# Policy Maintenance

> The activity of keeping codified policies correct and current as requirements evolve.

Record: `lexicon:policy-maintenance`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-policy-maintenance

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Pipeline Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/pipeline-complexity.md) and before [Role Explosion](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/role-explosion.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

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

## Linked from

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