servergoverned
Servergoverned is a governance model in information technology in which policy creation, decision making, and enforcement are centralized in server-side components. In such systems, servers issue authoritative rules to clients and services, which implement actions accordingly. This approach emphasizes centralized control, auditable behavior, and consistency across distributed components.
Core features include a central policy engine, versioned policy definitions, and a single source of truth for
Applications include configuration management for large fleets, centralized access control across microservices, data governance and retention
Advantages include uniform policy enforcement, easier updates, auditable trails, and improved compliance.
Challenges include potential single points of failure or latency from central decisions, scalability limits in partitioned
The term is not universally standardized and is used mainly in discussions of centralized governance, policy
See also policy as code, centralized governance, RBAC, and Open Policy Agent.