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Data Governance Best Practices: Lessons from Anthem’s Massive Data Breach

The Data Administration Newsletter

In the insurance industry, data governance best practices are not just buzzwords — they’re critical safeguards against potentially catastrophic breaches. The 2015 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield data breach serves as a stark reminder of why robust data governance is crucial.

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Through the Looking Glass: Data Owners and Other Fallacies

The Data Administration Newsletter

I vividly remember reading this passage from Bob Seiner’s TDAN.com article “Things I Think I Think about Data Governance”, from August 1, 2015: If we were going to remove two words from the Data Governance vocabulary, I would choose the words “assign” and “owner.

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Transform with trusted data: How good governance accelerates your Data Culture

Tableau

There's a natural tension in many organizations around data governance. While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. We talked about the organization’s data governance efforts. Director, Tableau Blueprint.

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Transform with trusted data: How good governance accelerates your Data Culture

Tableau

There's a natural tension in many organizations around data governance. While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. We talked about the organization’s data governance efforts. Director, Tableau Blueprint.

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150-year-olds probably not receiving Social Security benefits

FlowingData

Musk could also have simply looked up the SSAs own website, which explains that since September 2015 the agency has automatically stopped benefit payments when anyone reaches the age of 115. It’s hard to believe that someone with Musk’s status would take data at face value. Is it feigned ignorance?

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ASEAN’s $2 trillion digital dream DEFA negotiations now progress

Dataconomy

Annual investment in communications, data processing, and hosting services has seen a substantial increase, from an average of $777 million in 2015 to an estimated $4.4 In 2023, 71% of venture capital deals in the region were reportedly linked to the digital economy, a figure 11% above the global average. billion by 2024.

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10 Years Later: Who’s the GOAT of Data Catalogs?

Alation

December 2012: Alation forms and goes to work creating the first enterprise data catalog. Later, in its inaugural report on data catalogs, Forrester Research recognizes that “Alation started the MLDC trend.”. January 2015: Alation acquires its first customer. Is Alation the GOAT of Data Catalogs? Of data governance ?