# Machine-Readable Policies

> Security or compliance policies expressed in a structured, executable format that tools can evaluate directly.

Record: `lexicon:machine-readable-policies`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-machine-readable-policies

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Layered Controls](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/layered-controls.md) and before [Minimal Exposure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/minimal-exposure.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Required by

- [Policy as Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/policy-as-code.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)