shows up in modern CI/CD and how to defang it.
What a SOC 2 readiness assessment actually covers, how long it takes, what it costs, and where supply chain risk fits in alongside tools like Drata.
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Design a Loki-based log pipeline for CI/CD observability and supply chain forensics. Labels, retention, LogQL patterns, and cost discipline from the field.
SOC 2 isn't legally required, but it's now a deal-blocker as early as seed stage. Here's a stage-by-stage, industry-by-industry breakdown of who actually needs it.
Reachability analysis checks whether your code actually calls the vulnerable function inside a dependency — the difference between 400 alerts and 12 that matter.
What the Apache License, Version 2.0 actually obligates you to do — attribution, notice files, and the patent grant most summaries skip.
Drata and similar platforms automate SOC 2 readiness, but they can't issue your audit report. Here's a concrete framework for vetting the CPA firm that actually can.
A compromised signing key is the quietest crisis in security. A concrete playbook for responding when your code signing infrastructure is implicated.
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