<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document provides principles for governing bodies of organizations (which can comprise owners, directors, partners, executive managers, or similar) on the effective, efficient and acceptable use of data within their organizations by:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">applying the governance principles and model of ISO/IEC 38500 to the governance of data;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">assuring stakeholders that, if the principles and practices proposed by this document are followed, they can have confidence in the organization’s governance of data;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">informing and guiding governing bodies in the use and protection of data in their organizations.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">This document can also provide guidance to a wider community, including:</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">executive managers;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">external businesses or technical specialists, such as legal or accounting specialists, retail or industrial associations, or professional bodies;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">internal and external service providers (including consultants);</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">auditors.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document applies to the governance of the current and future use of data that is created, collected, stored, secured, protected, or controlled by IT systems, and impacts the management processes and decisions relating to data.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document defines the governance of data as a subset or domain of the governance of IT, which itself is a subset or domain of organizational, or in the case of a corporation, corporate governance.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document is applicable to all organizations, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations. This document is applicable to organizations of all sizes, regardless of the extent of their dependence on data.</span></p>
Registration number (WIID)
87195
Scope
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document provides principles for governing bodies of organizations (which can comprise owners, directors, partners, executive managers, or similar) on the effective, efficient and acceptable use of data within their organizations by:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">applying the governance principles and model of ISO/IEC 38500 to the governance of data;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">assuring stakeholders that, if the principles and practices proposed by this document are followed, they can have confidence in the organization’s governance of data;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">informing and guiding governing bodies in the use and protection of data in their organizations.</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">This document can also provide guidance to a wider community, including:</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">executive managers;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">external businesses or technical specialists, such as legal or accounting specialists, retail or industrial associations, or professional bodies;</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">internal and external service providers (including consultants);</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">auditors.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document applies to the governance of the current and future use of data that is created, collected, stored, secured, protected, or controlled by IT systems, and impacts the management processes and decisions relating to data.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document defines the governance of data as a subset or domain of the governance of IT, which itself is a subset or domain of organizational, or in the case of a corporation, corporate governance.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">This document is applicable to all organizations, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations. This document is applicable to organizations of all sizes, regardless of the extent of their dependence on data.</span></p>
