Today’s organizations need to mobilize data governance programs and resources to tackle enterprise-wide data privacy initiatives. These ambitious initiatives—which can span thousands of data stores, people, and processes—cannot be achieved with traditional security and production models. Instead, enterprise-grade automation, powered with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), is required to provide the foundational infrastructure... more
GDPR has galvanized the need for data privacy and protection. In conjunction with social media privacy concerns and the seeming avalanche of regional and state privacy regulations, the focus on data privacy has accelerated beyond any past predictions. Witness the growth and interest in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Membership has grown to... more
It’s no surprise that some corporate executives are panicked about the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect on this date. Some have procrastinated about the change, trying to figure out what to do at the last minute to avoid potentially millions of dollars in fines and risk to their reputation. It’s... more
Just as better, higher quality data can be a game changer in your organization, so can a solution that ensures your entire team can execute your data governance strategy. Roughly a year ago, we acquired Diaku, a leader in data governance, to enhance our solution to help customers with collaboration and to fully operationalize their... more
As I mentioned in my previous blog, I had the pleasure of getting different perspectives on GDPR at the 2018 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference. That blog looked at the data subject view of GDPR, whilst this one will summarise what I learned from listening to lawyers, policy makers and academics. The General Data... more
I always find it good to get a different perspective on a topic that I am immersed in. For over 12 months, large portions of my working hours have been spent discussing the GDPR: Implications for data management; Implementation strategies for compliance; and of course, the long-term value the GDPR can deliver if used to... more
GDPR may bestow on many EU citizens a set of rights as a “data subject” covered by the regulation. Organizations not respecting these rights could have serious financial consequences, reputational damage–or both. However, as I noted in my last blog–few people involved in GDPR projects believe that there will be a sharp increase in EU... more
Some challenges The adoption and rollout of Data Governance at an enterprise level is often impeded for several reasons, but commonly it is because the communities of data consumers in the business don’t see the value of engaging with it. Data Governance may be seen as an overhead to the business in terms of time,... more
Over the past year, my travels have taken me all over the world. From events in Amsterdam to Dublin, from New York to San Francisco, D.C. to Chicago. At each event, conference, summit, or symposium, I seem to always pick up one or two new tricks of the trade. At some of these events, I’m... more
Many organizations, especially in the B2C sector, are looking at how to capture and manage Consent data. Some of these organizations see this as a major challenge yet others see it as a massive opportunity. In this blog, I explore these ideas a bit further: Consent Management: The Challenge The first challenge for many is... more