storing in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a state record object comprising an identifier and a compliancy status of a data object of an external software application, the identifier comprising a Universally Unique Identifier of the data object, wherein the state record object is associated with one or more object records, wherein a first object record of the one or more object records stores data of the data object of the external software application;

receiving a compliancy event affecting the data object;

processing the compliancy event according to compliancy rules in order to change the compliancy status;

updating the first object record such that the data stored by the first object record is updated separately from the data object of the external software application being updated; and

storing the state record object tin the non-transitory computer readable storage medium with a changed compliancy status.