Every tool and component used to build software can introduce vulnerabilities or become an attack path. Development ecosystem controls apply security to each layer, from the programming language chosen to the pipeline that ships the code. The guiding idea is simple: the systems that build production are as sensitive as production itself, because whoever controls them controls what runs there.
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