INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
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Introduction.pptxIntroduction BINF 4515 – Data Governance
Governance
Establishment of policies and the continual monitoring of their proper implementation for managing organizational assets to enhance the prosperity and viability of the organization
Business Dictionary
Governance
Applies enterprise-wide
Has an enforcement component
Is vested in top organizational authority
Is executed through a framework of policies, standards, rules, and decision rights
Executes its authority through a formal structure of assigned roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
Data and Information Governance
DIKW hierarchy
Data and Information Governance
Data: facts
Blood pressure readings: 138/80, 140/82, 138/80
Information: relationships among facts
Mr. Smith
Blood pressure readings
Knowledge: interpretation, pattern recognition
Mr. Smith’s blood pressure readings are above normal range indicating a possible problem
Data and Information Governance
Data and information relationship exist
Data quality correlates to information quality
Data and information are not the same
Governance is different for data and for information
Differences
Data Governance
Focus on the input: data
Emerged in 1990s to address data quality in data warehouses
Includes structured and unstructured data
Policies to ensure data are consistently defined, structured, accurate, and current across the enterprise
Information Governance
Focus on the output: information
IG emerged in 2004 as a framework for information privacy and security
Policies for records and information management for confidentiality, regulatory compliance, retention, disposal, and ethical use
Comparison of Functions
Governance Functions
Data Governance
DG asks questions like:
How are the data captured?
Where and how do the data flow?
What is the data architecture (data models)?
How do data support decisions and operations?
How are the data defined (metadata)?
How are key entity data managed (master data)?
How are data protected?
Information Governance
IG asks questions like:
Where does information come from?
Who should and can access and retrieve the information?
What information should be documented?
How should information be used?
How long should information be retained?
What is the disposition of information?
Different Functions Require Different Governance
Policy related to data content, structure, reliability, validity, interoperability
Policy related to information use, protection, compliance
