Know where every datum lives, and keep it in Nigeria

Institutions are expected to show where in-scope data is processed, stored and backed up, who can access it and where encryption keys are held. In practice that means an inventory with a location for every copy, kept current, plus the contracts and technical controls behind it. OpenMetadata gives you the inventory and the history of how it was produced. This is not legal advice; confirm the required format with your compliance function.

OpenMetadata is Apache 2.0 licensed, runs entirely on your infrastructure and ships with connectors for the databases, warehouses, streams and BI tools banks actually use. It covers discovery, classification, column-level lineage and data quality in one product with a stable API. It has no dependency on a vendor cloud, which matters under the directive.

MinIO is simpler to operate and very fast for S3 workloads such as backups, archives and lakehouse tables. Ceph is the choice when you also need block storage for virtual machines or file storage from the same cluster, or when the estate reaches many petabytes. We support both and help you choose from your workload mix and team.

Yes. We support Hadoop 3.x in place, including security hardening and upgrades. Many customers keep HDFS for existing batch workloads while new data goes to object storage with Iceberg tables, and migrate the remaining datasets over time. We plan that path with you rather than forcing a big-bang move.

Object Lock in compliance mode prevents any user, including root, from deleting or overwriting an object before its retention date. It is enforced by the storage platform, not by procedure, which is what auditors look for. We switch it on only after a dry run in governance mode and legal sign-off, because it cannot be undone.

Keys stay under your control in an HSM or key-management service in Nigeria; the storage platform requests them at runtime and never holds them at rest. This satisfies the directive's requirement that keys are localised and gives you the ability to revoke access to an entire archive if required.

NuxFamily engineers provide the support directly on OpenMetadata, MinIO, Ceph and Hadoop, from first response to root cause. Coverage includes security patches, upgrades, capacity reviews and, on the Mission Critical tier, a named engineer and assistance with evidence extraction during CBN inspections. The exact SLA terms are set out in the support agreement.