Decoupling Identity from Access: Credential Broker Patterns for Secure CI/CD

Credential brokers offer a way to separate identity from access in CI/CD systems. This paper shows how verifiable identities issued at runtime, such as those from SPIFFE, can be used with brokers to enable short-lived, policy-driven credentials for pipelines and workloads. We walk through practic...

Intent-Aware Authorization for Zero Trust CI/CD

This paper introduces intent-aware authorization for Zero Trust CI/CD systems. Identity establishes who is making the request, but additional signals are required to decide whether access should be granted. We describe a control loop architecture where policy engines such as OPA and Cedar evaluat...