Since the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) was formally announced, there has been much discussion about the potential type of data that may be in scope for any GDPR initiative. In this blog, I’ll explore some of the potential definitions of type and some of the challenges they may bring. To make this easier, I... more
Merger or Acquisitions (M&A) are still hot topics in 2016, and probably also 2017, so I thought I’d look at the role Data now plays in helping drive value as part of a Merger or Acquisition process. The importance of managing post Merger and Acquisition data It can be argued that the Merger and Acquisitions... more
During a recent customer visit, we got discussing the financial impact of Data Governance. To help explain this point, I thought I’d share some of the more common problems associated with NOT having data governance. By looking at it from this point of view we can get an idea of what the business is doing... more
The Data 3.0 era is upon us, so this blog has a little look at how data powers the world of Financial Services. What’s going on in Financial Services? If I look at what seems to sit behind many conversations I have with customers, there seem to be a number of common factors. These common... more
Since the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) was formally announced as being a regulation from 25th May 2018 onwards, 3 months have passed. So what’s happened in that time? Differing responses to GDPR So depending on which part of the business you’re in, the initial response seemed to have been somewhere between panic and apathy.... more
The recent UK referendum vote to leave the EU (Brexit) doesn’t change the need for Financial Services institutions to become GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant by May 2018. Doesn’t ‘Brexit’ change all this for UK Financial Services institutions? In the short term the answer is NO! UK Financial Services institutions are still going to... more
The new EU data privacy regulation, GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation), is driving the need for a Data Lake to hold the volumes and types of customer data required to be covered by the regulation. What is GDPR? GDPR is the new EU data privacy regulation that comes into force in May 2018 and requires... more
Changes in attitudes towards data means 2017 will be a milestone year in how we drive value from information assets. In this blog I’ll be exploring 3 of the factors that lead me to this conclusion. This all started as I was preparing for a recent speaking engagement when I was asked for my top... more
Financial Services institutions are assessing where to start on the road to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance. Here are some thoughts about the starting point. In a recent blog article, I set out my view on the journey to addressing GDPR compliance in Financial Services. In this blog, I’m going to examine my view... more
Financial institutions need to be able to express the impact of data issues to fully understand how big an issue they really are. Let me explain. What do we mean by ‘Impact’? A recent engagement I had with a financial institution made me realise that many organisations have issues regarding their data but are lacking... more