diff --git a/.github/workflows/nuget-publish-github.yml b/.github/workflows/nuget-publish-github.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 930dc44..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/nuget-publish-github.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: Nuget Publish to github
-on:
-  [workflow_dispatch]
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    name: nuget publish to github packages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Setup .NET Core
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: 3.1.x
-    - name: Pack
-      run: dotnet pack src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj --configuration Release
-    - name: Publish
-      run: find ./src/RulesEngine/bin/Release -iname "*.nupkg" | xargs dotnet nuget push -s https://nuget.pkg.github.com/microsoft/index.json -k ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nuget-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/nuget-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bc04fa..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/nuget-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-name: Nuget Publish
-on:
-  [workflow_dispatch]
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    name: build, pack & publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup dotnet
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: 3.1.x
-
-      # Publish
-      - name: publish on version change
-        id: publish_nuget
-        uses: rohith/publish-nuget@v2
-        with:
-          # Filepath of the project to be packaged, relative to root of repository
-          PROJECT_FILE_PATH: src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj
-          
-          # NuGet package id, used for version detection & defaults to project name
-          # PACKAGE_NAME: Core
-          
-          # Filepath with version info, relative to root of repository & defaults to PROJECT_FILE_PATH
-          # VERSION_FILE_PATH: Directory.Build.props
-
-          # Regex pattern to extract version info in a capturing group
-          # VERSION_REGEX: ^\s*<Version>(.*)<\/Version>\s*$
-          
-          # Useful with external providers like Nerdbank.GitVersioning, ignores VERSION_FILE_PATH & VERSION_REGEX
-          # VERSION_STATIC: 1.0.0
-
-          # Flag to toggle git tagging, enabled by default
-          # TAG_COMMIT: true
-
-          # Format of the git tag, [*] gets replaced with actual version
-          # TAG_FORMAT: v*
-
-          # API key to authenticate with NuGet server
-          NUGET_KEY: ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}}
-
-          # NuGet server uri hosting the packages, defaults to https://api.nuget.org
-          # NUGET_SOURCE: https://api.nuget.org
-
-          # Flag to toggle pushing symbols along with nuget package to the server, disabled by default
-          # INCLUDE_SYMBOLS: false
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 728408d..9b0709d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -330,4 +330,8 @@ ASALocalRun/
 .mfractor/
 /src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.sln.licenseheader
 /assets/RulesEnginePackageFile.xml
-coveragereport/
\ No newline at end of file
+coveragereport/
+
+src/**/*.snk
+
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/build-signed.ps1 b/deployment/build-signed.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6c57b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/build-signed.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+    [string] $csprojFilePath,
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+    [string] $signingKey
+)
+
+# sign and build the project
+$directory = Split-Path $csprojFilePath;
+$signKeyFile = Join-Path $directory "signKey.snk";
+
+$bytes = [Convert]::FromBase64String($signingKey)
+[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($signKeyFile, $bytes)
+
+dotnet build $csprojFilePath -c Release -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true -p:DelaySign=false -p:AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile=$signKeyFile 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk b/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10341c9
Binary files /dev/null and b/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk differ
diff --git a/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index ef8ec97..1bda149 100644
--- a/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
 // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
 [assembly: ComVisible(false)]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("RulesEngine.UnitTest")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("RulesEngine.UnitTest, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100c15956b2ac0945c55b69a185f5c3e02276693b0a5e42c8a1f08cb24e03dd87d91f9fa09f79b6b7b3aac4df46f2ea4ce4bfa31920bb0aad9f02793ab29de9fbf40f5ba9e347aa8569128459f31da1f6357eabe6e1308ac7c16b87a4d61e8d1785746a57ec67956d2e2454b3c98502a5d5c4a4168133bfaa431207c108efae03aa")]
diff --git a/src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj b/src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj
index 4b9638c..c21edd8 100644
--- a/src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj
+++ b/src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
+    <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\signing\RulesEngine-publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <DelaySign>True</DelaySign>
+    <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
+    <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj b/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
index f29636e..7c5d82c 100644
--- a/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
+++ b/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\signing\RulesEngine-publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <DelaySign>True</DelaySign>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.17.0" />