Data governance is about putting people in charge of fixing and preventing issues with data so that an organization can become more efficient, according to several sources.
The discipline embodies a convergence of data quality, data management, data policies, business process management, and risk management, according to Wikipedia. Through data governance, organizations are looking to exercise positive control over the processes and methods used by their data stewards and data custodians to handle data.
Data governance initiatives are often driven by C-Level leaders responding to external regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel I, Basel II, and HIPAA, according to Information-management.com.
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