Empower Your Team with Policy as Code

Policies play a crucial role in managing applications and infrastructure by setting guidelines for security, resource use, and compliance. Traditionally, policies were enforced through text documents or cloud provider GUIs, but these methods are prone to errors and inefficiencies in rapidly evolving environments. The concept of "Policy as Code" allows for the application of software engineering principles to policy management, offering benefits such as clarity, version control, testing, and automation. Policies defined as code are unambiguous, can be integrated into automated pipelines, and are easily managed with familiar development tools. Common applications include authorization control, infrastructure provisioning, Kubernetes management, and cost control. Tools like Pulumi and CrossGuard facilitate implementing policy as code, providing a framework for automated and efficient policy enforcement in complex infrastructures.