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Application & OT Security · Intermediate

Continuous Integration Security

Protecting CI/CD systems, runners, secrets and pipeline definitions from tampering and misuse.

Definition

Controls include least-privilege pipeline identities, short-lived OIDC-based cloud credentials instead of stored keys, isolated and ephemeral runners, protected branches, required reviews for pipeline changes, pinning third-party actions by commit SHA and audit logging.

Example

Third-party GitHub Actions are pinned to full commit SHAs rather than mutable tags.

Exam tip

Build systems are high-value targets; treat them like production.

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