Metrics Monitoring System - Security and Privacy
Authentication and Authorization
Authentication
- API key authentication
- OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
- Service account tokens
- Mutual TLS for scrapers
- Session management
Authorization
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Resource-level permissions
- Query filtering by tenant
- Dashboard access control
- Alert rule permissions
Data Security
Encryption
- TLS 1.3 for data in transit
- Encryption at rest (AES-256)
- Key rotation policies
- Secure key management
- Certificate management
Network Security
- VPC isolation
- Security groups
- Private endpoints
- Firewall rules
- DDoS protection
Metric Privacy
Sensitive Data
- No PII in metric labels
- Sanitize metric values
- Redact sensitive labels
- Audit logging
- Data retention policies
Multi-tenancy
- Tenant isolation
- Query filtering
- Separate namespaces
- Resource quotas
- Cost allocation
Compliance
Audit Logging
- API access logs
- Configuration changes
- Alert modifications
- Query history
- Authentication events
Data Retention
- Configurable retention
- Automatic deletion
- Backup policies
- Compliance reports
- Data export
Security Best Practices
Infrastructure
- Regular security updates
- Vulnerability scanning
- Penetration testing
- Incident response plan
- Security monitoring
Application
- Input validation
- Rate limiting
- Query timeouts
- Resource limits
- Error handling
This security approach ensures monitoring data is protected while maintaining compliance.