Data governance is the set of rules for data quality, access, privacy, ownership, and usage across an organization.
Category
Data Governance
Also known as
governance
In the AI era, it becomes a growth enabler, not just a compliance chore: models and agents are only as trustworthy as the governed data they read.
In practice
Treat governance as the thing that makes AI usable, not the thing that slows it down. Ungoverned data is often what makes AI outputs unreliable.
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