Enforce Custom Rules in Datadog IaC Security Scanning
datadog, Friday, September 18th, 2026
Datadog adds custom rule authoring to its infrastructure-as-code security scanning.
Datadog announces support for custom rules in its IaC Security scanning, letting teams codify organization-specific policies beyond the built-in ruleset.
The post explains how to author rules, scope them to repositories or environments, and surface findings in developer workflows. It covers the feedback loop between scan results and pull request review.
The capability targets platform and security teams standardizing infrastructure guardrails across many repositories.