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AWS links Continuum penetration tests to CI/CD deployment gates

An October 14 AWS technical post describes a security gate that uses Continuum to test changed code after staging deployment. Authentication uses OIDC; tests run in the AWS account, not on the CI runner.

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    An October 14 AWS technical post describes a security gate that uses Continuum to test changed code after staging deployment. Authentication uses OIDC; tests run in the AWS account, not on the CI runner.

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