Controllandola

Controllandola is a term used in discussions of digital governance to denote the process of actively managing automated systems and devices through centralized policies, interfaces, and feedback mechanisms. The word derives from Italian controllare (to control) and the gerund controllando, reflecting the ongoing act of governance over a system.

Scope includes IoT and industrial control systems, software agents, and smart devices across private and public sectors. Core components are policy engines, access control, configuration management, telemetry and logging, and enforcement points that translate policies into actions.

Operational workflow: discovery of devices and capabilities; policy formulation; policy distribution; enforcement by control planes; monitoring and anomaly detection; and remediation.

Examples include smart buildings, manufacturing plants, and critical infrastructure where operators seek to ensure safety, regulatory compliance, energy efficiency, or privacy protection.

Benefits: improved safety, efficiency, transparency, and accountability. Risks: over-reach, surveillance, misconfiguration, single points of failure, and interoperability issues. Privacy concerns and regulatory requirements.

Controllandola emerged in late 2010s in Italian-language technical literature; discussions relate to control planes in computing, digital sovereignty, and governance frameworks. There is no single standard definition, and the term is used variably in different contexts.