After facing repeated security misconfigurations dangerously exposing critical assets, a Fortune 500 company automated security guardrails with Mondoo’s Policy as Code - reducing misconfigurations by 90% and improving compliance readiness. Read more in our Policy as Code white paper.
Policy as Code (PaC) is the practice of defining, managing, and enforcing policies using code, allowing them to be version-controlled, tested, and automated like software. Instead of manually having to configure, test, and enforce rules, PaC allows you to express them in a machine-readable format, reducing human error and allowing for easy scaling.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automates the provisioning and management of IT infrastructure using code, ensuring consistency and scalability. Policy as Code (PaC), on the other hand, defines and enforces rules for security, compliance, and governance in a codified manner.
Policy as Code (PaC) improves security, compliance, and efficiency by automating policy enforcement and reducing human error. It ensures consistency across environments, integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, and enables real-time compliance checks. PaC also enhances collaboration between security, development, and operations teams by making policies transparent and enforceable as part of the software delivery process.
Unlike most other PaC solutions that were mainly created for developers, Mondoo's MQL was designed from the ground up to be accessible to security teams. Mondoo includes a rich library of common policies, industry best-practices and compliance frameworks that can be applied out-of-the-box, or customized according to business needs. Mondoo also delivers a pre-trained AI policy generator that can be used to create new policies or update existing ones.
Policy as Code (PaC) benefits security teams, developers, and operations teams by automating compliance and security enforcement, reducing manual errors, and ensuring consistency across environments. DevOps and platform engineers gain from streamlined workflows, as policies are integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines, preventing misconfigurations early in the development cycle. Ultimately, businesses benefit by reducing risks, improving agility, and maintaining a strong security posture.