Surveilr Ecosystem delivers flexible compliance and security solutions

At the heart of surveilr is the flexibility to adapt to a wide range of industries, disciplines, and use cases. This adaptability is enabled through a combination of the surveilr Core engine and a modular approach to Patterns.

`surveilr` Core

surveilr Core is the core engine, a single binary that handles the heavy lifting of collecting, aggregating, and processing evidence data. While incredibly powerful, surveilr Core itself is agnostic to specific use cases and does not have built-in awareness of business needs. It’s a flexible tool designed to work with many different data sources and workflows.

`surveilr` Patterns

This flexibility comes to life through surveilr Patterns, which are web-based libraries of SQL Packages that can be mixed and matched to extend the functionality of surveilr Core. These Patterns fall into several categories:

Universal Patterns: Designed to apply across all industries, such as general compliance tracking, security monitoring, or operational auditing. These are foundational packages that can be useful in any organizational context.
Industry Patterns: Tailored to the needs of specific sectors, such as healthcare, which may require managing EHR data for HIPAA compliance, or finance, which might need specialized handling of ERP data to meet SOX standards. These packages provide industry-specific workflows and file formats.
Discipline Patterns: These focus on the needs of specific professional roles or functions, such as software engineers, QA teams, regulatory compliance officers, and cybersecurity professionals. For example, a Discipline Pattern for cybersecurity professionals might automate threat detection, security log aggregation, and incident reporting, while a Discipline Pattern for QA might focus on quality tracking and product lifecycle management.

Service Patterns

In addition to Universal, Industry, and Discipline Patterns, surveilr also offers Service Patterns, which provide a self-contained, highly opinionated application or service for specific use cases. A Service Pattern is a culmination of Universal, Industry, and Discipline Patterns, blended together to form a complete solution that can operate as a standalone service.

For example, a Healthcare Security Compliance Service Pattern might combine Universal Patterns for security monitoring, an Industry Pattern for handling EHR data, and a Discipline Pattern designed for regulatory compliance officers. The result is a full-service application that can be deployed with minimal configuration, offering a focused solution that meets the needs of healthcare organizations looking to secure patient data and comply with regulatory standards.

Composability and Flexibility

surveilr Patterns are delivered as composable SQL Packages, allowing organizations to customize their use of surveilr by selecting the appropriate Patterns for their needs. For example, a financial services company could combine a Universal Pattern for compliance reporting with an Industry Pattern specific to finance, and add a Discipline Pattern for software engineers to track system performance.

Benefits of the `surveilr` Core + Patterns Strategy

Flexibility: With the ability to choose from Universal, Industry, Discipline, and Service Patterns, organizations can customize surveilr to meet their exact requirements without modifying the Core engine.
Efficiency: Service Patterns provide a ready-to-use, opinionated solution that is designed to be deployed quickly for specific applications, reducing the need for manual setup or configuration.
Scalability: As business needs evolve, new Patterns can be added or existing ones modified without disrupting existing workflows, making surveilr scalable and adaptable over time.
Comprehensive Use Case Support: Whether an organization needs basic compliance tracking or a full-service application, surveilr Patterns offer the flexibility to create complex solutions from individual components.

With the combination of surveilr Core and the modular Patterns approach—including Universal, Industry, Discipline, and Service Patterns—surveilr enables organizations to confidently prove security, quality, and compliance with auditable, queryable, and machine-attestable evidence while scaling and adapting to specific needs.