Use Cases

Logging governance for environments where sensitive data matters.

These are concrete logging problems. Cerbi helps teams reduce the risk of sensitive data appearing in logs, in regulated industries and beyond.

Cerbi is not a compliance certification. These use cases describe common logging governance patterns and the controls Cerbi provides. Consult your legal and compliance team for your specific regulatory obligations.

Healthcare APIs

Keep patient data out of application logs

Patient identifiers, diagnosis codes, and medication fields should never appear in logs. Cerbi blocks disallowed fields at the point of emission, before any log sink, SIEM, or observability platform sees them.

  • Block PHI field names at emission time
  • Redact values that match identifier patterns
  • Require audit-friendly metadata on all log events
  • Track violations without blocking application flow

Supports safer logging in HIPAA-sensitive environments. Not a HIPAA certification.

Payment services

Stop payment fields from leaking into exception logs

Card numbers, CVV values, and account identifiers frequently surface in stack traces and debug output. Governance rules block them across MEL, Serilog, and NLog without requiring developers to audit every log call site.

  • Block PAN, CVV, and routing number fields
  • Mask partial values where context is needed
  • Enforce structured transaction correlation fields
  • Consistent policy across all .NET logging frameworks

Supports reduced cardholder data exposure in logs. Not a PCI DSS certification.

Enterprise SaaS

Enforce log schema and tenant isolation across teams

Multi-tenant applications need consistent logging conventions. Platform teams can define required fields, enforce tenant-aware policies, and track compliance posture across services without blocking individual teams.

  • Require tenantId and correlationId on all log events
  • Block cross-tenant field leakage
  • Team-level policy profiles
  • Governance scoring per service

Helps maintain consistent logging standards in multi-tenant SaaS environments.

Privacy and data minimization

Reduce personal data exposure in logs

Personal data in logs is a common oversight. Cerbi can block or redact personal identifiers at emission time, reducing the surface area of personal data stored in observability platforms and log archives.

  • Block or redact PII field names and patterns
  • Enforce data minimization in log output
  • Governance rules version-controlled alongside code
  • Consistent policy across cloud and on-prem sinks

Supports privacy-conscious logging practices. Not a GDPR certification or legal advice.

Platform engineering

Roll out org-wide logging governance at scale

Platform teams can define centralized governance profiles that all services inherit. Rules are version-controlled JSON, validated at build time, and enforced at runtime without requiring every team to implement their own controls.

  • Central policy management and distribution
  • Per-service governance scorecards
  • CI/CD integration for build-time validation
  • Works with existing observability stacks

Designed for engineering organizations that need consistent logging standards across many services.

Audit and internal systems

Enforce required fields and surface violations

Internal audit workflows require predictable, structured log output. Cerbi enforces required metadata fields, tracks schema violations, and generates governance reports without adding complexity to individual services.

  • Require audit-friendly fields like requestId and actor
  • Track and report schema violations
  • Immutable append-only audit trail support
  • Governance posture trend reporting

Helps generate evidence for internal logging controls. Not a SOC 2 certification.

Want a starting point for your environment?

Cerbi provides optional starter templates for healthcare, payments, privacy, and audit environments. They are starting points, not legal artifacts.

View Starter Templates

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We're happy to discuss how Cerbi can address your specific logging environment.