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Integrated Compliance & Policy

Integrated Compliance & Policy

Integrated Compliance & Policy enables organizations to enforce regulatory and business controls across integrations by design. It supports requirements such as GDPR, SOC 2, and HIPAA by embedding access rules, usage constraints, and auditability directly into the integration layer.



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Overview

Integrated Compliance & Policy provides a centralized layer for enforcing regulatory, contractual, and business rules across APIs, data flows, and partner integrations. It ensures that access, usage, and data handling policies are applied consistently, regardless of where integrations originate or terminate. By embedding compliance controls directly into the integration layer, organizations reduce risk while maintaining operational flexibility.


What Problem It Solves

As integrations scale across organizations, ensuring consistent compliance becomes complex and fragmented. Policies are often enforced inconsistently across systems, making it difficult to manage access, track usage, and demonstrate accountability. This creates risk, operational overhead, and compliance gaps as regulatory requirements increase.

What Problem Integrated Compliance & Policy solves
What Problem Integrated Compliance & Policy solves


Compliance Scope & Coverage

This service applies common technical compliance controls across integrations to support widely adopted regulatory and governance frameworks.


  • GDPR-aligned data access, usage, and protection controls

  • SOC 2–oriented security, monitoring, and audit practices

  • HIPAA-aware access restrictions for sensitive data flows

  • Business and contractual policy enforcement across integrations


Core Capabilities

These capabilities define how compliance and policy controls are applied consistently across the integration platform.


  • Centralized policy definition and enforcement

  • Access rules and usage constraints across APIs and data flows

  • Audit logging and traceability for compliance evidence

  • Policy application across partners, clients, and systems

  • Consistent enforcement without custom integration logic


How It Works


Integrated Compliance & Policy embeds compliance controls directly into the integration flow. Policies are defined once and consistently enforced as requests move across APIs, data flows, and partner integrations, ensuring governed access by design.

How Integrated Compliance & Policy works
How Integrated Compliance & Policy Works


Policy Enforcement Model

Policies are centrally defined and applied uniformly across partners, clients, and systems.


  • Access rules based on identity, role, and context

  • Usage constraints enforced at runtime

  • Consistent behavior across all integrations

  • Separation between policy definition and enforcement

Policy Enforcement Model
Policy Enforcement Model


Auditability & Traceability

All integration activity is recorded to support visibility, accountability, and compliance evidence.


  • Centralized audit logs across integrations

  • Traceability of access and policy decisions

  • Visibility into data access and usage patterns

  • Support for audits and compliance reviews


User Experience & Configuration

Compliance and policy controls are managed through an intuitive, UI-first configuration experience.


  • Centralized policy configuration

  • Low-code / no-code rule management

  • Clear visibility into applied controls

  • Easy updates without modifying integrations


Use Cases

These use cases show how Integrated Compliance & Policy is applied to real-world integration scenarios.


  • Governed Partner Access
    Enforce consistent access rules when multiple partners interact with shared APIs and data.

  • Controlled Data Sharing
    Apply usage and access policies to regulate how sensitive data is shared across organizations.

  • Audit-Ready Integrations
    Maintain traceability and evidence for compliance reviews and audits.

  • Policy Enforcement Across Ecosystems
    Apply the same policies across internal systems, vendors, and clients without duplication.


What’s Included in the MVP

The MVP delivers foundational compliance and policy capabilities to demonstrate governed integrations.


  • Centralized policy definition and enforcement

  • Access and usage controls across integrations

  • Audit logging and traceability

  • UI-first policy configuration

  • Basic support for common regulatory controls


Additional MVP capabilities, including schema normalization, intelligent mapping, and the unified API, are described in their respective service sections.


What’s Coming Next

Future phases will extend compliance capabilities with deeper automation and regulatory coverage.


  • Advanced compliance automation and reporting

  • Predefined regulatory templates and policies

  • Enhanced audit and compliance dashboards

  • Expanded regulatory coverage and controls