ktamarapalli.hashnode.devRisk-Adaptive Friction: Designing Human-Aware Security Controls in CI/CDWhy All Approvals Should Not Cost the Same Introduction: The Click-Through Syndrome Security teams often believe friction equals security. In practice, static friction leads to automation and fatigue. When engineers approve deployments dozens of tim...53m ago·3 min read
ktamarapalli.hashnode.devThe Forensic Black Box: Why Logs That Can Be Deleted Are Security TheaterDesigning Immutable Audit Trails for CI/CD in Hostile Environments Introduction: The Illusion of Observability Most security teams believe they have “logs.” In reality, most organizations have rumors of past events stored in databases that attackers...Feb 14·4 min read
ktamarapalli.hashnode.devThe Dirty Laptop Hypothesis: Why Your CI/CD Approval UI Cannot Be TrustedPhysical Isolation as the Missing Primitive in DevSecOps Security Introduction: The Uncomfortable Truth About Developer Machines Security architecture often treats developer workstations as “trusted enough.” This is a comforting illusion. Modern dev...Feb 11·3 min read
ktamarapalli.hashnode.devThe Intent-Verification Gap in CI/CD: Why Authentication Fails Under Real AttacksFrom Stochastic Trust to Deterministic Human Intent in Hostile Build Environments Introduction: The Assumption That Keeps Failing Modern CI/CD pipelines are built on a deceptively simple assumption: If an action originates from a valid session toke...Feb 7·6 min read
ktamarapalli.hashnode.devHow I Built a Physical Kill-Switch for CI/CD Pipelines to Stop SolarWinds-Style AttacksFrom Stochastic Identity to Deterministic Intent: A Zero-Trust Architecture for Hostile Environments In December 2020, the SolarWinds Sunburst attack exposed a catastrophic flaw in how we think about CI/CD security. The attackers (APT29) didn't brea...Feb 3·15 min read