Last reviewed and updated | October 20, 2026
Data federation
An architecture in which data stays in separate sources and is handled there, rather than being copied into one place.
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Compliance
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Cybersecurity
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Data Management
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Identity and Access
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Security Data Fabric
Why it matters
- Less data movement.
- Data stays with the team that owns it.
- Fewer duplicate copies.
How it works
- Source systems
- A layer that routes requests to them
- Results returned to the requesting application