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Delivery GovernanceAdvanced10 submodules

Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance

Enforce least privilege, protected branches and environments, controlled approvals, auditable service connections, secret management, policy, and compliance evidence across delivery systems.

How this module works

From concept to production evidence

Identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

Learning outcomes

  • Apply RBAC and least privilege
  • Protect branches and approvals
  • Secure service connections and secrets
  • Protect environments and audit activity
  • Use compliance controls and Azure Policy

Flow diagram

Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance end-to-end flow

Use this sequence as the operating backbone for every submodule note and hands-on exercise.

  1. 01
    Identify actorDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 1: identify actor with an auditable result before the next stage begins.
  2. 02
    Authenticate stronglyDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 2: authenticate strongly with an auditable result before the next stage begins.
  3. 03
    Authorize exact scopeDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 3: authorize exact scope with an auditable result before the next stage begins.
  4. 04
    Require protected changeDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 4: require protected change with an auditable result before the next stage begins.
  5. 05
    Record audit evidenceDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 5: record audit evidence with an auditable result before the next stage begins.
  6. 06
    Review compliance and remediateDelivery Security, Governance, and Compliance stage 6: review compliance and remediate with an auditable result before the next stage begins.

Integrated hands-on lab

Govern a production delivery boundary

  1. Map actors and permissions
  2. Replace broad credentials
  3. Protect branch and environment
  4. Add approval and policy checks
  5. Produce access and deployment audit evidence

Complete module contents

10 full submodule notes

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01

RBAC

RBAC controls which actor may perform which action on which resource, under which conditions, with evidence that can be reviewed later within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Least privilege

Least privilege provides a concrete platform capability that must be configured, secured, validated, observed, and owned throughout its lifecycle within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Branch policies

Branch policies provides a concrete platform capability that must be configured, secured, validated, observed, and owned throughout its lifecycle within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Approval policies

Approval policies provides a concrete platform capability that must be configured, secured, validated, observed, and owned throughout its lifecycle within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Audit logs

Audit logs turns service behavior into evidence that supports detection, diagnosis, capacity decisions, and measurable reliability within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Service connections

Service connections provides a concrete platform capability that must be configured, secured, validated, observed, and owned throughout its lifecycle within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Secrets management

Secrets management controls which actor may perform which action on which resource, under which conditions, with evidence that can be reviewed later within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Environment protection

Environment protection provides a concrete platform capability that must be configured, secured, validated, observed, and owned throughout its lifecycle within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Compliance

Compliance controls which actor may perform which action on which resource, under which conditions, with evidence that can be reviewed later within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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Azure Policy

Azure Policy controls which actor may perform which action on which resource, under which conditions, with evidence that can be reviewed later within Delivery Security, Governance, and Compliance. It is not an isolated definition: its value appears when it supports identify each actor and protected resource, grant narrow roles through groups or workload identity, require independent review at high-risk boundaries, collect immutable logs, and automate policy evidence continuously.

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