Policies & Controls with IaC

Integrate security and compliance into infrastructure deployment using IaC and Cloud Native frameworks.

Cloud Security Challenges

Ensuring infrastructure meets security and compliance requirements is critical for avoiding breaches and regulatory penalties. However, integrating these controls into deployment processes presents several challenges:

• Compliance Complexity: Meeting diverse regulatory standards across regions and industries is cumbersome.
• Manual Oversight: Human-led reviews slow down processes and introduce inconsistencies.
• Lack of Visibility: Gaps in monitoring and reporting hinder compliance verification.
• Drift Risks: Uncontrolled changes in configurations lead to policy violations.
• Integration Gaps: Difficulty embedding controls into existing deployment pipelines.

Policy & Control Benefits

1. Automated Compliance: Embed policies directly into IaC to enforce compliance at every stage.
2. Enhanced Security: Proactively identify and mitigate risks during deployment.
3. Continuous Monitoring: Gain real time insights into policy adherence and violations.

Secure, compliant infrastructure deployments.

Policy and controls integration ensures infrastructure meets security and compliance standards through automation and visibility.

Policy & Control - Implementation Steps

1. Define security and compliance requirements

Collaborate with stakeholders to establish security baselines and regulatory standards.

Implementation Details:

• Identify key frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC 2.
• Document specific requirements such as encryption, access controls, and logging.
• Map these to cloud provider features or tools.

2. Implement Policy-as-Code frameworks

Use Policy-as-Code tools to enforce controls within the IaC deployment process.

Implementation Details:

• Leverage tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA) or HashiCorp Sentinel.
• Define reusable policies for common infrastructure components.
• Automate policy validation as part of CI/CD pipelines.

3. Monitor & audit deployments

Enable continuous monitoring and auditing to detect violations and ensure ongoing compliance.

Implementation Details:

• Integrate tools like AWS Config, Azure Policy, GCP Compliance, or Kubernetes Validating Admission Policy.
• Configure automated alerts for policy breaches.
• Maintain detailed audit logs for verification.