Multi-Department Setup Guide¶

Learn how to configure Aegis for multi-department deployments within your organization.

Overview¶

Aegis supports a hierarchical structure for managing different departments with different policies:

Your Organization
├── License (aegis_lic_xxx)
├── Policy Groups (Departments)
│   ├── Engineering
│   ├── Marketing
│   ├── Sales
│   └── Default
└── Policies
    ├── Engineering Policy (strict secrets blocking)
    ├── Marketing Policy (allow masked PII for analytics)
    └── Sales Policy (mask financials, allow names)

Enterprise Feature

Multi-organization management (managing multiple separate companies) is available on Enterprise plans. Contact Sales for more information.

Policy Groups (Departments)¶

Policy groups allow different departments to have different rules under the same organization license.

Use Cases¶

Department	Policy Focus
Engineering	Strict API secret blocking
Marketing	Allow masked PII for analytics
Legal	Block all sensitive data
Sales	Allow customer names, mask financials

Creating Policy Groups¶

Via Dashboard:

Go to Organization → Settings → Policy Groups
Click Create Policy Group
Configure rules for this group

Via SDK:

from aegis_sdk import Aegis

# Initialize with org license
aegis = Aegis(license_key="aegis_lic_xxx")

# Create instances for different departments
engineering = aegis.with_policy_group("engineering")
marketing = aegis.with_policy_group("marketing")
sales = aegis.with_policy_group("sales")

# Each uses department-specific rules
eng_result = engineering.check(content, "AI_TOOL")
mkt_result = marketing.check(content, "AI_TOOL")

Organization Settings¶

Data Region¶

Configure where data is processed for compliance:

Region	Data Center	Compliance
US	Virginia	SOC2, HIPAA
EU	Frankfurt	GDPR, SOC2
APAC	Singapore	SOC2

Enterprise Feature

Data region selection and custom retention policies are available on Enterprise plans. Contact Sales for more information.

Policies Per Department¶

Create department-specific policies:

Engineering Policy¶

{
  "name": "Engineering Policy",
  "tags": ["engineering", "strict"],
  "rules": [
    {
      "name": "Block All Secrets",
      "dataTypes": ["API_SECRETS"],
      "destinations": ["AI_TOOL", "VENDOR", "CUSTOMER"],
      "action": "BLOCK"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mask PII for AI",
      "dataTypes": ["PII"],
      "destinations": ["AI_TOOL"],
      "action": "MASK"
    }
  ]
}

Marketing Policy¶

{
  "name": "Marketing Policy",
  "tags": ["marketing", "analytics"],
  "rules": [
    {
      "name": "Allow Masked Email",
      "dataTypes": ["PII"],
      "destinations": ["VENDOR"],
      "action": "MASK"
    },
    {
      "name": "Block Financial Data",
      "dataTypes": ["FINANCIAL"],
      "destinations": ["AI_TOOL", "VENDOR"],
      "action": "BLOCK"
    }
  ]
}

SDK Configuration¶

Single Organization¶

import os
from aegis_sdk import Aegis

# Use license key from org settings
aegis = Aegis(license_key=os.environ["AEGIS_LICENSE_KEY"])