Data Governance with AWS

Preface

Data governance is the collection of policies, processes, and systems that organizations use to ensure the quality and appropriate handling of their data throughout its lifecycle for the purpose of generating business value.

Working at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taught us a lot about helping organizations deliver data-driven solutions. To succeed with these solutions, we’ve learned that it’s crucial to support them with effective data governance in order to ensure businesses execute at speed while not introducing new business risks. It is crucial to make it easy for the right people and applications to securely access and share the right fit-for-purpose data to meet business needs. But to implement data governance successfully, we’ve also learned that there are a few seemingly subtle actions that can make all the difference in results. By diving into these pages, you will gain insights into how to effectively and pragmatically enhance your data curation, data understanding, and data protection capabilities. These capabilities will empower you to share your data with control and clarity while supporting the most important business initiatives within your enterprise.

Who This Report Is For

This report has been crafted primarily for C-suite executives—specifically chief data officers (CDOs), chief analytics officers (CAOs), and chief information security officers (CISOs)—who are deploying data-driven solutions that need modern data governance. Executives will gain the ...