18 docs tagged with "compliance"

Maintain immutable audit trails of all data access and modifications

Practical reference guides and checklists for software architecture reviews, decisions, and operational excellence. Templates for ADRs, threat modeling, API reviews, and production readiness.

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Manage data through its lifecycle: retention, privacy, erasure, and audit trails

Encrypt data at rest and in transit, manage keys, and protect sensitive information

Ensure data integrity, track lineage, and maintain data governance

Detect when infrastructure diverges from code; prevent manual changes from bypassing version control.

Encrypt data stored in databases, files, and backups using envelope encryption

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Minimize permissions and distribute authority to limit blast radius

Manage log lifecycle responsibly: comply with regulations, protect sensitive data, and optimize retention periods.

Enforce infrastructure standards and security policies automatically; prevent non-compliant deployments.

Plan data retention policies and archive old data for compliance and cost

Implement GDPR rights: user data deletion and export on request

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Deep-dive into architecture patterns for real-time systems, streaming, IoT, ML, compliance, gaming, embedded, fintech, e-commerce, and social platforms

Identify stakeholders, elicit their concerns, and reconcile trade-offs into architecture decisions