Engineering Security for CI/CD & Software Supply Chains
Secure Pipelines is a technical knowledge hub dedicated to securing CI/CD, GitOps, and software delivery pipelines. It focuses on practical security engineering, real-world implementations, and hands-on examples to help teams protect their software supply chain — from code to production.
Built by practitioners, for practitioners.
Security, where software is actually built and delivered
Modern attacks increasingly target CI/CD pipelines, build systems, dependencies, and artifacts. Yet many security strategies still focus mainly on runtime or infrastructure.
Secure Pipelines addresses this gap by focusing on how security is engineered directly inside the software delivery lifecycle.
- CI/CD pipeline hardening
- Software supply chain security
- Build integrity and provenance
- Artifact signing and verification
- Policy enforcement in delivery workflows
This site focuses on how things actually work — not just how they should look on architecture diagrams.
Who is this site for
Secure Pipelines is designed for engineering teams operating real-world pipelines:
- DevOps engineers
- Platform engineers
- Security engineers
- DevSecOps practitioners
- Technical architects
If you design, operate, or secure CI/CD pipelines, this content is for you.
No vendor hype.
No shallow checklists.
Just practical, engineering-focused security.
Core Topics
- CI/CD Security
Hardening pipelines against tampering, secrets leakage, and unauthorized changes. - Software Supply Chain
Dependencies, build systems, artifact integrity, SBOMs, and provenance (SLSA, in-toto). - Pipeline Hardening
Secure runners, isolation strategies, trust boundaries, and execution models. - GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
Secure workflows, permissions, runners, and real-world configurations. - Threats & Attacks
Real CI/CD attack paths, threat modeling, and defensive strategies. - Policy as Code
Enforcing security controls using policy gates and automated validations.
Guides
Guides on Secure Pipelines go beyond standard blog posts. They are long-form, structured, and continuously updated resources covering:
- Secure CI/CD architecture patterns
- Build integrity and artifact signing
- Secrets management in pipelines
- Policy enforcement and trust models
- Security controls mapped to pipeline stages
Hands-on Labs
Security cannot be learned only by reading.
Secure Pipelines includes hands-on labs and practical exercises with:
- Real CI/CD configurations
- YAML examples
- Step-by-step walkthroughs
- Expected outcomes and failure scenarios
Labs focus on understanding how attacks work — and how to stop them.
From engineering to compliance — without confusion
Secure Pipelines focuses on technical implementation.
For compliance, governance, and regulatory perspectives (ISO 27001, NIS2, SOC 2, etc.), see regulated-devsecops.com, the complementary site in the ecosystem.
Secure Pipelines explains how to build it.
Regulated DevSecOps explains how to govern and audit it.
Security is an engineering discipline
Secure Pipelines promotes a simple idea:
CI/CD security must be engineered, not bolted on.
Every article, guide, and lab follows the same principles:
- Explain the why
- Demonstrate the how
- Expose the trade-offs
