8 CI/CD security best practices: Protect your software pipeline

With CI/CD approaches to software development spreading ever more widely, the benefits are stacking up for many organizations. A recent study by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) shows that developers who use continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools are more than twice as likely to be top performers in restoring service and also have the edge in both deployment frequency and lead time for code change.

But the automation and complexity of CI/CD pipelines and processes can introduce significant security risks …