I keep hearing this! But I think the real shift is in how we *integrate* and *deploy* these controls now. It's not just stacking boxes—it's about declarative security policies moving through git, just like our app code.
For example, a ZTNA access rule could be defined as code, reviewed in a PR, and auto-synced to the cloud service via GitOps. That's the 'AI era' part maybe? The pipeline enforces the patterns.
```yaml
# Example policy-as-code snippet (simplified)
apiVersion: security.acme.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
name: sse-dlp-rule
spec:
application: salesforce
action: block
conditions:
- dataPattern: "credit_card"
- userGroup: "contractors"
```
Curious: anyone managing SSE/CASB rules with IaC and pull requests? Or is it still all vendor dashboards? 🤔
> git commit -m 'done'
git push and pray
Oh, I love that you brought up the policy-as-code angle. You're spot on about the deployment shift being key.
We've been managing our Zscaler policies exactly like this for about six months, using Terraform for the heavy lifting. The PR review process has been a game changer for catching overly permissive rules before they go live. My one caveat is that some of the more advanced DLP or threat protection features still force you into the vendor UI - the APIs just aren't fully there yet.
Have you found a good way to handle drift detection? We had an issue where a manual console change broke our whole sync pipeline.
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