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275 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.

All areas275 Architecture Fundamentals9 Distributed Systems26 Data Architecture23 Cloud Architecture19 Networking17 API & Integration Architecture13 Reliability & Resilience9 Observability8 Performance & Capacity Engineering6 Security Architecture16 Cost Architecture & FinOps6 Business Architecture7 Architecture Communication6 Enterprise Architecture6 Legacy Modernization7 AI-Era Architecture6 Software Architecture & Engineering6 Architecture Patterns6 Architecture Decision-Making12 The Architect's Meta-Skills6 Delivery & Release Engineering6 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience6 Testing & Quality Architecture6 Data Platform Architecture6 Streaming & Real-Time Data6 Data Governance & Semantics6 Frontend & Experience Architecture6 Edge, Mobile & IoT6 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture6 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk7
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

6 questions in Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture.

  1. Consent Architecture advanced

    A regulator asks how you ensure marketing consent withdrawal is honoured everywhere. What does the architecture need to show?

    2 min answer consentprivacypropagationevidence
  2. Data Residency advanced

    Six weeks before launch, legal confirms that customer data for one market must be processed and stored in-country. The architecture is single-region in another jurisdiction. What do you do?

    3 min answer residencyregulatoryarchitecturemigration
  3. Data Subject Rights advanced

    Your organisation receives its first subject access request. Nobody knows where the person's data is. How do you respond within thirty days?

    2 min answer privacydsardiscoveryprocess
  4. Exit & Concentration Risk advanced

    A regulator asks for evidence that your exit plan from your primary cloud provider is credible. The plan is a twelve-page document. What will they find, and what should you do?

    2 min answer exitconcentration-riskregulatorycloud
  5. PCI-DSS Scoping advanced

    An e-commerce platform stores card numbers to support repeat purchases. How do you reduce PCI scope?

    2 min answer pcitokenisationscopepayments
  6. Privacy by Design intermediate

    Product wants to add a recommendation feature using browsing history. Legal asks for a data protection impact assessment. What does architecture need to supply?

    2 min answer privacydpiadesigncompliance
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