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Policy drift

A mismatch between a resource's actual configuration and the state defined by a security policy, regardless of when or how that mismatch was introduced.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you prevent cloud configuration drift?
Configuration drift is prevented by enforcing policy continuously at the point of change, not just checking for it on a schedule. Once enforcement is enabled, changes that would introduce a non-compliant state are blocked before they take effect.

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