CI needs real cloud credentials to deploy. How do you scope, rotate, and respond when one leaks?

Pipeline credentials are the keys to production and git history is forever. Scoping per stage, runtime-minted short-lived identities, expiry-enforced rotation, and a revoke-first leak playbook.

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Pipeline credentials are the keys to production and git history is forever. Scoping per stage, runtime-minted short-lived identities, expiry-enforced rotation, and a revoke-first leak playbook.

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