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# Leverage Terraform data sources

Data sources allow you to dynamically look up existing Application Security configurations and reference their IDs or attributes in your new deployments, eliminating the need to copy and paste hardcoded values.

### Supported Application Security data sources

#### Policies and rules

| Action                                                                                           | Terraform data source            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| Retrieve the configuration details (such as conditions and triggers) of a specific AppSec policy | `cortexcloud_appsec_policy`      |
| Fetch a filtered list of AppSec policies (such as all policies currently set to enabled)         | `cortexcloud_appsec_policies`    |
| Retrieve the YAML definition and severity details of a specific custom rule                      | `cortexcloud_appsec_rule`        |
| Get a filtered list of rules based on scanner type (IaC/Secrets) or category                     | `cortexcloud_appsec_rules`       |
| List the available rule labels currently active in the tenant                                    | `cortexcloud_appsec_rule_labels` |

#### Compliance

| Action                                                                                            | Terraform data source                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Retrieve details for specific compliance frameworks (such as OWASP Top 10) to fetch a Standard ID | `cortexcloud_compliance_standard` or `cortexcloud_compliance_standards`                     |
| Look up the scheduling and reporting targets for existing automated compliance audits             | `cortexcloud_compliance_assessment_profile` or `cortexcloud_compliance_assessment_profiles` |
| Retrieve configuration details for individual compliance controls                                 | `cortexcloud_compliance_control` or `cortexcloud_compliance_controls`                       |


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