Secure governance with Collibra air-gapped Edge

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Government agencies handle sensitive data, such as national security information, critical infrastructure details and citizen records, making them prime targets for cybercriminals and nation-state actors. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance is mandatory for new software and cryptography in federal IT systems. Additionally, by 2025, the U.S. government mandates federal agencies to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for at least 80% of their IP-enabled operational network environments.

What’s new: Collibra air-gapped Edge

To address the heightened security needs of government agencies, Collibra has released "air-gapped Edge," a new deployment type designed for operation in highly secure, air-gapped environments. air-gapped Edge uses FIPS-compliant cryptographic algorithms to encrypt secrets both at rest and in transit. It also supports the IPv6 networking protocol, which includes built-in security features such as IPsec. This provides Collibra Platform Self-Hosted customers with enhanced security, improved functionality and long-term operational support for air-gapped environments.

How Collibra air-gapped Edge deployment helps

Collibra air-gapped Edge offers all the capabilities of Jobserver, along with enhanced security and additional features. It supports a broader range of data source connections and integrations, and all data processing happens within your controlled environment. air-gapped Edge provides highly scalable metadata ingestion (10M+ asset), profiling and data classification. You can integrate your Edge site with your existing vault provider and apply your organization’s credential management policies for connected data sources. This deployment option allows you to install and operate Edge without an internet connection.

Collibra air-gapped Edge deployments address the following challenges:

Adhering to federal standards and mandates, such as FIPS and IPv6
Ensuring that upgrades are scanned and comply with your security policies before deployment
Integrating with your existing vault provider for credential management
Supporting broad source connectivity and metadata extraction
Ability to deploy additional Collibra products to address data quality and lineage needs in your air-gapped environments

How Collibra air-gapped Edge deployment works

Collibra eliminates the need for outside internet connectivity to install and upgrade Edge sites. By providing all Edge images in a downloadable package for each corresponding CPSH release, customers have full control over when upgrades are deployed.

After downloading the installation package and completing your security checks, install the Edge site in your secure environment. You can view the status of your air-gapped Edge sites and jobs from the Collibra Platform Self-Hosted settings page.

After installing Edge, integrate your Edge site with your existing vault provider. Next, create Edge connections to your data sources to collect metadata and add it to the Collibra Platform. If you profile a data source, the metadata and profiling results are available in Data Catalog, but the actual data in your data source remains inaccessible. Collibra provides predefined data classes, or you can create custom classes to identify sensitive data in columns.

Why you should be excited about Collibra air-gapped Edge

Collibra Platform Self-Hosted customers who require an air-gapped environment can access the latest features from Collibra while ensuring compliance with strict security standards. These features help your entire organization from the CISO, to IT Operations, to the CDO:

CISO / Head of Security: Achieve uncompromising security. Collibra air-gapped Edge provides FIPS compliance and an IPv6-native network, ensuring your most sensitive data remains isolated, protected and compliant
IT Operations / Infrastructure Teams: Maintain secure operational control. You can deploy and upgrade air-gapped Edge without connecting to the internet, seamlessly integrate with your existing vault providers, and manage all metadata processing securely within your infrastructure
CDO / Head of Data Governance: Enable governance anywhere, without compromise. Air-gapped Edge connects to a wide range of data sources, and enables deployment of Collibra Data Quality & Observability and Data Lineage in air-gapped environments.

Key use cases for air-gapped Edge

Collibra air-gapped Edge helps you:

Secure data discovery, cataloging and governance: Collibra air-gapped Edge allows CPSH customers to securely harvest metadata within strictly controlled IT environments. Its broad connectivity and profiling, and classification capabilities support the creation of a comprehensive data catalog across data sources in your environment. This helps improve governance by enabling you to apply policies and controls to more data assets.
Internal auditing, risk assessment and compliance: Collibra air-gapped Edge enables CPSH customers to enhance their governance capabilities using Collibra Data Lineage. By combining a comprehensive data catalog with data lineage, you can create a verifiable record of how data is created, processed and used across your organization. This auditable lineage trail helps reduce risk and demonstrates oversight readiness.
Data quality monitoring and validation: Collibra air-gapped Edge allows CPSH customers to enhance their governance capabilities with Collibra Data Quality & Observability. Automated data quality monitoring and validation help you identify and resolve issues faster while proactively notifying affected stakeholders. This visibility into data quality provides confidence that your data is reliable and trustworthy.

Key takeaways about Collibra air-gapped Edge

Government systems face constant threats, requiring strict security measures. Collibra air-gapped Edge allows secure installation and operation without an internet connection, while providing IPv6 networking support and advanced encryption that complies with FIPS standards. With broad data source connectivity and support for Collibra Data Quality & Observability and Collibra Data Lineage, Collibra Platform Self-Hosted customers gain a comprehensive solution for data governance in highly sensitive environments.

Join Collibra’s Product Premiere to learn how Collibra air-gapped Edge provides:

Improved security with a solution that complies with FIPS standards and supports IPv6.
Expanded functionality and connectivity compared to Jobserver.
Ability to deploy additional Collibra products to address data quality and lineage needs in your air-gapped environments.