You Can't Govern Data You Don't Understand
summary
Argues that data governance is a business function, not an IT project, and requires executive sponsorship, departmental stewards and change management; gives a concrete GDPR win where a data catalog limited a breach to a subset of records and reduced fines; lists tools used (Purview for scanning/tagging/lineage, Erwin, Talend) and notes spreadsheets can be a DIY catalog; says master data management is a subset of governance and cites a real fix that made a family business saleable by restoring trusted sales numbers.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Data governance intro
- 1:51Governance as business function
- 3:57Security and GDPR drivers
- 7:30Roles and responsibilities
- 9:37Tools and misconceptions
- 11:02Key factors for success
- 14:11Security controls and classification
- 16:39Bottom-up data management
- 17:43Executive sponsorship and outcomes
- 19:28Q&A
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