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DevSecOps, Supply Chain and CI/CD // Field Brief

GitOps, IaC and Build Systems

This DevSecOps and Supply Chain field brief frames GitOps, IaC and Build Systems around the trust boundaries an authorized assessor needs to verify. Use it to plan safe validation, capture reproducible evidence and distinguish a meaningful control failure from an isolated technical symptom.

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Why it matters in practice

Within DevSecOps and Supply Chain, GitOps, IaC and Build Systems changes how scope, prerequisites and evidence should be handled. Focus on the concrete asset or data flow under test, record the assumptions that make the condition exploitable and connect verified behavior to an operational consequence and remediation decision.

Primary coverage

  • Track which repos are authoritative for infrastructure and which controllers apply the changes.
  • Review plan, approval and environment-selection logic for ways to redirect deployment intent.
  • Compare declared state to runtime state to identify hidden privilege or drift.
  • Treat build metadata, attestation and controller identity as first-class trust objects.

Assessment focus

For GitOps, IaC and Build Systems, document the starting condition, tested action, observable result and any constraint that limited validation. Separate what was proven from what remains inferred, then tie each recommendation to the control boundary described in the evidence.

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