Configurationand

Configurationand is a term used in information technology to describe an integrated approach that treats configuration data and governance requirements as a unified domain. The word is a portmanteau formed from configuration and the ideas of policy, governance, and compliance, signaling the linkage between configuration management and regulatory or organizational constraints.

In concept, configurationand emphasizes maintaining a single source of truth for both system settings and policy constraints. It supports traceability, change management, and automated validation by linking configuration metadata with policy rules, version history, and audit trails.

In practice, configurationand is applied in DevOps and cloud environments, particularly within infrastructure as code workflows, continuous compliance efforts, and security-focused configurations. It relies on inventory databases, policy-as-code, drift detection, and automated testing pipelines to ensure configurations remain compliant and secure over time.

Related concepts include configuration management, policy as code, governance, compliance, drift detection, and infrastructure as code.