--- title: Styra's Policy as Code Report: Identity and Access... description: The State of Policy as Code report highlights the crucial role of policy as code in efficient software building in cloud environments, emphasizing its benefits... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/styra-s-policy-as-code-report-identity-and-access-management-drives-adoption-mcikqiwra twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Styra's Policy as Code Report: Identity and Access Management Drives Adoption | daily.dev og:description: The State of Policy as Code report highlights the crucial role of policy as code in efficient software building in cloud environments, emphasizing its benefits... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/styra-s-policy-as-code-report-identity-and-access-management-drives-adoption-mcikqiwra og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/McIKQIWrA.png og:image:alt: Styra's Policy as Code Report: Identity and Access Management Drives Adoption og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Styra's Policy as Code Report: Identity and Access Management Drives Adoption **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The State of Policy as Code report highlights the crucial role of policy as code in efficient software building in cloud environments, emphasizing its benefits in development efficiency, security, and simplicity. The report also discusses the challenges and diverse applications of policy as code, with a focus on identity and access management. The adoption of policy as code is driven by motivations such as IAM, zero-trust architecture, and continuous authentication and access. However, there are barriers to adoption, including complexity and organizational resistance. The report emphasizes the importance of overcoming these barriers for maximizing the benefits of policy as code in modern software development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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