Data Classification

What can Data Governance learn from HAZMAT professionals?

This article, Steve’s contribution to TDAN, explores a powerful lesson in risk-based governance: know what you have, where it is, who owns it, and how dangerous it could be if compromised.

By applying disciplined inventory, classification, labeling, and risk awareness to critical data, organizations can focus governance where it matters most—protecting high-risk information while reducing unnecessary cost, effort, and complexity.

Do you know where your most sensitive data actually lives?

This repost of Steve’s contribution to DATAVERSITY explores why effective Data Governance starts with data classification—knowing what data matters, where it resides, and how it is protected.

It also highlights how Governance Metadata Management connects critical data, ownership, lineage, and controls to help organizations focus governance where risk matters most.