🛡️ Governance Automation Toolkit

Overview

The Governance Automation Toolkit provides ready-to-use assets for implementing data governance at scale. Instead of building policies from scratch, leverage our battle-tested templates and customize them for your organization's requirements.

Toolkit Contents

• 50+ Policy Templates — Pre-built policies for common governance scenarios
• Automation Scripts — Python and Terraform modules for policy deployment
• Compliance Dashboards — Grafana and Tableau templates for governance monitoring
• Classification Rules — ML-based data classification configurations
• Audit Report Templates — Pre-formatted reports for regulatory submissions

Policy Template Categories

Access Control Policies

Define who can access what data under which conditions.

• Role-based access control (RBAC) — Standard role definitions for data consumers
• Attribute-based access control (ABAC) — Dynamic policies based on user and data attributes
• Purpose-based access — Restrict access based on declared usage intent
• Time-based access — Temporary grants with automatic expiration

Data Protection Policies

Protect sensitive data throughout its lifecycle.

• Column-level encryption — Encrypt sensitive columns at rest
• Dynamic masking — Apply masking rules based on viewer permissions
• Tokenization — Replace sensitive values with reversible tokens
• Anonymization — Remove identifying information for analytics use cases

Data Quality Policies

Ensure data meets defined quality standards.

• Completeness rules — Validate required fields are populated
• Format validation — Check data conforms to expected patterns
• Referential integrity — Verify foreign key relationships
• Business rules — Custom validation logic for domain requirements

Retention & Lifecycle Policies

Manage data through its lifecycle from creation to deletion.

• Retention schedules — Define how long data should be kept
• Archival policies — Move data to cold storage based on age or access patterns
• Deletion workflows — Automated purging with audit trails
• Legal hold — Preserve data for litigation or investigation

Compliance Framework Templates

GDPR

• Data subject access request (DSAR) workflows
• Right to deletion implementation
• Consent management policies
• Cross-border transfer controls

HIPAA

• PHI identification and classification
• Minimum necessary access policies
• Audit logging requirements
• Business associate agreement controls

PCI-DSS

• Cardholder data identification
• Encryption and tokenization policies
• Access restriction templates
• Audit trail configurations

SOX

• Financial data access controls
• Change management workflows
• Segregation of duties policies
• Control testing procedures

Automation Components

Policy-as-Code

Define and deploy policies using version-controlled code:

• Open Policy Agent (OPA) Rego policies
• Terraform modules for infrastructure policies
• Python SDK for programmatic policy management
• CI/CD pipeline templates for policy deployment

Classification Automation

Automatically identify and tag sensitive data:

• Pre-trained ML models for PII detection
• Custom classifier training notebooks
• Regex patterns for structured identifiers
• Confidence thresholds and human review workflows

Dashboard Templates

• Policy Compliance Overview — Real-time compliance status across data assets
• Access Audit Dashboard — Who accessed what data and when
• Data Quality Scorecard — Quality metrics by domain and dataset
• Sensitive Data Inventory — Location and classification of sensitive data

Getting Started

The toolkit is available for download and includes comprehensive documentation for each component. Our governance specialists can also provide customization assistance.