When Should Sentinel be Employed & Conclusion
Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 1 minute and 16 seconds
Students: 404
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Sentinel is a fairly easy-to-understand language and framework for implementing Policy as Code in your organization, allowing for a large breadth of disciplines to be involved in the policymaking process.
In this introductory lesson, we’ll cover what Sentinel is through a few different pillars: The Why, The How, and The When of Sentinel.
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Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will have learned:
- The Why
- Why was a Policy as Code framework like Sentinel developed? And what does it aim to solve for?
- The How
- How is Sentinel designed? What encompasses it as a language and framework?
- The When
- What are some ideal situations in which Sentinel should be implemented?
Intended Audience
- Managers
- DevOps Engineers
- Security Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have:
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code
- Some programming experience
- Familiarity with organizational policies
Resources
Hashicorp.io - Sentinel Documentation
Covered Topics