Incrementally validating security policy code using information from an infrastructure as code repository

Abstract

In an example, an apparatus may include a validation module configured to identify a security policy update from a security as code repository, wherein the identified security policy update is a candidate for deployment to a production environment having a plurality of attributes defined by an infrastructure as code repository; identify, from the plurality of attributes and using the infrastructure as code repository, individual attributes that correspond to the identified security policy update, wherein the identified individual attributes are identical to a subset of the plurality of attributes; generate a test environment based on the identified individual attributes; following deployment of the identified security policy update to the test environment, check for security exceptions or availability exceptions using the test environment; and output validation results based on a result of the checking.