Requirements Document
Comprehensive requirements for the Compliance & Security Service in the KnowledgeTracker Platform.
1. Functional Requirements
1.1 GDPR Compliance
- •User consent management for data collection and processing
- •Right to access: Export all user data in machine-readable format
- •Right to erasure: Delete user data upon request
- •Right to data portability: Transfer data to another service
- •Right to rectification: Correct inaccurate personal data
- •Data processing agreements (DPA) with third parties
1.2 COPPA Compliance
- •Parental consent verification for users under 13
- •Limit data collection from children to minimum necessary
- •Parent notification of data practices
- •Parent access to child's personal information
- •Disable behavioral advertising for children
1.3 FERPA Compliance
- •Protect student education records
- •Annual notification of FERPA rights
- •Access control for education records (students, parents, authorized officials)
- •Record disclosure tracking and audit logs
1.4 Audit Logs & Monitoring
- •Comprehensive activity logging (user actions, system events)
- •Tamper-proof audit trail with timestamps and user identification
- •Real-time security event monitoring and alerting
- •Log retention for regulatory compliance (7+ years)
- •Log search and filtering for investigations
1.5 Data Encryption
- •Encryption at rest (AES-256) for all databases and file storage
- •Encryption in transit (TLS 1.3) for all network communications
- •Key management system (KMS) for encryption keys
- •Tokenization for sensitive data (credit cards, SSN)
- •Field-level encryption for PII data
1.6 Security Monitoring & Threat Detection
- •Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- •Web application firewall (WAF) protection
- •DDoS protection and rate limiting
- •Anomaly detection for suspicious activities
- •Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- •Security incident response and remediation workflows
1.7 Access Control & Authentication
- •Multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement
- •Role-based access control (RBAC) for system resources
- •Session management and timeout policies
- •Password policies (complexity, expiration, history)
- •IP whitelisting and geofencing
1.8 Compliance Reporting
- •Generate compliance reports (GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- •Data breach notification workflows
- •Privacy impact assessments (PIA)
- •Security posture dashboards for stakeholders
2. Non-Functional Requirements
2.1 Performance
- •Minimal performance overhead from security controls (<5%)
- •Real-time threat detection with <100ms latency
- •Audit log ingestion up to 100,000 events per second
2.2 Reliability
- •99.99% uptime for security services
- •Zero data loss for audit logs (persistent storage)
- •Automated backup and disaster recovery for compliance data
2.3 Scalability
- •Support for billions of audit log entries
- •Horizontal scaling for monitoring and threat detection
2.4 Maintainability
- •Regular security updates and patching
- •Compliance rule updates as regulations change
- •Security policy version control and rollback
3. Integration Requirements
3.1 Internal Microservices
- •All Services: Audit logging integration
- •User Management: MFA and consent management
- •Analytics: Security metrics and dashboards
3.2 External Services
- •SIEM: Splunk, Datadog, Sumo Logic for log aggregation
- •Threat Intelligence: Crowdstrike, Recorded Future
- •Vulnerability Scanning: Snyk, Qualys, Nessus
Requirements Validation
Use this requirements document alongside the Database Design to validate:
- ✓Audit log schema captures all required event data
- ✓Consent management records are properly stored
- ✓Security incident tracking and resolution workflows
- ✓Compliance report generation from stored data