Artículo

Secure CI/CD by Default

A practical baseline for secure delivery pipelines.

23 feb 2026

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Dezso Mezo

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Dezso Mezo

Founder • DField Solutions

Pipelines are production-critical systems

CI/CD is often treated as tooling, but it is a privileged path into production. Weak controls here amplify risk dramatically.

Baseline controls

  • Ephemeral credentials and least privilege.
  • Signed artifacts and provenance tracking.
  • Mandatory security checks on critical paths.
  • Isolated environments for build and deploy stages.

Operational practice

Audit pipeline changes with the same rigor as application code.

Result

You protect release velocity while reducing high-impact supply-chain risk.