Data Governance — Managing Data Assets in Organization

Data governance is a set of processes, policies and tools for managing data assets. It ensures quality, security and compliance.

Data Governance Pillars¶

Roles¶

• Data Owner — business owner of domain
• Data Steward — quality and policy enforcement
• Data Engineer — technical implementation
• DPO — GDPR and data protection

Data Classification¶

data_classification:
  public:
    description: "Publicly available data"
  internal:
    access: "employees"
  confidential:
    encryption: "at rest + in transit"
  restricted:
    encryption: "column-level"
    masking: "required in non-prod"

Metrics¶

• Data Quality Score — % of data meeting rules
• Catalogue Coverage — share of documented assets
• Time to Data — how quickly analysts find data

Summary¶

Data governance is key for data trustworthiness. Clear roles, classification and automated controls.