Compliance-By-Construction: The Next Discipline In Data Engineering
Current data engineering practices in regulated industries struggle with compliance due to a disconnect between documented policies and actual system behavior. The author proposes "Compliance-By-Construction," a new discipline where compliance is embedded into the data system's structure rather than relying solely on policies and manual checks. This approach ensures compliance properties are guaranteed by the platform's design, making it impossible or immediately visible if rules are broken. Key pillars include enforcing schema contracts at write time, automatically emitting data lineage, and implementing policy enforcement at the data layer. AI
IMPACT This concept could streamline AI development in regulated sectors by ensuring data integrity and auditability from the ground up.