Understanding data governance
Data governance is a comprehensive and disciplined approach to managing and protecting an organization’s data assets. It involves establishing a framework encompassing people, processes, rules, policies, tools, and guidelines to ensure data quality, security, and compliance.
Any data governance framework should specify the interactions between its three pillars: people, process, and technology.
The people pillar involves establishing clear roles and responsibilities for individuals within the organization. This includes people who create guidelines, oversee compliance, and implement these policies in the tools we use (the last is probably you). It is crucial to have a team that understands the importance of data governance and can effectively implement and enforce the necessary policies and procedures.
The process pillar involves developing data lifecycle management processes that cover data creation, storage, usage, sharing, and disposal...
