A company is transitioning to automated management of its cloud environments. The technology involves defining configuration files that are both human-readable and machine-executable to automatically manage the provisioning and updating of resources. What is this method called and what is a key security practice that must be incorporated to ensure infrastructure integrity?
Manual configuration via graphical user interfaces with version tracking
Automated scripting with direct deployment access
Infrastructure as Code with rigorous source control management
Procedural scripting with centralized change management