INTERACTIVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT

CI/CD Security Checklist

Assess source control, build pipelines, runners, secrets, dependencies, artifacts, approvals, deployments, and software supply-chain integrity.

ASSESSMENT FOCUS

What this checklist covers

  • Repository and branch protection
  • Runner isolation and untrusted build execution
  • Pipeline secrets and short-lived credentials
  • Dependency, artifact, and provenance verification
  • Deployment approvals, rollback, and audit trails

REFERENCE BASELINE

Standards and guidance

  • SLSA
  • NIST SSDF
  • OWASP CI/CD Security Top 10

Tailor every control to the system's architecture, data classification, threat model, and written scope.

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How to use it professionally

Before testing

Confirm authorization, scope, exclusions, test windows, data handling, emergency contacts, and stop conditions.

During testing

Record the asset, request, expected control, observed result, evidence, and any cleanup action. Avoid destructive proof when a safer validation demonstrates the same issue.

After testing

Deduplicate related symptoms, identify the root cause, assign risk in business context, provide actionable remediation, and retest the final implementation.