Security & Governance
Control the Data Path.
Validate the Complete System.
Expanso processes your pipeline payloads on nodes you control and sends only the outputs you configure. Your security review should still cover the whole system, including the operational metadata that Expanso Cloud receives.
Your Compliance Problem Starts Upstream
Sensitive Fields
Raw records often contain fields that you need to remove or transform before any output moves downstream.
Regional Rules
Each region can set its own rules for sources, processing, outputs, logs, and credentials.
Audit Evidence
Auditors need evidence for the whole pipeline and the environment it runs in, not just the architecture.
Security Built Into Every Layer
Processing on Your Nodes
Every record your pipelines read and transform is processed on nodes you control.
Explicit Outputs
A job sends only the outputs you configure, and only to destinations you choose.
Bounded Claims
Residency, privacy, and compliance depend on the complete pipeline configuration and operating environment.
Governance That Scales
Expanso sits upstream of Snowflake, Databricks, Splunk, and Datadog, ensuring only clean, governed data reaches them.
Transform Near the Source
Use built-in processors to transform or remove fields before any output is written.
- YAML-defined processing rules
- Customer-selected processors
- Test with realistic sample records
Keep Processing Local
Payloads are processed on your nodes, and only configured outputs move downstream.
- Processing where the data lives
- Destinations you choose
- Outputs set explicitly in each job
Review Operational Metadata
Managed Expanso Cloud receives operational metadata, including metrics, health, and logs, for fleet coordination.
- Document the metadata boundary
- Review logging configuration
- Include metadata in privacy reviews
Deploy by Labels
Target jobs to labeled nodes by site, region, environment, or hardware role.
- Reviewable YAML jobs
- Explicit node selection
- Validate before deployment
Validate the Complete System
Security and compliance depend on the whole setup: sources, processors, outputs, logging, credentials, and the environment around them.
- Test intended hardware
- Test failure behavior
- Keep environment-specific evidence
Built for Highly Regulated Industries
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
Your GDPR assessment should cover every source, processor, output, log, credential, and destination that handles personal data.
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Treat local processing as one control in your HIPAA program, alongside your other safeguards.
CCPA
California Consumer Privacy Act
Design and test your pipelines against the CCPA obligations that apply to your organization.
SOC 2
Service Organization Control 2
Map your deployed pipelines and their controls to the scope of your SOC 2 audit.
FedRAMP
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
FedRAMP authorization applies to a specific deployment and environment. Architecture alone does not grant it.
ISO 27001
Information Security Management
Include your Expanso setup in your organization’s ISO 27001 information security management system.
Example Validation Scenarios
Healthcare
Process patient records on supported systems that you control, and configure only the outputs you need.
- Check how each field is handled
- Review operational metadata
- Retain environment-specific evidence
Financial Services
Run jobs only in the regions or environments you choose, and test every destination against the rules that apply.
- Label nodes by region and environment
- Configured outputs
- Complete pipeline review
Public Sector
Policy-driven Edge pipelines can process payloads inside restricted facilities and emit only configured results.
- Local payload processing
- Explicit output policy
- Compliance review for each site
Four Steps to Governed Pipelines
Step 1
Deploy Lightweight Agents
Install on existing infrastructure. No new hardware.
Step 2
Define the Job
Choose built-in inputs, processors, outputs, and target labels in YAML.
Step 3
Process at the Source
The job runs its processing steps on nodes you control.
Step 4
Validate Every Boundary
Verify outputs, operational metadata, credentials, logging, and failure behavior in the intended environment.
Ready to start?
Review the Complete Data Path
Bring one of your pipelines. We’ll map its sources, processing, outputs, and operational metadata, and the controls each environment needs.
