An illustrative method includes determining, by a monitoring system based on an attribute model of a dataset stored within a storage system, that one or more data items in the dataset are noncompliant with a compliance ruleset, wherein one or more data attributes of a data item in the dataset includes one or more of a data type of the data item, an encryption information of the data item, an accessibility of the data item, a retention policy of the data item, or an operation log configuration associated with the data item; determining, by the monitoring system based on the one or more data items being noncompliant with the compliance ruleset, a compliance level of the dataset with the compliance ruleset; and performing, by the monitoring system based on the compliance level of the dataset satisfying a compliance level threshold, an operation with respect to the dataset.