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Control (Compliance) - CI/CD Glossary Definition

A control is a specific safeguard implemented to reduce risk and satisfy a compliance requirement.

A control is a specific safeguard or countermeasure (technical, administrative, or physical) implemented to reduce risk and meet a requirement within a compliance framework.

Controls are the building blocks of every framework; many are operated and evidenced directly through CI/CD.

In CI/CD

A required code review, a mandatory vulnerability scan, and an enforced approval gate are each controls that a pipeline implements and can prove ran.

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