What Is Data Governance? 2 Minute erwin Expert Explanation

Data has to be accessible, manageable and trusted by those who need it and protected from those that don't.

With a good data governance program, organizations have the tools and the confidence to increase the accessibility of data while keeping it secure. Data governance for regulatory compliance helps organizations stay in line with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and more.

Good data governance enables much more than regulatory compliance, though. Having more manageable and trustworthy data helps organizations make more well-informed, data-driven decisions.

How to explain data governance? Well let's talk sports ...

At the professional level it's not just about winning or losing. It's big business ... player contracts, schedules, tv rights, the sale of tickets food, merchandise ... that's a lot of data.
It's not just player statistics it's payroll and revenues, air travel and hotel costs, how many beers they'll sell at today's game.

Sports is loaded with data which doesn't really mean much unless it's trusted, protected and in the hands of the right people. Some data like revenue is shared across teams. Other data like player injuries may be confidential.

Drug tests? Now you're dealing with privacy and security.

There's data accessed by fans like bios and statistics, and data that's totally off limits. Don't expect to get a player's phone number ...

The point is data has to be accessible manageable and trusted by those who need it and protected of course, from those who don't. And it's data governance that gets it done.

Okay so you don't own a pro sports team ... But chances are your enterprise can't afford to drop the ball. Smart decision making takes data driven insights powered by data governance and the erwin data intelligence suite, erwin DI, is all the muscle you need.

The erwin data catalog provides metadata management, opening your eyes to the data you have,
where it's been, and where it is now, and setting up the rules for using it.

Teamed up with erwin data literacy for business glossary and self-service discovery tools you'll ensure that the right people find what they need, when they need it. And that they understand it
all, with built-in automation that fuels a real-time high-quality data pipeline for greater insights, better context and faster results.

erwin data intelligence keeps you in compliance to ensure policies and best practices are followed. When it comes to data erwin DI plays offense and defense. It's your most valuable player.

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