Why Documentation-Based Governance Breaks

Traditional data tools document what happened. Nexion enforces what should happen. In regulated environments, the difference is everything.

They document. We execute.

Important: Nexion doesn't replace your data stack

Nexion sits alongside your existing tools. It governs, protects, and enforces—so your stack becomes safe and auditable.

Nexion replaces Snowflake/Databricks

Nexion governs and protects data flowing into them.

Nexion replaces Fivetran/Airbyte

Nexion adds compliance, quality, and lineage to your pipelines.

Nexion replaces Power BI/Tableau

Nexion ensures the data they visualize is trustworthy.

Nexion is another catalog

Nexion catalogs with enforcement, not just documentation.

Two Different Operating Models

This isn't about features. It's about when and how governance happens.

Aspect
Traditional Approach
Nexion Approach
Business Impact
Governance Timing
Post-ingest documentation
Runtime enforcement
Catch issues before they spread
Compliance Approach
Documented policies
Executed policies
Audit-ready by default
Data Protection
Manual, after the fact
Automatic, in the pipeline
PII/PHI never lands unprotected
Quality Enforcement
Alerts and reports
Gates and contracts
Bad data doesn't propagate
Lineage Purpose
Documentation artifact
Impact analysis tool
Know what breaks before you change
Tool Integration
Stitched together point solutions
Unified control plane
Single source of truth
Data Residency
Vendor cloud
Your cloud
Full sovereignty and control
Blast Radius
Discovered after propagation
Contained at source
Isolated failures, faster recovery

Why This Matters Now

Documentation-based governance worked when data moved slowly and regulations were lenient. That world is gone.

Regulation is accelerating

GDPR fines, HIPAA audits, and emerging AI regulations demand provable compliance—not just documented intentions.

AI amplifies risk

When AI models train on your data, PII exposure and bias become existential risks. Documentation won't save you.

Speed demands automation

Manual governance can't keep pace with real-time data. What worked at batch scale breaks at streaming scale.

Auditors want proof

Evidence of enforcement beats evidence of intent. Regulators increasingly expect demonstrable controls.

“As data volumes, regulation, and AI usage increase, documentation-based governance breaks.”

What Makes Enforcement Possible

Compliance by Default

HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and SOC 2 aren't add-ons—they're built into every pipeline.

PII/PHI Protection Engine

6 protection methods (MASK, HASH, REDACT, ENCRYPT, TOKENIZE, SKIP) with auto-detection.

Your Cloud, Your Data

PaaS deployment. Your data never leaves your cloud account. Full sovereignty.

Trust Score

The only composite data health score: Freshness + Quality + Volume + Schema = one number.

Integrated, Not Stitched

Quality, Profiling, Lineage, and Schema work together. When quality fails, see impact instantly.

AI-Powered Quality

Create rules in plain English. AI suggests checks. Agents troubleshoot automatically.

Is Nexion Right for You?

Nexion is for you if

  • You handle PII, PHI, or PCI data
  • Compliance isn't optional (HIPAA, GDPR, PCI-DSS)
  • Data must stay in your cloud account
  • You need provable controls, not just documentation
  • Healthcare, Finance, or Insurance industry

Consider alternatives if

  • You only need basic ELT without compliance
  • Data protection isn't a business requirement
  • You prefer fully managed SaaS (vendor-hosted data)
  • You need 500+ pre-built connectors today

Built for Regulated Industries

Healthcare

HIPAA Safe Harbor, PHI protection, BAA support

HIPAA Ready

Financial Services

PCI-DSS controls, tokenization, audit trails

PCI-DSS

Insurance

Claims data protection, PII handling, compliance

SOC 2

Nexion doesn't replace your data stack.
It makes it safe, governable, and executable at scale.

Keep Snowflake. Keep Databricks. Keep your BI tools. Add Nexion to govern them all with enforceable policies, not just documented ones.