Data is a core enterprise asset. Managing data ownership and security well is more important than any system feature.
Data is a core enterprise asset. Managing data ownership and security well is more important than any system feature. This article draws on our practical 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 must be fully exportable at any time.
Next come permissions and backups: who can view, who can modify, modification traceability, and multi-location backups. These four things form the baseline of data security.
The biggest pitfall is having data stored on a vendor's servers with export restrictions, which means your lifeline is in someone else's hands.
There is no standard answer for digital transformation, but there is one iron rule: first get one scenario running and achieve results, then talk about rolling it out comprehensively.