CIO Magazine – Grappling with IG

Why implementing good data governance should be on every CIO’s radar as a way to reduce risk, ensure compliance and increase business productivity and efficiency    Businesses are literally drowning in data as employees collect, interact with and store more information across an increasing number of platforms. The sheer amount of company data residing in email and core transactional systems, as well as customer sentiments across various social media platforms is – for most organisations – getting increasingly difficult to deal with. About 2.5 quintillion bytes of information is generated worldwide each day, which means that managing information throughout its lifecycle is more important than ever. To do this well, organisations need to implement good data governance – an approach to managing corporate data by implementing process, roles, controls, and metrics that treat information as a valuable business asset. CIO Australia recently held a breakfast briefing where business leaders discussed why […]