Marp-Slides

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Policy as Code: Transforming Governance in the Cloud Era Introduction to Policy as Code Definition: Automating policy creation and enforcement. Importance in cloud-native and DevOps practices. What is Policy as Code (PaC)? Machine-readable definitions of policies and rules Used to automate compliance checks and security enforcement Written in human-readable formats (YAML, JSON, Rego, etc.) Why Policy as Code? Speed: Speed and scalability of cloud computing. Collaboration: Devs and security teams use the same language/source of truth Consistency: Reducing human errors and inconsistencies. Core Concepts and Terminology Policy: Rules that govern resource use. Code: Policies defined in code files. Idempotence: Ensuring repeated executions produce the same result. Immutability: Unchanging over time. Tools and Technologies Open Policy Agent (OPA): General-purpose policy engine HashiCorp Sentinel: Policy language integrated with Terraform Other Options: Checkov, InSpec, etc. Workflow & Implementation Policy Creation: Collaborative process Version Control: Git for tracking and changes CI/CD Integration: Automate checks in pipelines Demo: Writing and Testing Policies Examples of policy code (e.g., deny public S3 buckets). ...