The Six Questions every Organization should ask about Data ...

IBM Data Governance Council

The Six Questions every Organization should ask about Data Governance

Steven B. Adler IBM Data Governance Solutions adler1@us.

? 2006 IBM Corporation

What Data?

Data: ? Structured ? Unstructured ? Metadata ? Video, Audio, Multi-Media ? Print, Email, and Archived ? Software Code ? Patents, IP ? Protocols, Message Streams

These are all digital assets

Why Governance?

Governance:

?Corporate governance is about controlling human self-interest to benefit the common good:

?Increased Revenue

?Lower Costs

?Reduced Risk

IT has become the engine for business innovation and growth and it must be governed to demonstrate contribution to the business bottom-line.

To govern IT effectively, the value of Data must be assessed, Risk calculated, outcomes measured and constantly re-evaluated.

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Without Data Governance...

People make mistakes...

Those mistakes more commonly result in losses than hackers...

Those losses effect every aspect of IT and business

But data is still an abstract concept and governance needs technology to be improved...

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The IBM Data Governance Council was formed in 2004 to explore enterprise challenges and develop solutions

Customers Abbott ABN Amro Alltel American Express Bank of America Bank of Montreal Bank of Tokyo/Mitsubishi Bell Canada BITS Cadence Design Citigroup City of New York, FISA Danske Bank Deutsche Bank Discover Financial Equifax Fannie Mae Freddie Mac

Huntington Bank IBM CIO Office Key Bank MasterCard Merrill Lynch Monaris Novartis Nordea Bank Northwestern Mutual Principal Financial Regions Financial Corp. TIAA-CREF TeliaSonera VP Securities Services Washington Mutual Wachovia The World Bank

Business Partners AirMagnet

Application Security Axentis Continuity Software Guardium

Academia NCSU Nova Southeastern

Bucerius Law School

Intellinx Lumigent

OpenPages Organizational Policy Inst. Paisley RiskWatch SecNap Semantic Arts SPS Security Tizor Valid Technologies Varonis

Zantaz

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Elements of effective Data Governance

Data Risk Management & Compliance

Outcomes Value Creation

Requires

Enablers Organizational Structures & Awareness

Policy

Supports

Data Quality Management

Data Architecture

Stewardship

Core Disciplines

Information Life-Cycle Management

Information Security and Privacy

Enhance

Supporting Disciplines

Classification & Metadata

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Audit Information Logging & Reporting

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