Govern logs where they are created
before they become cost or risk
CerbiStream validates, redacts, and scores logs in process before they reach downstream observability tools.
As of: 2026-02-03
Signals from the field
CerbiSuite exists because these failure modes kept showing up. We built governance at the source.
What teams needed
Teams needed sensitive data to be caught before it hit Datadog/Splunk.
How Cerbi responds
Cerbi enforces rules and redacts at runtime before events leave the app.
Outcomes
- Lower leak risk
- Consistent redaction behavior
- Governance metadata attached
Examples are illustrative. Policies and scoring can be configured per profile.
Enforce governance where logs are created
CerbiStream validates schema, redacts sensitive data, and enforces policy in your application code before logs reach any destination. Works with MEL, Serilog, and NLog. Your existing observability tools remain unchanged.
CerbiStream Enforces Governance at Log Creation
CerbiStream runs in your application process to validate and redact logs before they reach any destination. It works with your existing log sinks and does not route or store logs.
How CerbiStream fits your stack
CerbiStream does not block, route, or store logs. Validation and redaction happen synchronously in your application process. Logs continue to your configured destinations exactly as before. If the control plane is unavailable, enforcement remains local using cached policies.
Why this matters
Preventing sensitive data leaks and enforcing schema compliance at log creation time means issues never reach your observability platform. This reduces ingestion costs, eliminates downstream PII exposure, and ensures policy is enforced in application code where it belongs.
Governance Modes by Environment
Cerbi governance adapts to environment. Designed to catch issues early in development and provide observability in production without blocking log delivery.
Development & CI
- •Compile-time and CI validation with build-stopping feedback
- •Required and forbidden fields checked at commit/build time
- •Shifts governance issues left before production
- •Build failures scoped to CI pipeline only
Staging / Pre-Production
- •Same governance rules evaluated as production would
- •Non-blocking; violations reported but do not drop logs
- •Visibility into violations for tuning and validation
- •Evaluate rule effectiveness before production rollout
Production
- •Non-blocking; logs are tagged, redacted, and forwarded
- •Per-event analysis bounded to limit overhead; configurable by policy
- •Violations scored and reported asynchronously or out-of-band
- •Graceful degradation under high load; policy-based limits respected
Cerbi runs strict early and bounded in production. Policy enforcement, governance insight, and observability all respect your configured limits and performance constraints.
Governance scoring as operational health signal
Governance scores are deterministic and policy based. Every score is explainable, auditable, and derived from rule compliance. This is not analytics or AI. It is a quality signal for operational governance health and accountability.
{
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"level": "Information",
"message": "User login successful",
"correlationId": "abc123",
"email": "user@example.com"
}Governance Score
Validation Results
Redaction Applied
Governance at a Glance
CerbiShield provides a comprehensive dashboard for managing governance rules, monitoring compliance, and generating audit reports
Overview Dashboard
Real-time governance metrics and compliance status. Track total rules, active deployments, governed apps, and average governance scores across your organization.
Product Videos
See CerbiSuite in action with walkthroughs and demos
Cerbi: Brief Overview
A quick introduction to CerbiSuite and governed logging for .NET
The Story of Cerbi
Learn the origin and mission behind CerbiSuite governance
PII Safe Logging with Scoring
See how CerbiStream handles PII redaction and governance scoring
Works with your existing stack
CerbiSuite works with popular .NET logging providers and observability platforms.
Log Providers
Destinations
Enterprise-Grade Security
Built for compliance from day one. Cerbi gives you the guardrails and evidence you need to pass real audits.
Deployment & Licensing Truth
CerbiShield and the governance control plane are deployed entirely in your tenant. Your log data never leaves your infrastructure.
Licensing counts governed applications, not environments. One app across dev/test/uat/stage/prod counts as a single governed application.
Tenant-Hosted
Your infrastructure, your control. Cerbi runs entirely in your tenant so logs stay in your environment.
Encryption at Rest & Transit
AES-256 file encryption for fallback logs. Cerbi fits into TLS-secured infrastructure.
Automatic PII Redaction
Rule-based redaction identifies and masks sensitive fields before they reach your log destinations.
Compliance Aligned
Built-in audit trails designed for SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001 logging controls.
Real-Time Violation Alerts
Catch governance violations quickly with structured tags your existing pipelines can forward.
Immutable Audit Logs
Append-only audit trails designed for WORM-capable storage, making changes tamper-evident.
Ready to govern your logs?
Start with CerbiStream in under 60 seconds, or book a governance POC for your organization.