Secure Continuous Integration and Delivery with Chainguard's Default Actions

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Cybersecurity Firm Introduces Secure-by-Default CI/CD Workflows to Mitigate Software Supply Chain Risks

Chainguard has unveiled a new solution designed to secure the most privileged and vulnerable layer in the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. Chainguard Actions provides a continuously updated catalog of secure workflows, allowing developers and AI-assisted coding agents to deliver software quickly without introducing supply chain risks.

The CI/CD Pipeline: A Critical Component of Modern Software Delivery

The CI/CD pipeline is a critical component of modern software delivery, but its workflows often operate with elevated privileges, making them an attractive target for attackers. Recent incidents, such as the compromise of the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action, which exposed secrets across over 23,000 repositories, highlight the risks associated with unsecured CI/CD workflows.

Chainguard Actions: A Secure-by-Default Solution

Chainguard Actions addresses this challenge by ingesting widely used third-party CI/CD workflows and evaluating them against a comprehensive security ruleset. Workflows that fail the review are automatically remediated and published in a secure catalog, ready for use in production environments. This approach ensures that organizations can protect against attacks on the most privileged open source layer, avoid CI/CD incident response cycles, and establish trust in every automation workflow.

Key Features of Chainguard Actions

Rules to prevent excessive permissions and supply chain risks
Auditable CI/CD artifacts, providing verifiable insight into workflow provenance
Continuous monitoring and automatic reevaluation of workflows as new security rules are introduced

By providing a secure-by-default approach to CI/CD workflows, Chainguard Actions enables organizations to focus on shipping software while minimizing the risk of breaches and reducing the complexity of security reviews.

“Chainguard Actions extends our industry-leading secure-by-default approach to the CI/CD layer, enabling a software delivery lifecycle that developers and their AI agents can trust end to end.” – Dan Lorenc, CEO of Chainguard

Chainguard’s solution addresses a critical gap in the CI/CD security landscape, where security reviews are often treated as a point-in-time exercise. By continuously updating and securing workflows, Chainguard Actions helps organizations stay ahead of evolving threats and ensures the integrity of their software delivery pipeline.