Starter Templates

Optional starting points for governed logging.

Cerbi starter templates are pre-configured governance rule sets for common environments. They are starting points — not legal artifacts, not certifications, and not a substitute for your compliance team.

Cerbi provides logging governance tools and optional starter templates designed to support safer handling of sensitive data in logs. These templates are starting points only and are not legal advice, certification, or a guarantee of compliance with any law, regulation, or industry standard.

Healthcare Logging Starter

A starting point for .NET services that handle patient data

Pre-configured governance rules that block common PHI field names and patterns, require audit-friendly metadata, and track violations. Designed as a starting point — not a compliance checklist.

Included controls

  • Block disallowed fields

    patientId, ssn, dob, diagnosis, medication — blocked at emission

  • Redact matching patterns

    Values matching common identifier patterns are masked before logging

  • Require audit metadata

    correlationId, requestId, and actorId required on all log events

  • Track violations

    Governance violations are captured and surfaced without blocking application flow

Supports safer logging in healthcare environments. Not legal advice or a HIPAA certification.

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Payment Data Logging Starter

A starting point for .NET services that process payment data

Pre-configured governance rules that block payment field names, mask sensitive values, and enforce structured transaction context in log output. Reduces the risk of cardholder data appearing in exception logs.

Included controls

  • Block payment fields

    cardNumber, cvv, pan, routingNumber — blocked at emission

  • Mask partial values

    Values that pass through are masked to last 4 digits where applicable

  • Enforce transaction context

    transactionId and merchantId required for payment event logs

  • Framework-agnostic

    Works with MEL, Serilog, and NLog without changes to call sites

Supports reduced payment data exposure in logs. Not legal advice or a PCI DSS certification.

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Privacy Guardrails Starter

A starting point for services that process personal data

Governance rules focused on data minimization in log output — blocking common personal data field names and patterns, enforcing minimal log verbosity, and reducing the volume of personal data stored in observability platforms.

Included controls

  • Block PII field names

    email, phone, address, name variants — blocked at emission

  • Redact matching values

    Values matching email, phone, and national ID patterns are masked

  • Enforce minimal verbosity

    Governance rules flag overly verbose log events that may expose personal data

  • Configurable retention context

    Log events carry retention metadata for downstream policy enforcement

Supports privacy-conscious logging practices. Not legal advice or a GDPR certification.

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Audit Logging Starter

A starting point for services that require structured audit trails

Governance rules that enforce required audit metadata, validate log schema at emission time, and support immutable audit trail patterns. Designed for internal systems and platform teams that need predictable, structured log output.

Included controls

  • Require audit fields

    requestId, correlationId, actorId, and tenantId enforced on all events

  • Track schema violations

    Missing or malformed fields are captured as governance violations

  • Immutable trail support

    Log output compatible with WORM-capable storage for append-only audit trails

  • Governance posture reporting

    Per-service violation trends surfaced in the governance dashboard

Helps generate evidence for internal logging controls. Not legal advice or a SOC 2 certification.

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Need a custom governance profile?

Cerbi governance rules are JSON profiles that can be fully customized to match your environment, field naming conventions, and policy requirements. Talk to us about what your logging environment needs.