# Author Policies for Data Access Control

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

## [Introduction](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/govern/secure-your-data/secure-introduction)

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

## [Policies](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/govern/secure-your-data/authoring-policies-in-secure)

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

## [Projects and purpose-based access control](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/govern/secure-your-data/projects-and-purpose-based-access-control)

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.

## [Data consumers](https://documentation.immuta.com/saas/govern/secure-your-data/data-consumers)

The how-to guides in this section illustrate how to subscribe to data sources in Immuta, run health jobs, and complete other actions as a data source subscriber.