Securing AWS CI/CD Pipelines for SaaS Applications

Modern SaaS applications frequently deploy infrastructure and application code via CI/CD pipelines.

While automation improves deployment speed, it also introduces potential risk if infrastructure changes are deployed without appropriate security controls.

Common CI/CD-related risks include:

• Over-privileged IAM roles

• Secrets stored in plain text

• Unscanned Infrastructure as Code

• Misconfigured deployment policies

• Runtime exposure following release

• Securing AWS-based CI/CD pipelines requires review of:

• IAM role scoping

• Secrets management

• Terraform deployment policies

• Application runtime permissions

• Infrastructure misconfiguration detection

Integrating AWS-native security tooling into deployment workflows can help prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced during infrastructure or application releases.

Habitat3's AWS Consulting Services help SaaS teams to assess and secure CI/CD-driven AWS environments — ensuring deployment practices align with security best practice.