How it works

1 | Structure data for governance

Fides is the open-source programming language for sensitive data. It defines categories, usage purposes, and policy logic in machine-readable code, creating a collaborative framework that legal, product, and engineering teams use to govern data consistently across the business.

2 | Build real-time intelligence

Helios continuously discovers and classifies sensitive data across your systems applying the Fides taxonomy and ontology. It creates a live inventory of where data lives, how it moves, and what risk it carries—forming the context layer for privacy, compliance, and AI control.

3 | Enforce permissioned data use

Janus collects, records, and enforces user preferences—consent, legal basis, purpose—and applies those permissions automatically across your systems. It ensures that every use of data is backed by legal authority and executed consistently across pipelines, apps, and models.

4 | Automate compliance actions

Lethe operationalizes privacy rights and policy-driven workflows—from deletion and de-identification to retention enforcement. It builds on Helios and Janus to execute changes at the system level, making data safe to use without introducing manual friction.

5 | Govern sensitive data in use

Astralis embeds policy controls into the point of data use—ensuring every AI model, dashboard, or API query adheres to field-level, purpose-specific rules. With enforcement tied directly to Fides policy, Astralis brings governance to runtime and analytics systems with clarity and precision.