The barriers to data governance are erased when an organization adopts the techniques and best practices of data quality and the closely related practice of data stewardship. That's because the business-to-IT collaboration established by quality and stewardship practices is also required of data governance. In fact, quality and governance practices
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The worst data security snafus of 2012 – so far
Data Security, Storage: Businesses Struggle with High Costs
Data is the lifeblood for any business. Whether it is the information about their customers, records of previous transactions, performance metrics or financial results, organizations depend on data to deliver critical insight into what they're doing and what they need to do next. But that same information can be a
Preventing Or Responding To Data Security Breaches: Is Your Information Safe?
An overriding concern today for any business that collects customers’ personal information should be the security of that information. For the modern business, a data breach will mean bad publicity, loss of customers, and, perhaps, overwhelming costs. More>>
It’s time to focus on Data Security
Inefficient Data Management: Seen and Unseen Costs
Practical Lessons from Recent Data Security Breaches
Recent data breaches at popular Internet sites, including the theft of millions of user passwords by hackers at business networking site LinkedIn and dating site eHarmony, show the consequences businesses are likely to face from unauthorized access to private data. Though the exact costs of these breaches are difficult to determine,
Data leaks, employee error, BYOD top list of security threats
Two-thirds of company execs clueless about where data is stored
Two-thirds of senior managers have no idea where sensitive corporate data is stored within the organization and nearly three-quarters of them do not have any systems in place to track which files have been stored in the cloud, according to a new survey. More>>