Assurance policies help ensure that only trusted container images reach production by enforcing security and compliance standards throughout fast‑moving DevOps pipelines. While image scanning and hardening begin during the build stage, assurance policies act as admission controls that verify images still meet required risk thresholds at deployment. They set guardrails that prevent unapproved, vulnerable, or noncompliant images from running in production environments. By validating security posture at every stage, these policies maintain strong governance, reduce exposure, and ensure that only verified, trusted images are allowed to execute in cloud native environments.

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