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Patterns and lessons from secure software delivery

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16 July 20265 min read

A staged model for improving logs, metrics and tracing without turning observability into an all-or-nothing programme.

18 June 20265 min read

How automated integration tests can provide evidence that centrally managed GitLab security controls still behave as intended.

21 May 20265 min read

A practical approach to combining central delivery controls with the autonomy engineering teams need to ship and operate software.

23 April 20266 min read

High-level architecture principles for validated, scanned, auditable and controlled source-code movement across separated environments.

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