Hortonworks DataPlane Service (DPS™) is a common set of services to manage, secure, and govern data assets across multiple tiers and types. It does this for data at rest and in multiple clusters and tiers (on-premises, cloud, and to the point of origin (IOT)).

Data Steward Studio (DSS) is one of several services available for Hortonworks DataPlane Service; it provides a suite of capabilities that allows users to understand and govern data across enterprise data lakes.