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Moving from Traditional to Active Data Governance

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For data-driven enterprises, data governance is no longer an option; it’s a necessity. Businesses are growing more dependent on data governance to manage data policies, compliance, and quality. For these reasons, a business’ data governance approach is essential. Data Democratization.

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What Does It Mean to Make Data Governance Fun?

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The words “ data governance ” and “fun” are seldom spoken together. The term data governance conjures images of restrictions and control that result in an uphill challenge for most programs and organizations from the beginning. Or they are spending too much time preparing the data for proper use.

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What is Data Governance?

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Data governance defines how data should be gathered and used within an organization. It address core questions, such as: How does the business define data? How accurate must the data be for use? Organizations have much to gain from learning about and implementing a data governance framework.

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The Role of the Data Catalog in Data Security

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The Role of Catalog in Data Security. Recently, I dug in with CIOs on the topic of data security. What came as no surprise was the importance CIOs place on taking a broader approach to data protection. What did come as a surprise was the central role of the data catalog for CIOs in data protection.

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What is Active Data Governance?

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The way enterprises implement data governance is changing. In the past, data governance either emphasized exercising tight control over data or fitting people into rigid roles and processes. With both approaches, data governance is a hurdle to productive data & analytics rather than an enabler.

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Building cyber resiliency for your data with IBM FlashSystem

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In this blog, we will explore the concept of cyber resiliency from an IBM® perspective and how our approach can help organizations protect themselves in an ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. Collaborative approach : IBM recognizes that no organization can address cyber threats alone.

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The Third Pillar of Data Culture: Data Governance

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The same could be said about data governance : ask ten experts to define the term, and you’ll get eleven definitions and perhaps twelve frameworks. However it’s defined, data governance is among the hottest topics in data management. This is the final post in a four-part series discussing data culture.