Data Platform Segmentation for Constraint-Isolated Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data security approaches in data platforms lack well-defined implementation details, particularly in enforcing different security policies across segments, and fail to address propagation and inheritance of constraints, leading to inconsistent and potentially insecure data handling.
Innovation Solution
A computing system defines and enforces data security controls within segments of a data platform, including constraints and classification levels, ensuring resources within a segment adhere to specific constraints before ingestion, and insulating these constraints from propagating to downstream resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data controls are implemented to resources within the data platform to enforce data governance, then data security is improved, but implementation details are not well-defined and constraints cannot be enforced at individual segment levels
Solution Approach 1:
The data platform is divided into segments, and data controls are implemented at the segment level rather than platform-wide. Each segment can have its own constraints and classification rules, allowing for granular security enforcement without overwhelming complexity. The system processes requests at the segment level, determining whether to grant access based on segment-specific constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
Different segments can have different security constraints and classification levels tailored to their specific requirements. Each segment independently enforces its own data controls, allowing local customization of security policies without affecting other segments. This enables precise control over data access at the segment level.
2Reliability
If data controls are implemented at the platform level, then overall data governance is improved, but segment-specific security policies cannot be enforced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the data platform into independent units, each capable of enforcing its own security policies. The request processing occurs at the segment level, allowing each segment to apply its specific constraints while contributing to overall platform governance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically evaluates data control requests at the segment level, adapting security enforcement to the specific constraints of each segment. The decision to grant or deny access is made dynamically based on segment-specific rules rather than static platform-wide policies.
3Stability of the object's composition
If constraints are propagated throughout the data platform, then consistency is improved, but segment insulation and independent constraint enforcement are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains constraint consistency within each segment while preventing propagation to other segments. Each segment independently enforces its own constraints, ensuring stability within the segment while allowing adaptability across different segments through insulation.
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AI summary
Computing systems and methods are provided for defining, within a data platform, a segment having constraints at a level of the segment, implementing the constraints or the classification rules within the segment while insulating resources within the segment from inheriting the constraints, and controlling an ingestion of an external resource into the segment based on the constraints.