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The value of data governance

The value of data governance

- Data governance is a complex and important capability for most organizations. With data now playing a central role in helping to support business success, now is the time to initiate the deployment of data governance, or build on the efforts that may already be in place. Data governance helps us to achieve much better outcomes with data management work. It puts in place agreed policies and procedures with identified accountability. It defines formal decision structures over data, and it establishes enforcement rules. It's said that when data governance works well, nobody notices. But its absence is all too often noticed. Without good data governance, there can be a variety of big and small data management failures in the organization, including serious legal and regulatory compliance challenges, and cybersecurity and privacy breaches. If you've enjoyed this course and want to continue to learn more and go even…

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