A proven methodology to build a PolicyOps function and public policy design frameworks for digital adoption, supporting your organization's journey into new paradigms and service models such as Cloud, SaaS, CaaS, FaaS, and DevOpsKey FeaturesUnderstand and define policies that can be consumed across the businessLeverage a framework to embed Policy as Code into the organizationLearn how to use Open Policy Agent and its powerful policy language, RegoBook DescriptionPolicy as Code (PaC) is a powerful paradigm that enables organizations to implement, validate, and measure policies at scale. Policy Design in the Age of Digital Adoption is a comprehensive guide to understanding policies, their design, and implementation for cloud environments using a DevOps-based framework. You'll discover how to create the necessary automation, its integration, and which stakeholders to involve.Complete with essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book will help you understand policies and how new technologies such as cloud, microservices, and serverless leverage Policy as Code. You'll work with a custom framework to implement PaC in the organization, and advance to integrating policies, guidelines, and regulations into code to enhance the security and resilience posture of the organization. You'll also examine existing tools, evaluate them, and learn a framework to implement PaC so that technical and business teams can collaborate more effectively.By the end of this book, you'll have gained the confidence to design digital policies across your organizational environment.What you will learnUnderstand policies, guidelines, regulations and how they fit together in an organizationDiscover policy-related current challenges brought by digital transformation regarding policiesFind out about Open Policy Engine (OPA) and other policy engines for different environmentsGet to grips with the latest developments in PaC through a review of the literature, toolset, and usageExplore the PaC framework to develop trust at scale, leveraging patterns and best practicesBecome familiar with tool evaluation and selection using real-world examplesWho this book is forFrom decision-makers, such as chief information officers (CIOs) and chief information security officers (CISOs) responsible for affecting change horizontally in an organization, to cloud and DevOps architects and engineers, this book will help professionals involved in designing, implementing, and measuring policies in their organizations. A basic understanding of concepts such as cloud-native technologies, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, and automation is necessary to get started with this book.