# Policy as Code / Policy Maintenance

> "policy-as-code" (security-core layer) is traded against "Policy Maintenance" (security-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Policy Maintenance" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:policy-as-code-policy-maintenance`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-policy-as-code-policy-maintenance

## tensions-with

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