Data governance is about making sure that data is secure and dealt with responsibly in accordance with applicable regulations. It is up to organizations to manage the integrity of the data in enterprise systems. It ensures compliance with existing governmental regulations as well as corporate policy about data usage. The goal is to ensure that data remains consistent and trustworthy and is not subject to abuse or misuse.
The profile of data governance has risen steadily as the regulations impacting the enterprise have multiplied. As well as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx), there are HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act), and PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). More recently, the picture has shifted with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act). The consequences of violating GDPR, for example, can be severe.
Therefore, a good data governance program has become a necessity in large organizations, and increasingly in mid-sized enterprises. Such a program needs to be anchored in good IT-based data governance tools. These tools detect data inconsistencies in systems, data integrity issues,…
