Data Governance

9 DISTRIBUTE

David Sutton

As with all areas of the governance of data, distribution of data – or distribution of the information derived from it – must consider the three aspects of governance:

• the inherent value of the data: to whom it has value, and why;
• the risks associated with its distribution;
• the constraints that may restrict its distribution.

Although the chapter heading – and indeed the title of this section of the ISO/IEC 38505-1:2017 standard – is about distribution, it is worthwhile noting that the term is only relevant from the perspective of the distributing organisation. From the perspective of the consumer it is about the retrieval, reception or acquisition of the data, and from the distributing organisation’s perspective ...