Data governance and security matters. Many business processes (and business’s) are dependent on the integrity of the data they consume. Data leakage prevention and being able to demonstrate good data stewardship is important to build customer confidence and avoid regulatory penalties. And yet many Systems Integrators fail to treat integration -related data governance with the seriousness it deserves or allocate the resources needed to deliver it. This is always a false economy.
The quality and integrity of data flows between systems facilitate the process. If the data cannot be trusted, then the process outputs the rely upon the data cannot be trusted. Being aware of data governance good practices helps you to ask the right questions and scope the project appropriately. When planning your integrations, we would strongly recommend that you use the above 12 step plan when evaluating proposals and project plans to ensure that the most significant data security risks are managed.