Policy source data format proposal #5817
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This is the policy source data format that we will use to improve
development of our profiles. It will allow us to store security controls
and requirements in the repository and then define profiles by using
their IDs instead of separate rules.
This is done in order to solve the problem that there is no easy way to
demonstrate to profile stakeholder the status of their profile.
Intended workflow:
controls serve as direct input for our profiles.
covered by rules.
in the profile file.
Once the format is accepted we can start developing tools that support
this new workflow.
In future, we can also use it for further refactoring, for example
streamlining the generation of HTML tables.
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