Securing Your Infrastructure as Code Pipeline

Explore the security and compliance benefits of implementing a uniform platform interface for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions in this 33-minute conference talk by Jesse Sanford from Autodesk. Learn how to achieve a strong separation of concerns between platform engineers and product teams, enabling the integration of common fundamentals and non-negotiables. Discover how to enforce guard rails using static analysis tools and RBAC to create walled garden ecosystems of trusted IaC. Gain insights into Autodesk's cloud deployment platform capabilities, including the use of Open Policy Agent, in-toto, Sigstore's suite, Crossplane, and other tools. Understand how to structure CI and CD systems for inspectable, verifiable, and trustable IaC pipelines. Delve into topics such as cryptographically verifiable IaC package signing, static analysis of IaC plans, and deploy-time policy enforcement. Acquire knowledge of open-source tools and patterns that can enhance both velocity and safety in platform engineering.