The Importance of Data Governance and how it can help small and medium businesses succeed.
As we know data is a valuable asset to businesses and needs to be governed and secured in an efficient manner while complying with regulations. Firstly, we must understand and define what data governance means. “ CIO.com put forth an excellent definition earlier this year: “Data governance defines roles, responsibilities, and processes for ensuring accountability for and ownership of data assets across the enterprise.” (Iversen, 2021) . While the primary function of data governance is to comply with regulations and address security concerns, a company can use this to improve decision making and optimise their products and services. Data governance systems can be used to organise data for specific uses and target essential KPI’s if utilised correctly. This blog will outline the benefits of an effective data governance system and how it can help businesses be successful. A strong data governance system can benefit a business in a number of different ways. Firstly, puttin...