Orchestrating policies for multi-cloud
So far, we've looked at the different ways we can set policies in the major cloud platforms. Now, what we really want in multi-cloud is a single repository where we can store and manage all our policies. Can we do this? From a technological perspective, we probably can: all cloud providers support JSON as a programming format. The problem is that these platforms have different concepts of deploying policies. What's the solution to this problem?
To think of a solution, we must start thinking in terms of layers and abstract logic from the code itself. What do we mean by this? A policy has a certain logic. As an example, from a security perspective, we can define that all the VMs in our environment must be hardened by following the guidelines of CIS, the baseline of the Center for Internet Security. What type of VM we're talking about is irrelevant, as is the type of operating system it runs or on what platform the VM is hosted...
