Tag: data governance

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Jim Harris. Read more in The SAS Data Governance Framework: A Blueprint for Success Last year I endured one of the least enjoyable experiences in adult life – I moved. Despite all of its many time-consuming and unpleasant aspects, for me one of the few positives to moving is the opportunity to sell, donate or throw away stuff I no longer use. Unopened boxes from previous moves were easy pickings since if I never opened the box whatever was in it must not be very useful. Other easy choices included worn-out or ill-fitting clothing, damaged furniture, ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. Facebook’s data woes continue to dominate the headlines and further highlight the importance of having an enterprise-wide view of data assets. The high-profile case is somewhat different than other prominent data scandals as it wasn’t a “breach,” per se. But questions of negligence persist, and in all cases, data governance is an issue. This week, the Wall Street Journal ran a story titled “Companies Should Beware Public’s Rising Anxiety Over Data.” It discusses an IBM poll of 10,000 consumers in which 78% of U.S. respondents say a company’s ability to ... Read More

Feed: Blog. Author: Kim Brushaber; This week I had the honor to host the #SQLChat on Twitter on the topic of Data Governance.  Here's some quick highlights from hour long conversation:Q1) How do you define data governance? My response:  Data Governance is a system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models which describe who can take what actions with what information, and when, under what circumstances, using what methods. Others responded with: A set of processes and rules that define how data is entered into a system to ensure that a company makes the ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple - One source. Many perspectives.. Author: Baiju NT. For a very long time, women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math were unwelcome and underappreciated. Take for example the story of Katherine Johnson and her colleagues, who made remarkable contributions to the early years of NASA’s space program. The world had not even heard of her name until two years ago, when the movie, Hidden Figures, hit the screens. Sadly, it is still a man’s world in the STEM fields, and women struggle every day to find a strong foothold in it ... Read More

Feed: Blog. Author: Zoe Bell; At the moment, Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in front of Congress. Facebook is under the microscope because they allowed an app to take data that they collected and use it in ways that were not in alignment with their company policies. Zuckerberg openly admitted that they made mistakes. Let's look at the mistakes, Facebook's remedies and what anyone who is dealing with vasts amounts of data can do to not make the same mistake themselves. What happened: In 2007, Facebook wanted their apps to be more social so they collected information about people's locations, their addresses, their ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Michael Lin. For things that are dearest, most important and valuable to us, we come up with ways to protect them. Insurance policies, laws, to even safe deposit boxes and the hiring of security guards are all means to safeguard whatever deemed precious to us. The introduction of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) protects valuable personal information of all individuals within the European Union, as the power of data is beyond imagination in present time. A timely case in point is the recent turmoil at Facebook. The data of more than 50 million Facebook users ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. One of the greatest advantages of cloud computing is enabling the government to use the latest innovations at a rapid pace. Cloud services can help government agencies deliver their mission more efficiently and modernize their infrastructure without a substantial upfront capital investment, allowing them to undertake more projects faster. By having quick access to secure and highly scalable resources and infrastructure, the government can experiment. Cloud gives them the ability to scale up multiple environments at the same time to determine which works best for their needs and course correct without ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. It’s important that business leaders foster organizational support for their data governance efforts. The clock is counting down to the May 25 effective date for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With the deadline just a stone’s throw away, organizations need to ensure they are data governance-ready. We’re continuing our blog series on the Five Pillars of Data Governance (DG). Today, we’ll explore the second pillar of data governance, organizational support, and why it’s essential to ensuring DG success. In the modern, data-driven business world, data is an organization’s most ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. The Facebook scandal has highlighted the need for organizations to understand and apply the five pillars of data governance readiness. All eyes were on Mark Zuckerberg this week as he testified before the U.S. Senate and Congress on Facebook’s recent data drama. A statement from Facebook indicates that the data snare was created due to permission settings leveraged by the Facebook-linked third-party app ‘thisisyourdigitallife.’ Although the method used by Cambridge Analytica to amass personal data from 87 million Facebook users didn’t constitute a “data breach,” it’s still a major data ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Zak Cole. “Facebook at the center of global reckoning on data governance.” This headline from a March 19 article in The Wall Street Journal sums up where we are. With only two months until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, we’re going to see more headlines about improper data governance (DG) – leading to major fines and tarnished brands. Since the news of the Facebook data scandal broke, the company’s stock has dropped and Nordea, the largest bank in the Nordic region, put a stop to Facebook investments for ... Read More