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# Awesome Policy-as-Code [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg)](https://awesome.re)



List of awesome resources about **Policy-as-Code** included blogs, videos, and tools.



## Contents



- [Blogs](#blogs)

  - [Getting Started](#getting-started)

  - [Infrastructure as Code](#infrastructure-as-code)

  - [CI/CD](#cicd)

  - [Kubernetes](#kubernetes)

  - [AWS](#aws)

  - [Azure](#azure)

- [Videos](#videos)

  - [Getting Started](#getting-started-1)

  - [Infrastructure as Code](#infrastructure-as-code-1)

  - [CI/CD](#cicd-1)

  - [Kubernetes](#kubernetes-1)

  - [Others](#others)

- [Tools](#tools)



## Blogs



### Getting Started



- [What is Policy as Code?](https://blog.container-solutions.com/what-is-policy-as-code)



- [Introducing Policy As Code: The Open Policy Agent (OPA)](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/08/13/introducing-policy-as-code-the-open-policy-agent-opa/)



- [Open Policy Agent: Authorization in a Cloud Native World](https://www.aquasec.com/cloud-native-academy/cloud-native-applications/open-policy-agent-authorization-in-a-cloud-native-world/)



- [Using Open Policy Agent for cloud-native app authorization](https://blog.styra.com/blog/using-open-policy-agent-for-cloud-native-app-authorization)



- [Unified cloud-native authorization: Policy everywhere and for everyone](https://blog.styra.com/blog/unified-cloud-native-authorization-rego-policy-builder)



### Infrastructure-as-Code



- [Using Open Policy Agent (OPA) to Develop Policy as Code for Cloud Infrastructure](https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2020/02/21/using-open-policy-agent-opa-to-develop-policy-as-code-for-cloud-infrastructure/)



- [Regula: Validate Terraform for Policy Compliance with Open Policy Agent](https://dev.to/andrewwright/regula-validate-terraform-for-policy-compliance-with-open-policy-agent-37lg)



### CI/CD



- [Validating apps against company policies in a CI pipeline](https://cloud.google.com/anthos-config-management/docs/tutorials/app-policy-validation-ci-pipeline)



- [Using Policy Controller in a CI pipeline](https://cloud.google.com/anthos-config-management/docs/tutorials/policy-agent-ci-pipeline)



- [Controlling Release Pipelines with Gates and Azure Policy Compliance](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/controlling-release-pipelines-with-gates-and-azure-policy-compliance/)



### Kubernetes



- [Better Kubernetes Security with Open Policy Agent (OPA) - Part 1](https://www.openshift.com/blog/better-kubernetes-security-with-open-policy-agent-opa-part-1)



- [Better Kubernetes Security with Open Policy Agent (OPA) - Part 2](https://www.openshift.com/blog/better-kubernetes-security-with-open-policy-agent-opa-part-2)



- [OPA the Easy Way feat. Styra DAS!](https://www.infracloud.io/blogs/opa-the-easy-way-featuring-styra-das/)



- [OPA Gatekeeper: Policy and Governance for Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2019/08/06/opa-gatekeeper-policy-and-governance-for-kubernetes/)



- [Enforce Organizational Policies and Security Best Practices to your Kubernetes Clusters By Using OPA Gatekeeper](https://medium.com/trendyol-tech/enforce-organizational-policies-and-security-best-practices-to-your-kubernetes-clusters-by-using-dfc085528e07)



- [Enforcing Policy as Code using OPA and Gatekeeper in Kubernetes](https://elastisys.com/enforcing-policy-as-code-using-opa-and-gatekeeper-in-kubernetes/)



- [Applying Pod security policies using Gatekeeper](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/pod-security-policies-with-gatekeeper)



- [Authorizing Microservice APIs With OPA and Kuma](https://konghq.com/blog/authorize-api-opa-kuma?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=community)



### AWS



- [Realize Policy-as-Code with AWS Cloud Development Kit through Open Policy Agent](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/realize-policy-as-code-with-aws-cloud-development-kit-through-open-policy-agent/)



- [Using Gatekeeper as a drop-in Pod Security Policy replacement in Amazon EKS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/using-gatekeeper-as-a-drop-in-pod-security-policy-replacement-in-amazon-eks/)



- [IAM Insights: Automated right-sizing with policy-as-code](https://bridgecrew.io/blog/iam-insights-automated-right-sizing-for-iam-policy-code/)



- [AWS Cloud Security for Launch Configurations with Policy as Code](https://www.accurics.com/blog/security-blog/aws-cloud-security-for-launch-configurations-with-policy-as-code/)



### Azure



- [Design Azure Policy as Code workflows](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/concepts/policy-as-code)



- [Managing Azure Policy as Code with GitHub](https://github.com/Azure/manage-azure-policy/blob/main/tutorial/azure-policy-as-code.md)



- [Using Terrascan with Azure DevOps](https://lgulliver.github.io/terrascan-in-azure-devops/)



## Videos



### Getting Started



- [How Policy as Code Brings Speed & Protection to DevOps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOOw4d_6WyA)



- [Managing Open Policy Agent at Scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLO74V1Y4gM)



- [Intro: Open Policy Agent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lca5u_ODS5s)



### Infrastructure-as-Code



- [Managing Policy as Code With Terraform and Sentinel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_m4fFYym30)



- [A Deep Dive into Sentinel: HashiCorp's Policy as Code Framework](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gHo8PIA2uc)



- [Checkov: Security & Compliance for Your Infrastructure-as-Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EdM-e-9DU)



### CI/CD



- [Integrating Policy as code into your CI/CD pipeline](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUNhRHQ2YrY)



### Kubernetes



- [Kubernetes Native Policy As Code](https://youtu.be/6GGg2WyhJfY)



- [Policing Your Kubernetes Clusters with Open Policy Agent (OPA)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDWndems-sk)



- [Policy Enforcement on Kubernetes with Open Policy Agent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN0su8fdGcs)



- [Gatekeeper and OPA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgaGJm9NJE)



- [Gatekeeper: Flexible, Shareable Policy for Kubernetes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kur5MXg7us)



- [K8s with OPA Gatekeeper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wJE3I8BYM)



- [Using Policy-as-Code to Manage Security Risk in K8s Before & After Deployment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyOCLALjV98)



- [How to keep your clusters safe and healthy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSq-xqhQ09Q)



### Others



- [Open Policy Agent at Scale: How Pinterest Manages Policy Distribution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhgxFICWsA8)



## Tools



- [OPA](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa) - An open source, general-purpose policy engine that enables unified, context-aware policy enforcement across the entire stack



- [Styra DAS](https://www.styra.com/pricing) - Commercial tools for managing OPA at scale and created by the founders and maintainers of Open Policy Agent (OPA)



- [OPAL](https://github.com/authorizon/opal) - Policy and data administration, distribution, and real-time updates on top of Open Policy Agent



- [OPCR](https://openpolicycontainers.com/) - An open-source project that secures the software supply chain of OPA policies. 



- [Topaz](https://www.topaz.sh) - An open-source authorization project that provides a data plane for OPA policies.



- [HashiCorp Sentinel](https://docs.hashicorp.com/sentinel) - A language and framework for policy built to be embedded in existing software to enable fine-grained, logic-based policy decisions



- [Regula](https://github.com/fugue/regula) - A tool that evaluates CloudFormation and Terraform infrastructure-as-code for potential AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud security and compliance violations prior to deployment



- [Intercept](https://github.com/xfhg/intercept) - Policy as Code static analysis auditing



- [Checkov](https://github.com/bridgecrewio/checkov) - A static code analysis tool for infrastructure-as-code



- [Terrascan](https://github.com/accurics/terrascan) - Detects security vulnerabilities and compliance violations across your Infrastructure as Code



- [kics](https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics) - Find security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and infrastructure misconfigurations earlier



- [Gatekeeper](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/gatekeeper) - Policy Controller for Kubernetes



- [Gatekeeper Policy Manager (GPM)](https://github.com/sighupio/gatekeeper-policy-manager)- A simple to use web-based Gatekeeper policies manager



- [Konstraint](https://github.com/plexsystems/konstraint) - A policy management tool for interacting with Gatekeeper 



- [Kyverno](https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno) - A policy engine designed for Kubernetes. It can validate, mutate, and generate configurations using admission controls and background scans



- [kube-mgmt](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/kube-mgmt) - Sidecar for managing OPA on top of Kubernetes



- [MagTape](https://github.com/tmobile/magtape) - A Policy-as-Code tool for Kubernetes that allows for evaluating Kubernetes resources against a set of defined policies to inform and enforce best practice configurations



- [Fregot](https://github.com/fugue/Fregot) - A set of tools for working with the Rego policy language, which is part of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) policy engine



- [Deprek8ion](https://github.com/swade1987/deprek8ion) - A set of rego policies to monitor Kubernetes APIs deprecations



- [Cloud Custodian](https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian) - Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources 



## Sponsor



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## Contributing



Please refer the guidelines at [contributing.md for details](Contributing.md).