Security Validation Lanes

Security workflows are split into supply chain, threat model, and data protection validation lanes.

Security Lane Model

flowchart TD
    Security[Security validation] --> Vulnerability[Vulnerability scanning]
    Security --> SupplyChain[Supply-chain checks]
    Security --> Policy[Policy and security rules]
    Security --> Publish[Publish-time verification]

    Vulnerability --> Evidence[Security evidence set]
    SupplyChain --> Evidence
    Policy --> Evidence
    Publish --> Evidence

    Evidence --> Block{Release-blocking issue?}
    Block -- Yes --> Stop[Stop promotion]
    Block -- No --> Proceed[Proceed with recorded evidence]

This model helps maintainers read the security workflows as a coordinated set of gates instead of a random list of CI files.

Workflow Anchors

• .github/workflows/security-supply-chain-validation.yml
• .github/workflows/security-threat-model-validation.yml
• .github/workflows/security-data-protection-validation.yml

Main Takeaway

Security validation lanes are release-shaping evidence paths. They exist so maintainers can separate dependency and supply-chain review, threat-model governance, and publish-time security confidence instead of folding them into one vague notion of "security checked."