Unified Data Governance for Financial Services: A Unity Catalog Migration Success Story
February 16, 2026
A leading NBFC needed to consolidate fragmented data silos and enforce RBI-mandated security standards. By migrating from Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog with Exponentia.ai, they achieved a unified, secure, and cost-optimized data ecosystem.
Challenges
Fragmented Workspaces: IHT, AMC, and MRHFL environments functioned in isolation.
Security Risks: Manual key management and shared cluster library vulnerabilities.
Resource Inefficiency: Subnet exhaustion and lack of compute governance.
Compliance Gaps: No native lineage or query auditing history.
Solutions
UCX Migration: Automated transition of schemas, tables, and permissions.
Identity Management: Switched to Azure Managed Identities for secure storage access.
Compute Governance: Custom cluster policies to prevent resource sprawl.
Databricks Volumes: Simplified management of shared files and secure library installations.
Outcomes
25-30% Reduction in projected storage costs.
3,800+ Tables & 70+ Jobs migrated with zero data loss.
15-20 Day Sprints for even the most complex workspace migrations.
RBI-Compliant framework with fine-grained RBAC and automated lineage.