Data is a core enterprise asset, and managing data ownership and security well matters more than any system feature.
Data is a core enterprise asset, and managing data ownership and security well matters more than any system feature. This article draws on our hands-on experience serving more than 3,000 enterprise clients.
The first step in data asset management is clarifying ownership: business data must be stored in an environment the enterprise controls and be fully exportable at any time.
Next are permissions and backups: who can view, who can edit, edits leave a trail, and multi-location backups — these four things form the baseline of data security.
We recommend a quarterly data asset inventory: where the data is, who manages it, and whether it is backed up — make it clear in one table.
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