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Universal Semantic Layer : The foundation for instant, actionable, agentic analytics
Data and AI Governance

Trusted Data, Fast Decisions

Kyvos semantic layer delivers consistent, trusted BI and explainable AI—at enterprise scale

Key Takeaways

  • Centralized governance with decentralized consumption across BI and AI
  • Consistent metrics, definitions and business logic everywhere
  • Fine-grained access control, row- and column-level security
  • Auditability, lineage tracking and explainability for data and AI
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Universal Semantic Layer that powers every Agent, Chatbot & Dashboard

Data & AI Governance Gaps in Enterprise Analytics

As BI and AI scale across teams and tools, governance fragments—forcing enterprises to choose between speed, trust and control

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    Metrics and KPIs diverge across dashboards, teams and AI models

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    Security rules are re-created separately in each BI tool

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    Access control is inconsistent and hard to audit

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    AI models consume data without guardrails, clear lineage or explainability

One definition of data. Every question. Every tool.

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    Centrally governed metric definitions and business logic

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    Maintain consistent governance across dashboards, AI models and workflows

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    Expose governed data across teams, tools and use cases without rework

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Universal Semantic Layer for Instant, Actionable Insights

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Freedom to explore—without losing control

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    Enable thousands of users to explore data safely within defined guardrails

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    Prevent ad-hoc logic and metric sprawl

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    Balance speed, autonomy and trust as adoption scales

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Instant, governed analytics at billion-record scale for 20,000+ suppliers

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Fine-grained security, enforced everywhere

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    Access policies defined once and applied consistently

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    Centrally enforced row, column and metric-level security

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    No duplicated governance across BI tools

Solution Brief

Enterprise data security with Kyvos

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Explainable logic behind every insight

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    End-to-end lineage from source data to BI and AI outputs

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    Transparent business logic users can inspect, validate and defend

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    Complete audit trails of who accessed what, when and how

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Data reliability with Kyvos semantic layer

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How Kyvos Fits in Your
Analytics Stack

How Kyvos Delivers Data & AI Governance

Proven controls, certified security and centralized governance for trusted BI and AI at scale

  • Central governance layer

    A centralized control plane for defining, organizing and enforcing business logic, metrics and security policies

    Central governance layer
  • User and role management

    Support for LDAP, Active Directory and Azure AD to align analytics access with enterprise user hierarchies and roles

    User and role management
  • Automatic lineage tracking

    System-generated lineage showing how data flows from sources to metrics to queries

    Automatic lineage tracking
  • Secure data recovery

    In-built backup and recovery mechanisms at multiple levels to protect against data loss

    Secure data recovery
  • Row- and column-level security

    Access rules that control which data rows and columns are visible to each user

    Row- and column-level security
  • Single sign-on

    Native integration with enterprise identity providers using SAML 2.0 and OIDC for centralized authentication and access management

    Single sign-on
  • Comprehensive audit logging

    Visual logs that track all activity with real-time notifications for changes to data models and access patterns

    Comprehensive audit logging
  • Column data masking

    Mask sensitive information like PII, credit card numbers or confidential data for specific user groups

    Column data masking
  • Multi-tier encryption

    Data protected in transit and at rest using TLS 1.2+, cloud-native key management services and third-party vault integrations

    Multi-tier encryption
  • Enterprise-grade certifications

    SOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I and ISO 27001 for data security, availability, privacy and confidentiality

    Enterprise-grade certifications

FAQs

What does governed analytics mean in practice?
Governed analytics means applying consistent metrics, business logic and access controls centrally so every dashboard, report and AI-driven insight uses the same definitions. With Kyvos, governance is embedded in the semantic layer, ensuring trust and consistency without limiting self-service analytics.
How does Kyvos ensure consistent metrics across BI and AI?
Kyvos defines KPIs, calculations and business logic once in a centralized semantic layer. These governed metrics are then reused across all BI tools and AI applications, ensuring the same answers regardless of user, tool or query.
How is security enforced across different analytics tools?
Kyvos applies row-, column- and metric-level security centrally and enforces it consistently across connected BI tools and AI use cases. This eliminates the need to recreate security rules in each tool and simplifies access management at scale.
How doers Kyvos make insights explainable?
Kyvos makes metric logic transparent by exposing definitions, calculations and data lineage. This allows users and AI systems to understand how insights are produced, making results easier to trust, validate and defend.
How does Kyvos help with auditability and lineage?
Kyvos provides end-to-end lineage from source data to metrics and queries, along with comprehensive logging of data and metric access. This visibility supports internal audits, operational oversight and confident decision-making.
Does Kyvos work with existing BI tools and data platforms?
Yes. Kyvos sits on top of your existing data stack and enforces governed logic and security across multiple BI tools without requiring data duplication or tool replacement.
Is Kyvos suitable for enterprise security and compliance requirements?
Kyvos is built with enterprise-grade security, including fine-grained access controls, encryption, audit logging and industry certifications such as SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.