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• Tecton users have direct access to objects and metadata fields, making it difficult to lock down Providence metadata fields
• Kubernetes cluster classes are managed by different entities, making it challenging to restrict access to metadata fields
• The Task Run object becomes a main attack point for malicious actors
• The proposed solution involves creating a trusted computing base and restricting access to metadata fields
• Spiffy Inspire provides strong attestation and verification for the trusted computing base
• Future work includes extending the solution to other custom resources and validating artifacts passed between tasks

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• Salsa is an emerging standard that puts many requirements on the table for supply chain security implementation
• Compliance-driven implementation of the framework may result in minimal value and negotiation with suppliers is necessary
• Provenance documents can be built from APIs and log files to avoid opening up all pipelines
• Level three of Salsa promises better protection from developer workstations and adjacent build systems
• Strongly authenticated actors and retention of sources indefinitely are challenging requirements to comply with
• The Salsa standard provides solutions but they are hard to implement and may result in loss of accreditation

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• Understanding the order of steps in supply chain management is crucial to effectively addressing problems
• Prioritizing solutions based on the problem at hand is more effective than blindly implementing solutions
• The speaker shares an anecdote about the challenges of vulnerability scanning and the importance of building a vulnerability management system
• The speaker emphasizes the importance of having an S-bomb as the foundation of supply chain management