Policy as Code: From Documents to Machine Intelligence

This blog post argues that traditional static policy documents cannot keep pace with modern multi-cloud, ephemeral, and continuous deployment environments. It presents **Policy as Code (PaC)** as a discipline that transforms policies into machine-readable, version-controlled, continuously enforced and auditable rules. PaC operates across three areas: modernizing policies, embedding validation into development/operations, and enabling continuous assurance. Key enablers include **OSCAL** (for machine-readable control definitions, profiles, and system plans) and **Open Policy Agent (OPA)** (for enforcement using Rego rules). The Compliance-to-Policy (C2P) bridge helps convert existing OSCAL artifacts into enforcement formats. A worked example (MFA for privileged accounts) traces a control from OSCAL catalog through OPA enforcement to evidence generation. The post concludes that **agentic AI** can accelerate PaC adoption by automating policy translation, rule testing, and remediation triage, while PaC itself provides a framework for governing AI systems. A mature PaC program turns compliance into an engineering process with machine-generated evidence, reducing governance crises. 

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/policy-as-code-from-documents-to-machine-intelligence-p-4132

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