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Very Meta … Unlocking Data’s Potential with Metadata Management Solutions

erwin

While there has been a lot of talk about big data over the years, the real hero in unlocking the value of enterprise data is metadata , or the data about the data. And to truly understand it , you need to be able to create and sustain an enterprise-wide view of and easy access to underlying metadata. This isn’t an easy task.

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What Cyber Criminals Can Do With Your Metadata

Smart Data Collective

When that happens, tens of thousands of people are put at risk for identity theft when their metadata is stolen. What is metadata and how is it used? What Metadata Contains. Metadata is basically a trail of data that is spread out across a network. Why a Cyber-Criminal Steals Metadata.

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How A Data Catalog Enhances Data Risk Management

Alation

Alation joined with Ortecha , a data management consultancy, to publish a white paper providing insights and guidance to stakeholders and decision-makers charged with implementing or modernising data risk management functions. The Increasing Focus On Data Risk Management. Download the complete white paper now.

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Maximize your data dividends with active metadata

IBM Big Data Hub

Metadata management performs a critical role within the modern data management stack. However, as data volumes continue to grow, manual approaches to metadata management are sub-optimal and can result in missed opportunities. This puts into perspective the role of active metadata management.

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Using Strategic Data Governance to Manage GDPR/CCPA Complexity

erwin

Activating their metadata to drive agile data preparation and governance through integrated data glossaries and dictionaries that associate policies to enable stakeholder data literacy. We help customers overcome their data governance challenges, with risk management and regulatory compliance being primary concerns.

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What is BCBS 239 Compliance?

Octopai

Here’s a sampling: – Principle 1 covers data governance, including “a firm’s policies on data confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as well as risk-management policies.”. – Principles 7-11 include risk reporting, including the comprehensiveness, timeliness, usefulness, and accuracy of risk management reports. .

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Practical Points from the DGPO: An Introduction to Information Risk Management

TDAN

Individuals are starting to pay attention to organizational vulnerabilities that compound risks associated with managing, protecting, and enabling access […]. There is an ever-increasing awareness of concerns about data privacy, corporate data breaches, increasing demands for regulatory compliance.