The safeguards map / 3.5 Policy engines

Apache Ranger

Apache Software Foundation (foundation). Apache, top-level. Apache-2.0. Mapped; as of .

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A framework that stores access policies in one admin service and has plugins inside data services authorize each request and send audit events.

Where it sits

3.5 Policy engines (primary): Holds access policies in a central admin service and evaluates them for each request, either in a plugin inside the protected service or in a separate decision server, and authorizes each request.

Apache Ranger is a framework for centralized, fine-grained authorization and auditing across data and AI platforms.

captured

Policies are managed in one place, Ranger Admin, through its web UI or REST API

captured

or sending each request to the PDP server

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Facts

Concern
security
Names the law
no
Subject
software
Used by
those who run it
Runs
at runtime
Policy comes from
owner-entered settings

Handoffs

None recorded. A mapped entry with no handoff is here for its foundation home.

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