Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
The practice of managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable configuration files rather than manual processes. IaC enables consistent, repeatable, and auditable infrastructure deployments.
Terms that appear alongside infrastructure as code (iac)
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as infrastructure as code (iac). The number is how many controls name both.
- software bill of materials 4 shared controls
- security testing 3 shared controls
- zero trust 3 shared controls
- vulnerability 3 shared controls
- devsecops 3 shared controls
- microsegmentation 3 shared controls
- cis benchmarks 3 shared controls
- patch management 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern infrastructure as code (iac)
What the standards actually require on infrastructure as code (iac)
Requirements naming infrastructure as code (iac) across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure controls cover the underlying compute + network + storage + management plane. (1) Virtual Network Segmentation: VPC Virtual Private Cloud isolation + subnets + security groups + NACLs + microsegmentation + service mesh (Istio + Linke...
ISMAP-CloudInfrastructure-NetworkSegmentation-Container-Serverless-WorkloadProtection-Hardening-ConfigManagement · ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure - VPC Network Segmentation + Container/Serverless Security + Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP) + Image/Template Hardening + CIS Benchmarks + Configuration Management + IaC →Security Layer 1 Infrastructure per X.805 Clause 7.1: The Infrastructure Security Layer consists of network facilities (transmission facilities and network elements) protected by the security measures.
X805-Layer1-Infrastructure-Security-Transmission-Facilities-Network-Elements-Lines-Routers-Switches · ITU-T X.805 Security Layer 1 - Infrastructure Security + Transmission Facilities + Network Elements + Routers + Switches + Lines + Physical + Datacenter + Optical + Radio Access + Wireless + Wireline + Edge →Kuwait NCF Protect function (Infrastructure). Network Security and Segmentation: defense in depth + perimeter (firewall + WAF + DDoS mitigation) + internal segmentation (microsegmentation + VLAN + zero-trust network access ZTNA) + east-west traffic inspection...
KNCF-Protect-Network-Configuration-Vulnerability-Physical-Secure-SDLC-Hardening-Patching-Drift · Kuwait NCF Protect + Network + Configuration + Vulnerability + Physical + Secure SDLC →Questions people ask about infrastructure as code (iac)
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