Technical compliance and regulatory security requirements for enterprise software systems. This category addresses GDPR compliance, data protection, security audits, risk management, and technical controls required in regulated industries.
Section A — Governance & Inventory Control Yes No Evidence Reference Complete inventory of CI/CD-related suppliers exists ☐ ☐ Supplier criticality classification defined ☐ ☐ Business owner formally assigned ☐ ☐ Technical owner formally assigned ☐ ☐ Annual risk assessment performed ☐ ☐ Sub-processor list documented ☐ ☐ Section B — Contractual & Regulatory Controls … Read more
Third-Party ICT Risk Controls for Regulated CI/CD Pipelines Why this checklist exists In regulated environments, suppliers are not “external.” They are part of your delivery system. When third-party services support your SDLC (Git hosting, CI/CD SaaS, artifact registries, cloud runtime, security scanners), auditors expect you to demonstrate: This checklist is designed to be used by … Read more
Treating CI/CD as a Regulated Enforcement and Audit System Introduction In regulated environments, CI/CD pipelines are often misunderstood as developer productivity tools. In reality, they are control enforcement systems. When properly designed, a CI/CD pipeline becomes: This article presents a CI/CD-only architecture model, where the pipeline itself is treated as a regulated system responsible for … Read more
Operational Resilience, Third-Party Dependency, and Controlled Disengagement Introduction DORA Article 28 requires financial entities to manage risks arising from ICT third-party service providers, including cloud platforms, CI/CD SaaS providers, artifact registries, and other critical digital services. A central — and often underestimated — requirement is the ability to exit a third-party arrangement without disrupting critical … Read more
DORA Article 28 failures rarely come from missing policies. They come from hidden weaknesses in third-party–dependent CI/CD pipelines that surface only during audits or incidents. Auditors look for red flags — signals that third-party ICT risk is unmanaged, unenforced, or unsupported by evidence. CI/CD platforms are a frequent source of such findings because they combine … Read more
This checklist highlights common CI/CD-related red flags under DORA Article 28. Each item represents a situation frequently identified during audits as a third-party ICT risk failure. If one or more items apply, auditors may classify the CI/CD platform or supplier as high-risk or non-compliant. CI/CD Red Flags — DORA Article 28 (Third-Party Risk) Enterprise CI/CD … Read more
DORA Article 28 requires financial entities to manage risks introduced by ICT third-party service providers. In modern software delivery, CI/CD pipelines are among the most third-party–dependent systems in the organization. Git platforms, CI runners, plugins, and artifact registries are not just tooling choices — they are embedded external services that directly influence software integrity, availability, … Read more
Many organizations preparing for DORA Article 28 focus on collecting documents. Auditors, however, do not evaluate compliance based on document volume — they evaluate control effectiveness, consistency, and traceability. This article explains how auditors actually review an Article 28 evidence pack, what they expect to see behind each evidence category, and why CI/CD and third-party … Read more
Introduction DORA Article 28 requires financial entities to manage risks arising from ICT third-party service providers. In modern software delivery, these providers are not peripheral — they are embedded directly into CI/CD pipelines and cloud runtime environments. This article presents a practical architecture view of DORA Article 28, showing: The objective is not to describe … Read more
This mapping connects commonly used enterprise DevSecOps and CI/CD tools to the controls required under DORA Article 28, and the evidence auditors expect to review. The objective is to remove ambiguity between tooling, governance, and compliance. DORA Article 28 — Tools → Controls → Evidence Diagram mapping enterprise DevSecOps tooling to enforceable CI/CD controls and … Read more
