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September 2018, Vol. 17, No. 6

Data governance best practices exploit big data

Compliance requirements and privacy concerns have long placed data governance at the forefront of IT initiatives for tech staff and business executives alike. Data governance best practices are more important than ever for companies around the world following passage of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR, which went into effect May 25, 2018, includes strict rules to protect data privacy and huge penalties for noncompliance. It doesn't matter if your company is based in an EU country or not. As long as you handle personal data of EU citizens, you're on the hook to comply with GDPR. Furthermore, big data and newer technologies such as the IoT and AI have placed a premium on the accumulation of data like never before. All raw data in today's corporate IT environment can have strategic value and comes under the purview of data governance initiatives. And effective data governance best practices help businesses make sense of all this data, so they can convert it into actionable insights that benefit ...

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