Enterprise Data Platforms
Modeling, integration, and cloud platform evolution. Designing the end-to-end data journey from ingestion to consumption in Medallion & Data Mesh patterns.
The Engineer Behind ANNA
Alicia Canta
Data Architecture · Data Governance · Information Security · Cybersecurity · AI Architecture
Working at the intersection of enterprise data platforms, security controls, governance frameworks, and AI systems. Focused on designing explainable, operational architectures that evolve securely with organizations.
Open Engineering Lab
Governed data.
Verified security decisions.
Engineering Philosophy
A holistic view,
from data ingestion to security controls.
My engineering background spans data architecture, metadata governance, information security, and AI agent architectures across banking, insurance, retail, and FMCG environments.
I specialize in evolving enterprise platforms, standardizing data quality and lineage, operationalizing ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST CSF 2.0 frameworks, and defining zero-trust access boundaries. This combination shapes how I evaluate every blueprint: its real-world utility, dependencies, threat surface, and operational footprint.
ANNA Lab is the personal space where I convert these engineering criteria into interactive, open-source blueprints to share and evaluate.
Core Disciplines
Connecting the Pieces.
Data Governance & Metadata
Ownership, quality contracts, cataloging, lineage, and access policies (DAMA-DMBOK, Unity Catalog standards).
Information & Cybersecurity
Threat modeling (STRIDE), NIST CSF 2.0 alignment, ISO 27001 controls, AppSec bot risk mitigation, and row/column security (RLS/CLS).
Why I Built ANNA
Sharing engineering rationale is how we learn.
I believe the reasoning and security trade-offs behind an architecture should be as visible as its diagram. Every blueprint in this lab makes design choices, assumptions, and security boundaries explicit. The lab will continuously expand with new tools and empirical benchmarks.
Explore Architecture LabTechnical Dialogue
Ideas, security patterns, and data architectures.
If a specific blueprint catches your interest or you have a technical question, feel free to reach out.