"Data is no longer merely a technical or regulatory concern. It is a strategic asset that engages the accountability of governing bodies — on par with financial capital."
Corporate data governance, role of the Board and the Executive Committee, CDO positioning, interface with IT governance, regulatory compliance (COBIT, DORA, GDPR).
Executive Committee members, CDO, CIO, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, Internal Auditors, Audit Committee members.
COBIT 2019, Maturity Model Cigref/IFACI/ISACA 2026, DORA Art. 5, NIS 2 Art. 32, EU AI Act Art. 5 & 25.
Half-day (3h30) — 2 learning sessions + 1 workshop on positioning the CDO within the governance structure.
Data governance cannot be confined to the IT department or the Data office. It spans the entire decision-making hierarchy, from the Board of Directors to operational teams. Each tier carries specific responsibilities — and distinct regulatory obligations.
Oversight of data & AI strategy. Annual review of the Data report (COBIT Criterion 5: report presented to the CEO). DORA Art. 5.2 accountability for digital resilience. Approval of data risk appetite.
Definition and approval of the data & AI governance policy (COBIT Criterion 2). Data investment arbitration. Appointment of Data Owners. Monthly data governance committee. Regulatory compliance oversight.
Day-to-day management of the data dictionary, lineage, and quality. Facilitation of domain data committees. Monitoring of reference data usage in projects (COBIT Criterion 5). Quality incident escalation.
When the data strategy is not championed at the executive level, it remains a technical project. The CEO must be accountable for the execution of the data strategy (COBIT Criterion 4). Without this sponsorship, data initiatives fail at scale: business units do not take ownership of their data, quality deteriorates, and value is never realized.
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