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SOFTWARE SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: CI/CD/CT PIPELINES AND SECURITY TOOLS — PART 1

  • CI/CD
  • Supply Chain Security
  • Security

The DevOps movement of the last decade more-or-less led to the DevSecOps movement of this decade. This focus on automation to create efficient, end-to-end software publishing pipelines combined with incidents like the SolarWinds Hack in 2020 and the recent ‘S1ngularity’ attack on the NPM ecosystem…

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Application Front-Ends Must Not Make Authorization Decisions

  • API Gateways
  • Application Security
  • Authorization

First, let’s get the usual introductions out of the way. For an in-depth discussion of what Authorization is, check out this post. For a complete introduction to Authorization concepts see my Authorization Series. This post continues my long-running Authorization Series. In this post, we’re going…

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What is Authorization?

  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • CI/CD

In a previous post, I gave a definition of Authentication. In this post, we’re going to explore authorization, which is typically the next step in the processing pipeline after authentication. The concepts described here can apply equally to traditional web applications, SPA apps, mobile apps,…

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