Centrally defined policies for database migrations are crucial in modern database management, ensuring consistency, compliance, and security by enabling organizations to effectively manage these migrations. Harness customers often use the platform to orchestrate database changes, employing the rego-based policy engine to enforce centralized policies that restrict certain SQL commands, thereby enhancing reliability and security. These policies are vital in regulated industries like finance and healthcare, safeguarding against unauthorized changes that could lead to data loss or downtime. They promote collaboration between developers and database administrators, streamline communication, and integrate automated governance into CI/CD pipelines, allowing for faster software deployment while maintaining compliance. An example policy, implemented using rego, prevents data-dropping commands in production environments by matching SQL against predefined regular expressions. Harness's Database DevOps product, developed with input from over 30 customers, facilitates seamless and reliable database changes akin to application code deployments, with the company inviting further participation as it enters public beta. Stephen Atwell, who leads this product, has extensive experience in IT operations and software development, contributing to his focus on creating solutions for challenges faced by technologists.