English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781098139179 | 71 pages | True EPUB, MOBI | 3.01 MB

In today's cloud native world, where we automate as much as possible, everything is code. With this practical guide, you'll learn how policy as code (PaC) provides the means to manage the policies that guide our responses as well as the systems we maintain—Kubernetes, cloud security, software supply-chain security, infrastructure-as-code, and microservices authorization, among others.

Author Jimmy Ray, a developer advocate on the Web Services Kubernetes team, provides a practical approach to integrating PaC solutions into your systems, with plenty of real-world examples and important hands-on guidance. DevOps and DevSecOps eeers, Kubernetes developers, and cloud eeers will understand how to choose and then implement the most appropriate solutions.

Understand PaC theory, best practices, and use cases for security

Learn how to choose and use the correct PaC solution for your needs

Explore PaC tooling and deployment options for writing and managing PaC policies

Apply PaC to DevOps, IaC, Kubernetes, and AuthN/AuthZ

Examine how you can use PaC to implement security controls

Verify that your PaC solution is providing the desired result

Create auditable artifacts to satisfy internal and external regulatory requirements