Ownership & policies
Define business, data and technical responsibilities for rules, approvals and incident coordination.
Data governance
Align business ownership, data policies and technical controls, connecting discovery, assessment, loss prevention, masking and auditing into continuous improvement.
Data security governance
Organize work around accountable owners and staged objectives, incorporating controls into routine changes, operational checks and improvement plans.
Discuss this approachGovernance ownership
Decision, execution and coordination roles
Data baseline
Assets, classification and risks
Control implementation
Coordinated procedures and technical protection
Continuous improvement
Adjust using operational and review evidence
Key risks
- Policies, catalogs and technical controls develop without shared accountability.
- Delivery is not followed by ongoing operations and change management.
- Assessment findings do not become tracked improvement plans.
Service scope
Phased improvement planning
Prioritize work using asset and risk findings, sequencing technical controls, procedures and dependencies.
Control coordination
Connect classifications with loss prevention, masking and auditing, with integration boundaries and validation methods.
Capability review & improvement
Assess gaps against an agreed capability model and update plans using remediation, operational records and reviews.
Delivery process
Establish the baseline
Define objectives, data scope and existing policies and controls.
Plan improvements
Agree priorities, responsibilities and stage verification criteria.
Coordinate delivery
Implement agreed rules, procedures and technical capabilities.
Review & improve
Review operational evidence and carry unresolved work into the next plan.
Deliverables
Scope, schedule and acceptance criteria are agreed following assessment.
Discuss this approachDeliverables to scope together
- Governance baseline, responsibilities and improvement backlog
- Phased roadmap and coordinated control design
- Capability gap analysis and operational recommendations
Relevant environments
- Enterprise data governance programs
- Integrating existing capabilities
- Governance capability gap assessments
Explore further
Data discovery & classification
Map where data resides, who owns it and how it moves, then connect classification to access, sharing and outbound protection.
Data security risk assessment
Assess technical and organizational weaknesses across collection, storage, use, transfer, sharing and disposal, with prioritized remediation and verification.
Data Security & Cloud Services
Assessment, planning, implementation and support for data security governance and data/cloud infrastructure.