Policy-Driven Access Controls for Digital Asset Custody

Replace slow, error-prone manual processes with automated, policy-driven workflows. When an employee's role changes, smart contracts instantly enforce new access rights, removing the security risk of orphaned accounts.

• Example: A global bank reduced access management overhead by 70% by automating vendor onboarding/offboarding on a permissioned blockchain.
• ROI Driver: Cuts IT support tickets, reduces insider threat surface, and accelerates employee productivity.

Every access request, grant, and denial is immutably logged on-chain, creating a tamper-proof audit trail. This provides regulators with verifiable proof of compliance (e.g., SOX, GDPR) in real-time, not months later.

• Example: A healthcare provider uses blockchain logs to demonstrate HIPAA-compliant data access for patient records, slashing audit preparation time from weeks to hours.
• ROI Driver: Eliminates costly manual audit processes and reduces compliance fines and legal exposure.

Enable trusted data sharing between departments, partners, and consortiums without creating centralized data silos or vulnerable APIs. Policy-based tokens grant time-bound, purpose-specific access.

• Example: An automotive supply chain consortium shares sensitive design files. Suppliers get temporary, revocable access for their specific contract, preventing IP leakage.
• ROI Driver: Unlocks new revenue through secure data monetization and accelerates joint R&D cycles by removing legal and technical friction.

Move beyond simple 'allow/deny' to context-aware policies. Smart contracts can evaluate real-time risk signals (location, device, behavior) and adjust access privileges dynamically.

• Example: A financial institution grants full system access in the office but read-only privileges when logging in from a new device or high-risk geography.
• ROI Driver: Dramatically reduces fraud losses and strengthens security posture without burdening legitimate users with excessive friction.

Encode complex regulations (e.g., 'Right to be Forgotten' under GDPR) directly into access control logic. The system automatically enforces rules, ensuring continuous compliance as data and laws evolve.

• Example: Upon a customer's deletion request, a smart contract automatically revokes all access tokens and initiates a verifiable data purging workflow across all systems.
• ROI Driver: Mitigates massive regulatory fines (up to 4% of global revenue under GDPR) and builds customer trust through provable data stewardship.

Decentralize the IAM function. Instead of maintaining costly, complex central directories, each application or service can independently verify credentials and permissions via the shared blockchain ledger.

• Example: A SaaS company eliminated its legacy IAM infrastructure, cutting annual licensing and maintenance costs by over $2M while improving scalability.
• ROI Driver: Lowers capital and operational expenditure on IAM software, reduces vendor lock-in, and simplifies IT architecture.

Replace manual, error-prone compliance checks with programmable policy engines. Smart contracts enforce rules in real-time, creating an immutable audit trail for regulators.

• Example: A financial institution automates KYC/AML checks, reducing manual review time by 70%.
• ROI Driver: Cuts audit preparation costs by up to 60% and eliminates fines for non-compliance.

Grant and revoke access to shipment data, IoT feeds, and inventory logs based on real-world events (e.g., payment confirmation, quality certification).

• Example: A pharmaceutical company uses token-gated access to ensure only authorized logistics partners can view temperature data for sensitive vaccines.
• ROI Driver: Reduces data breach risk and streamlines partner onboarding, accelerating time-to-revenue for new channels.

Enable competitors or partners in a consortium to share sensitive data (e.g., fraud patterns, R&D) with zero-trust, policy-based access. Data usage is transparently logged on-chain.

• Example: Banks in a consortium share fraud intelligence; each query is permissioned and recorded, building collective security without exposing raw data.
• ROI Driver: Unlocks new revenue from data assets while maintaining strict governance, turning compliance into a competitive moat.

Automate the entire lifecycle of access rights for employees and connected devices—from onboarding to role changes to offboarding—through self-executing policies.

• Example: A manufacturing firm automatically revokes facility access for a contractor the moment their project milestone smart contract is completed.
• ROI Driver: Eliminates the 'orphaned access' security gap and reduces IT helpdesk tickets for access management by over 80%.