# Author Policies for Data Access Control

Immuta allows you to secure your data through various access control policies you configure.

## [Introduction](/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/secure-introduction.md)

This section provides a conceptual overview of Immuta's governance policies and their benefits.

## [Policies](/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/authoring-policies-in-secure.md)

This section provides how-to and references guides for authoring policies to enforce data access controls.

## [Projects and purpose-based access control](/2025.1/governance/author-policies-for-data-access-control/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control.md)

This section provides how-to and reference guides for projects, which combine users and data sources under a common purpose that can then be used to restrict access to data and streamline collaboration.


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