March 2025 monthly summary for UKHSA-Internal/data-dashboard-api: Delivered a permissions-based serializer decorator to govern data visibility by user roles and permissions, with a new filter_by_permissions flow and refined authentication handling within serializers. This work enhances data security and reduces exposure risk across API responses. Expanded test suite and fixtures to cover scenarios including missing permissions and public data, increasing reliability and auditability. Fixed a bug in the serializer decorator related to cursor usage during DB checks (commit-level fix). Refined is_public logic and FluentPermissions validation, tightening authentication enablement checks. Overall impact: stronger access control, reduced regression risk, and clearer readiness for production data sharing. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Python, API serializer patterns, FluentPermissions, robust testing with mocks/fixtures, and credentialed auth workflow improvements.

February 2025: Implemented data governance and security enhancements across the data-dashboard stack, with RBAC, data visibility controls, and audit administration support. Tightened infrastructure access controls and expanded test coverage to ensure reliable, auditable deployments.